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List of justices of the Supreme Court of Canada

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The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada. It was established by the Parliament of Canada through the Supreme and Exchequer Court Act of 1875.Supreme and Exchequer Court Act, S.C. 1875, c. 11. Since 1949, the Court has been the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system. Originally composed of six justices (the Chief Justice of Canada and five puisne justices), the Court was expanded to seven justices by the creation of an additional puisne justice position in 1927,An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act, S.C. 1927, c. 38, s. 1 and then to nine justices by the creation of two more puisne justice positions in 1949.An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act, S.C. 1949, c. 37, s.1

The justices are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister. When a chief justice leaves office, the vacancy is traditionally filled by elevating an incumbent puisne justice to the position, which requires a separate appointment process. The first six justices of the Court were all appointed in 1875 by Governor General the Earl of Dufferin, on the advice of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie.

Of the nine justices, three positions are required by law to be held by judges who are either judges of the superior courts of Quebec, or members of the Bar of Quebec, at the time of their appointment.Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S‑26, s. 6.Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss. 5 and 6, 2014 SCC 21. Traditionally, three of the remaining judges are appointed from Ontario, two from the four western provinces, and one from the Atlantic provinces. The judges from these provinces, other than Quebec, must have been a judge of a superior court, or a member of the bar of one of those provinces for ten or more years prior to the appointment.Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-26, s. 5.

Justices hold office until age 75, during good behaviour. They are removable by the Governor General on address of the Canadian Senate and House of Commons.Supreme Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. S-26, s. 9. When the Court was created in 1875, the justices had life tenure, but in 1927 this was converted to mandatory retirement at age 75.An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act, S.C. 1927, c. 38, s. 2. Because the legislation did not contain a grandfather clause it immediately applied to any judge who was already over age 75 at the time it came into force. As a result, Justice John Idington, aged 86, was forced to retire from the Court.

Since the Supreme Court was created in 1875, 90 persons have served on the Court. The length of overall service on the Court for the 81 non-incumbent justices ranges from Sir Lyman Duff's {{ayd|1906|9|27|1944|1|6}}, to the 232-day tenure of John Douglas Armour. The length of service for the 9 incumbent justices ranges from that of Andromache Karakatsanis, {{ayd|2011|10|21}} to Mary Moreau's {{ayd|2023|11|06}}.

Justices

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| File:The Honourable Richard Wagner.jpg, the current chief justice (since 2017)]]

| File:Beverley McLachlin (crop).jpg, the first woman to serve as chief justice (2000–2017)]]

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In the table below, the index numbers in the far left column denote the order in which the justices were appointed as a Supreme Court puisne justice (or, as chief justice where the individual was appointed directly as chief justice). Also, a shaded row—{{colorbox|#fffacd|border=silver}}—denotes a current justice. Additionally, while many of the justices' positions prior to appointment are simply listed as "lawyer", many had part-time positions, such as teaching, or acted as counsel to various levels of government. The justices of the Supreme Court are:

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colspan=3 | Justice

! colspan=2 | Service dates{{cite web|title=Current and Former Chief Justices| date=January 2001| url=https://www.scc-csc.ca/judges-juges/cfcju-jucp-eng.aspx| publisher=Supreme Court of Canada| location=Ottawa, Ontario| access-date=November 13, 2018}}{{cite web|title=Current and Former Judges| date=January 2001| url=https://www.scc-csc.ca/judges-juges/cfpju-jupp-eng.aspx| publisher=Supreme Court of Canada| location=Ottawa, Ontario| access-date=November 13, 2018}}

! colspan=2 | Service length

! rowspan=2 | Appointed on
advice of

! rowspan=2 | Legal education

! rowspan=2 | Prior position

No.

