31st Class of 2009 Inductees

Master of Ceremonies Peter Mansbridge, Order of the Business Hall of Fame Chancellor Frank McKenna and over 1,000 senior executives from across Canada recognized these distinguished individuals at the Induction Ceremonies and Gala Dinner on May ,5 2009 in Toronto.

The Canadian Business Hall of Fame honours the outstanding contributions of Canadian business leaders to the economic growth and development for our nation, and in so doing, provides role models for enterprising young Canadians for generations to come.

The Inductees’ entrepreneurial and management skills, vision, determination, and perseverance have helped to shape Canada. The jobs they have created and the products and services they have developed play a significant role in maintaining our high standard of living. As leaders and mentors, they have earned the respect of their peers for their integrity and sound business ethics.

Members of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame serve as inspiring examples for all young Canadians and are featured in an interactive display at Brookfield Place in Toronto, Ontario.

Click here to download the 2009 Inductees book of biographical profiles.
Click here to view the Jim Balsillie Interview with BNN at the Announcement Luncheon.
Click here to view the Joseph Rotman Interview with the Globe & Mail at the Announcement Luncheon
Click here to view the Jack Cockwell article in the Globe & Mail

30th Class of 2008 Inductees

(left to right): John Cleghorn O.C., F.C.A., Serge Godin C.M., Arthur Irving O.C., Jack E. Irving, J.K. Irving O.C., J.R. (Bud) McCaig C.M., L.L.D.

29th Class of 2007

Click here to download the biographical profiles of our 29th Companion Class.

Order of the Business Hall of Fame Companions

Job Abbott W. Maxwell Aitken Dr. Charles A. Allard Israel H. Asper O.C. Joseph E. Atkinson A. Charles Baillie O.C. St. Clair Balfour O.C., D.S.C. Irving K. Barber O.C., O.B.C. John W.H. Bassett, C.C. Sonja I. Bata O.C. Thomas J. Bata C.C. Laurent Beaudoin C.C. Sir Adam Beck Michel Bélanger C.C. G. Maxwell Bell Dr. Charles Bentall L.L.G. (Poldi) Bentley Alfred J. Billes C.M. J. William Billes Henry Birks J. Armand Bombardier Edmund C. Bovey O.C. John L. Bragg O.C. Jeffry H. Brock Samuel Bronfman C.C. Sen. Patrick Burns André Chagnon O.C. Hon. John V. Clyne C.C. Albert D. Cohen O.C. George A. Cohon O.C. Jack Cooper C.M. C.D. Jean Coutu O.C. George A. Cox Sir John Chalker Crosbie Purdy Crawford C.C. David M. Culver C.C. Sir Samuel Cunard 1st Bart. Richard J. Currie O.C. Camille A. Dagenais C.C. Sir Graham Day A. Jean de Grandpré C.C. Alphonse Desjardins A. Ephraim Diamond O.C. David Dunkelman Sir James H. Dunn Bart. Timothy Eaton Dr. John R. Evans C.C. Sir Joseph Flavelle Bart. Charles E. Frosst

Arthur D. Ganong Peter C. Godsoe O.C. George Gooderham Donald Gordon C.C. C.M.G. James K. Gray O.C. Frank A. Griffiths F.C.A. Charles L. Gundy Richard F. Haskayne O.C., F.C.A. Gerald R. Heffernan O.C. Sir Herbert Holt C.D. Howe K.C. Irving O.C. Hon. Henry N.R. Jackman, O.C., O.Ont., C.D., LL.D. Stephen A. Jarislowsky, O.C., O.Q., LL.D. Roy A. Jodrey Ronald V. Joyce C.M. Dr. Norman B. Keevil O.C. Izaak W. Killam Leon J. Koerner Murray B. Koffler O.C. O.Ont Edouard Lacroix Allen T. Lambert O.C. J. Louis Lévesque C.M. Theodore P. Loblaw John Bayne Maclean H.R. MacMillan C.C. Frederick C. Mannix O.C. Hart Massey Joseph Masson G. Wallace F. McCain O.C. H. Harrison McCain C.C. G.W. Grant McConachie Gordon Roy McGregor C.C., O.B.E. Col. R. S. McLaughlin C.C. Frank M. McMahon William M. Mercer Edwin Mirvish O.C. C.B.E. Right Hon. John Molson Samuel J. Moore Peter Munk O.C. William Neilson A. Deane Nesbitt Ted Newall O.C. David P. O’Brien Paul Paré O.C. Jim Pattison O.C. O.B.C. Edson Loy Pease Pierre Péladeau C.M.

Sén. Jean-Marie Poitras O.C. Alfred Powis O.C. David H. Race James A. Richardson Muriel S. Richardson Cedric E. Ritchie O.C. Edward S. Rogers O.C. Jean-Baptiste Rolland Stephen B. Roman O.C. Phillip S. Ross John Roth Thomas A. Russell T.A. St-Germain Guy Saint-Pierre C.C. John M. Schneider Gerald W. Schwartz O.C. Robert C. Scrivener Joseph Segal, C.M., O.B.C., O.St.J., LL.D. (HON.) Isadore Sharp O.C. JR Shaw O.C. Frank H. Sherman Sir Clifford Sifton Sir George Simpson Hon. Ian D. Sinclair O.C. Donald A. Smith David F. Sobey, C.M. Donald C.R. Sobey Dr. Frank H. Sobey O.C. William Southam Ronald D. Southern O.C. Sam Steinberg O.C. Frank Stronach C.M. Allan R. Taylor, O.C. J. Allyn Taylor O.C. E.P. Taylor Lord Thomson of Fleet Ted Tilden Walter B. Tilden C.M. Noah A. Timmins Antoine Turmel O.C. Joseph Vachon Sir William C. Van Horne Maxwell W. Ward O.C. R. Howard Webster O.C. W. Garfield Weston O.C. Ray D. Wolfe C.M. Geoffrey H. Wood Charles Woodward