! Name
{{small|(lived)}}

! Province

! class="unsortable" | Overall tenure

! class="unsortable" | Chief justice tenure

! Overall tenure

! Chief justice tenure

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1

| Sir William Buell Richards
{{small|(1815–1889)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1875-09-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1879-01-10|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1875-09-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1879-01-10|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1879|1|10}}

| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1879|1|10}}

| Mackenzie {{small|(directly as chief justice)}}

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1837)}}

| Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Canada West

style="text-align:center;" | 2

| William Johnstone Ritchie
{{small|(1813–1892)}}

| New Brunswick

| {{nowrap|{{date|1875-09-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1892-09-25|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1879-01-11|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1892-09-25|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1892|9|25}}

| {{ayd|1879|1|11|1892|9|25}}

| Mackenzie {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Macdonald {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1837)}}

| Chief Justice of New Brunswick

style="text-align:center;" | 3

| Samuel Henry Strong
{{small|(1825–1909)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1875-09-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1902-11-17|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1892-12-13|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1902-11-17|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1902|11|17}}

| {{ayd|1892|12|13|1902|11|17}}

| Mackenzie {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Thompson {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1849)}}

| Ontario Court of Error & Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 4

| Jean-Thomas Taschereau
{{small|(1814–1893)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1875-09-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1878-10-06|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1878|10|6}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mackenzie

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer; École de droit de Paris
{{small|(1837)}}

| Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec

style="text-align:center;" | 5

| Télesphore Fournier
{{small|(1823–1896)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1875-09-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1895-09-11|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1895|9|11}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mackenzie

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1846)}}

| Postmaster General

style="text-align:center;" | 6

| William Alexander Henry
{{small|(1816–1888)}}

| Nova Scotia

| {{nowrap|{{date|1875-09-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1888-05-03|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1888|5|3}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mackenzie

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1841)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 7

| Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau
{{small|(1836–1911)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1878-10-07|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1906-05-01|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1902-11-21|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1906-05-01|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1878|10|7|1906|5|1}}

| {{ayd|1902|11|21|1906|5|1}}

| Mackenzie {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Laurier {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| Quebec Superior Court

style="text-align:center;" | 8

| John Wellington Gwynne
{{small|(1814–1902)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1879-01-14|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1902-01-07|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1879|1|14|1902|1|7}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Macdonald

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1837)}}

| Ontario Court of Error & Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 9

| Christopher Salmon Patterson
{{small|(1823–1893)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1888-10-27|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1893-07-24|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1888|10|27|1893|7|24}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Macdonald

| style="text-align:center" | —

| Ontario Court of Error & Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 10

| Robert Sedgewick
{{small|(1848–1906)}}

| Nova Scotia

| {{nowrap|{{date|1893-02-18|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1906-08-04|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1893|2|18|1906|8|4}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Thompson

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1872)}}

| Deputy Minister of Justice (Federal)

style="text-align:center;" | 11

| George Edwin King
{{small|(1839–1901)}}

| New Brunswick

| {{nowrap|{{date|1893-09-21|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1901-05-08|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1893|9|21|1901|5|8}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Thompson

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1865)}}

| Supreme Court of New Brunswick

style="text-align:center;" | 12

| Désiré Girouard
{{small|(1836–1911)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1895-09-28|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1911-03-22|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1895|9|28|1911|3|22}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Bowell

| McGill Law School
{{small|(1860)}}

| Member of Parliament for Jacques Cartier

style="text-align:center;" | 13

| Sir Louis Henry Davies
{{small|(1845–1924)}}

| Prince Edward Island

| {{nowrap|{{date|1901-09-25|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1924-05-01|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1918-10-23|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1924-05-01|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1901|9|25|1924|5|1}}

| {{ayd|1918|10|23|1924|5|1}}

| Laurier {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Borden {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Inner Temple, London
{{small|(1866)}}

| Member of Parliament for West Queen's

style="text-align:center;" | 14

| David Mills
{{small|(1831–1903)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1902-02-08|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1903-05-08|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1902|2|8|1903|5|8}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Laurier

| University of Michigan
{{small|(1867)}}

| Minister of Justice (Canada)
and Leader of the Government in the Senate

style="text-align:center;" | 15

| John Douglas Armour
{{small|(1830–1903)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1902-11-21|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1903-07-11|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1902|11|21|1903|7|11}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Laurier

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1853)}}

| Chief Justice of Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 16

| Wallace Nesbitt
{{small|(1858–1930)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1903-05-16|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1905-10-03|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1903|5|16|1905|10|3}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Laurier

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1881)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 17

| Albert Clements Killam
{{small|(1849–1908)}}

| Manitoba

| {{nowrap|{{date|1903-08-08|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1905-02-05|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1903|8|8|1905|2|5}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Laurier

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1877)}}

| Chief Justice of Manitoba

style="text-align:center;" | 18

| John Idington
{{small|(1840–1928)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1905-02-10|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1927-03-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1905|2|10|1927|3|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Laurier

| University of Toronto
{{small|(1864)}}

| High Court of Justice of Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 19

| James Maclennan
{{small|(1833–1915)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1905-10-05|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1909-02-12|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1905|10|5|1909|2|12}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Laurier

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1857)}}

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 20

| Sir Charles Fitzpatrick
{{small|(1853–1942)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1906-06-04|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1918-10-20|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1906-06-04|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1918-10-20|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1906|6|4|1918|10|21}}

| {{ayd|1906|6|4|1918|10|21}}

| Laurier {{small|(directly as chief justice)}}

| Université Laval, Faculté de droit
{{small|(1876)}}

| Minister of Justice (Canada)

style="text-align:center;" | 21

| Sir Lyman Duff
{{small|(1865–1955)}}

| British Columbia

| {{nowrap|{{date|1906-09-27|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1944-01-06|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1933-03-17|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1944-01-06|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1906|9|27|1944|1|6}}

| {{ayd|1933|3|17|1944|1|6}}

| Laurier {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Bennett {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Osgoode Hall Law School

| Supreme Court of British Columbia

style="text-align:center;" | 22

| Francis Alexander Anglin
{{small|(1865–1933)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1909-02-23|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1933-02-27|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1924-09-16|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1933-02-27|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1909|2|23|1933|2|27}}

| {{ayd|1924|9|16|1933|2|27}}

| Laurier {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
King {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| The Law Society of Upper Canada
{{small|(1888)}}

| High Court of Justice of Ontario (Exchequer Division)

style="text-align:center;" | 23

| Louis-Philippe Brodeur
{{small|(1862–1924)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1911-08-11|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1923-10-09|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1911|8|11|1923|10|9}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Laurier

| Université Laval à Montréal, Faculté de droit
{{small|(1884)}}

| Minister of the Naval Service

style="text-align:center;" | 24

| Pierre-Basile Mignault
{{small|(1854–1945)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1918-10-25|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1929-09-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1918|10|25|1929|9|29}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|29}}—

| Borden

| McGill Law School
{{small|(1878)}}

|Member of the International Joint Commission

style="text-align:center;" | 25

| Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin
{{small|(1857–1936)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1924-01-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1924-09-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1924|1|30|1924|9|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| Université Laval, Faculté de droit
{{small|(1882)}}

| Quebec Superior Court

style="text-align:center;" | 26

| Edmund Leslie Newcombe
{{small|(1859–1931)}}

| Nova Scotia

| {{nowrap|{{date|1924-09-16|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1931-12-09|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1924|9|16|1931|12|9}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| University of Halifax
{{small|(1881)}}

| Deputy Minister of Justice (federal)

style="text-align:center;" | 27

| Thibaudeau Rinfret
{{small|(1879–1962)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1924-10-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1954-06-21|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1944-01-08|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1954-06-21|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1924|10|1|1954|6|21}}

| {{ayd|1944|1|8|1954|6|21}}

| King {{small|(as puisne justice and later as chief justice)}}

| Université Laval à Montréal and McGill Law School
{{small|(1900)}}

| Quebec Superior Court

style="text-align:center;" | 28

| John Henderson Lamont
{{small|(1865–1936)}}

| Saskatchewan

| {{nowrap|{{date|1927-04-02|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1936-03-10|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1927|4|2|1936|3|10}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| University of Toronto Faculty of Law
{{small|(1893)}}

| Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

style="text-align:center;" | 29

| Robert Smith
{{small|(1858–1942)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1927-05-18|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1933-12-06|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1927|5|18|1933|12|6}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1885)}}

| Supreme Court of Ontario (Appellate Division)

style="text-align:center;" | 30

| Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon
{{small|(1877–1939)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1930-01-14|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1939-12-25|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1930|1|14|1939|12|25}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| Université Laval, Faculté de droit
{{small|(1899)}}

| Court of King's Bench for Quebec

style="text-align:center;" | 31

| Oswald Smith Crocket
{{small|(1868–1945)}}

| New Brunswick

| {{nowrap|{{date|1932-09-21|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1943-04-12|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1932|9|21|1943|4|12}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Bennett

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1892)}}

| Supreme Court of New Brunswick

style="text-align:center;" | 32

| Frank Joseph Hughes
{{small|(1883–1967)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1933-03-17|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1935-02-12|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1933|3|17|1935|2|12}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Bennett

| Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)
{{small|(1911)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 33

| Henry Hague Davis
{{small|(1885–1944)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1935-01-31|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1944-06-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1935|1|31|1944|6|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Bennett

| University of Toronto Faculty of Law
{{small|(1911)}}

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 34

| Patrick Kerwin
{{small|(1889–1963)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1935-07-20|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1963-02-02|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1954-07-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1963-02-02|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1935|7|20|1963|2|2}}

| {{ayd|1954|7|1|1963|2|2}}

| Bennett {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
St. Laurent {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)
{{small|(1911)}}

| High Court of Justice of Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 35

| Albert Blellock Hudson
{{small|(1875–1947)}}

| Manitoba

| {{nowrap|{{date|1936-03-24|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1947-01-06|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1936|3|24|1947|1|6}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law
{{small|(1898)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 36

| Robert Taschereau
{{small|(1896–1970)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1940-02-09|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1967-08-31|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1963-04-22|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1967-08-31|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1940|2|9|1967|8|31}}

| {{ayd|1963|4|22|1967|8|31}}

| King {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Diefenbaker {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Université Laval, Faculté de droit)
{{small|(1920)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 37

| Ivan Cleveland Rand
{{small|(1884–1969)}}

| New Brunswick

| {{nowrap|{{date|1943-04-22|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1959-04-26|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1943|4|22|1959|4|26}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| Harvard Law School
{{small|(1912)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 38

| Roy Lindsay Kellock
{{small|(1893–1975)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1944-10-03|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1958-01-14|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1944|10|3|1958|1|14}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| style="text-align:center" | —

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 39

| James Wilfred Estey
{{small|(1889–1956)}}

| Saskatchewan

| {{nowrap|{{date|1944-10-06|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1956-01-22|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1944|10|6|1956|1|22}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| Harvard Law School
{{small|(1915)}}

| Attorney General of Saskatchewan

style="text-align:center;" | 40

| Charles Holland Locke
{{small|(1887–1980)}}

| British Columbia

| {{nowrap|{{date|1947-06-03|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1962-09-15|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1947|6|3|1962|9|15}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| King

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(1910)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 41

| John Robert Cartwright
{{small|(1895–1979)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1949-12-22|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1970-03-22|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1967-09-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1970-03-22|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1949|12|22|1970|3|22}}

| {{ayd|1967|9|1|1970|3|22}}

| St. Laurent {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Pearson {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)
{{small|(1920)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 42

| Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux
{{small|(1900–1980)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1949-12-22|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1973-12-22|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1970-03-23|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1973-12-22|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1949|12|22|1973|12|22}}

| {{ayd|1970|3|23|1973|12|22}}

| St. Laurent {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
P. Trudeau {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Université de Montréal Faculty of Law
{{small|(1925)}}

| Quebec Superior Court

style="text-align:center;" | 43

| Douglas Charles Abbott
{{small|(1899–1987)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1954-07-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1973-12-22|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1954|7|1|1973|12|22}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| St. Laurent

| McGill Law School

| Minister of Finance (federal)

style="text-align:center;" | 44

| Henry Grattan Nolan
{{small|(1893–1957)}}

| Alberta

| {{nowrap|{{date|1956-03-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1957-07-08|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1956|3|1|1957|7|8}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| St. Laurent

| Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer
{{small|(English and Alberta bars)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 45

| Ronald Martland
{{small|(1909–1997)}}

| Alberta

| {{nowrap|{{date|1958-01-15|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1982-02-09|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1958|1|15|1982|2|9}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Diefenbaker

| University of Alberta, University of Oxford
{{small|(1928, 1931)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 46

| Wilfred Judson
{{small|(1902–1980)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1958-02-05|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1977-07-19|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1958|2|5|1977|7|19}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Diefenbaker

| Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)
{{small|(1932)}}

| High Court of Justice of Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 47

| Roland Almon Ritchie
{{small|(1910–1988)}}

| Nova Scotia

| {{nowrap|{{date|1959-05-05|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1984-10-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1959|5|5|1984|10|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Diefenbaker

| University of Oxford
{{small|(1932)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 48

| Emmett Matthew Hall
{{small|(1898–1995)}}

| Saskatchewan

| {{nowrap|{{date|1962-11-23|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1973-02-28|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1962|11|23|1973|2|28}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Diefenbaker

| University of Saskatchewan College of Law
{{small|(1919)}}

| Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

style="text-align:center;" | 49

| Wishart Flett Spence
{{small|(1904–1998)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1963-05-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1978-12-28|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1963|5|30|1978|12|28}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Pearson

| Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)
{{small|(1928)}}

| High Court of Justice of Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 50

| Louis-Philippe Pigeon
{{small|(1905–1986)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1967-09-21|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1980-02-07|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1967|9|21|1980|2|7}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Pearson

| Université Laval, Faculté de droit
{{small|(1928)}}

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 51

| Bora Laskin
{{small|(1912–1984)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1970-03-19|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1984-03-26|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1973-12-27|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1984-03-26|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1970|3|19|1984|3|26}}

| {{ayd|1973|12|27|1984|3|26}}

| P. Trudeau {{small|(as puisne justice and later as chief justice)}}

| University of Toronto
{{small|(1936)}}
Harvard Law School
{{small|(1937)}}
Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)
{{small|(1937)}}

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 52

| Robert George Brian Dickson
{{small|(1916–1998)}}

| Manitoba

| {{nowrap|{{date|1973-03-26|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1990-06-29|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1984-04-18|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1990-06-29|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1973|3|26|1990|6|29}}

| {{ayd|1984|4|18|1990|6|29}}

| P. Trudeau {{small|(as puisne justice and later as chief justice)}}

| University of Manitoba Faculty of Law
{{small|(1938)}}

| Manitoba Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 53

| Jean Beetz
{{small|(1927–1991)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1974-01-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1988-11-09|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1974|1|1|1988|11|9}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| P. Trudeau

| Université de Montréal Faculty of Law
{{small|(1950)}}
Pembroke College, Oxford
{{small|(1953)}}

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 54

| Louis-Philippe de Grandpré
{{small|(1917–2008)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1974-01-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1977-09-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1974|1|1|1977|9|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| P. Trudeau

| McGill University Faculty of Law

|President of the Canadian Bar Association

style="text-align:center;" | 55

| Willard Zebedee Estey
{{small|(1919–2002)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1977-09-29|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1988-04-21|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1977|9|29|1988|4|21}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| P. Trudeau

| University of Saskatchewan College of Law

| Chief Justice of Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 56

| Yves Pratte
{{small|(1925–1988)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1977-10-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1979-06-29|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1977|10|1|1979|6|29}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| P. Trudeau

| Université Laval (Faculté de droit (Université Laval)) and University of Toronto

| Chairman of Air Canada

style="text-align:center;" | 57

| William Rogers McIntyre
{{small|(1918–2009)}}

| British Columbia

| {{nowrap|{{date|1979-01-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1989-02-14|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1979|1|1|1989|2|14}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| P. Trudeau

| University of Saskatchewan

| British Columbia Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 58

| Julien Chouinard
{{small|(1929–1987)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1979-09-24|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1987-02-06|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1979|9|24|1987|2|6}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Clark

| Université Laval

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 59

| Antonio Lamer
{{small|(1933–2007)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1980-03-28|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2000-01-06|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|1990-07-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2000-01-06|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1980|3|28|2000|1|6}}

| {{ayd|1990|7|1|2000|1|6}}

| P. Trudeau {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Mulroney {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| Université de Montréal

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 60

| Bertha Wilson
{{small|(1923–2007)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1982-03-04|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1991-01-03|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1982|3|4|1991|1|3}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| P. Trudeau

| Dalhousie Law School

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 61

| Gerald Eric Le Dain
{{small|(1924–2007)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1984-05-29|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1988-11-29|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1984|5|29|1988|11|29}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| P. Trudeau

| McGill University Faculty of Law

| Federal Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 62

| Gérard La Forest
{{small|(b. 1926)}}

| New Brunswick

| {{nowrap|{{date|1985-01-16|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1997-09-29|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1985|1|16|1997|9|29}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mulroney

| University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law and Yale Law School

| New Brunswick Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 63

| Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
{{small|(b. 1927)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1987-04-15|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2002-06-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1987|4|15|2002|6|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mulroney

| Université Laval (Faculté de droit (Université Laval))

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 64

| John Sopinka
{{small|(1933–1997)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1988-05-24|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1997-11-24|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1988|5|24|1997|11|24}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mulroney

| University of Toronto

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 65

| Charles Gonthier
{{small|(1928–2009)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|1989-02-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2003-07-31|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1989|2|1|2003|7|31}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mulroney

| McGill University Faculty of Law

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 66

| Peter Cory
{{small|(1925–2020)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1989-02-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1999-05-31|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1989|2|1|1999|5|31}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mulroney

| Osgoode Hall Law School

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 67

| Beverley McLachlin
{{small|(b. 1943)}}

| British Columbia

| {{nowrap|{{date|1989-03-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2017-12-14|MDY}}}}

| {{nowrap|{{date|2000-01-07|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2017-12-14|MDY}}}}

| {{ayd|1989|3|30|2017|12|14}}

| {{ayd|2000|1|7|2017|12|14}}

| Mulroney {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
Chrétien {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| University of Alberta Faculty of Law

|Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia

style="text-align:center;" | 68

| William Stevenson
{{small|(1934–2021)}}

| Alberta

| {{nowrap|{{date|1990-09-17|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|1992-06-04|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1990|9|17|1992|6|4}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mulroney

| University of Alberta Faculty of Law

| Court of Appeal of Alberta
Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories

style="text-align:center;" | 69

| Frank Iacobucci
{{small|(b. 1937)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1991-01-07|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2004-06-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1991|1|7|2004|6|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mulroney

| University of British Columbia and Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

|Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada

style="text-align:center;" | 70

| John C. Major
{{small|(b. 1931)}}

| Alberta

| {{nowrap|{{date|1992-11-13|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2005-12-24|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1992|11|13|2005|12|24}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Mulroney

| University of Toronto

| Court of Appeal of Alberta

style="text-align:center;" | 71

| Michel Bastarache
{{small|(b. 1947)}}

| New Brunswick

| {{nowrap|{{date|1997-09-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2008-06-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1997|9|30|2008|6|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Chrétien

| University of Ottawa Faculty of Law

| New Brunswick Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 72

| William Ian Corneil Binnie
{{small|(b. 1939)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1998-01-08|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2011-10-20|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1998|1|8|2011|10|20}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Chrétien

| Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge University of Toronto

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 73

| Louise Arbour
{{small|(b. 1947)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|1999-09-15|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2004-06-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|1999|9|15|2004|6|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Chrétien

| Université de Montréal Faculty of Law
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law

|Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda

style="text-align:center;" | 74

| Louis LeBel
{{small|(1939–2023)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|2000-01-07|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2014-11-29|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2000|1|7|2014|11|29}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Chrétien

| Université Laval
University of Toronto

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 75

| Marie Deschamps
{{small|(b. 1952)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|2002-08-07|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2012-08-06|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2002|8|7|2012|8|6}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Chrétien

| Université de Montréal
McGill University Faculty of Law

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 76

| Morris J. Fish
{{small|(b. 1938)}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|2003-08-05|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2013-08-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2003|8|5|2013|8|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Chrétien

| McGill University Faculty of Law

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 77

| Rosalie Abella
{{small|(b. 1946)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|2004-08-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2021-07-01|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2004|8|30|2021|06|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Martin

| University of Toronto

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 78

| Louise Charron
{{small|(b. 1951)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|2004-08-30|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2011-08-29|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2004|8|30|2011|8|29}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}} —

| Martin

| University of Ottawa Faculty of Law

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

style="text-align:center;" | 79

| Marshall Rothstein
{{small|(b. 1940)}}

| Manitoba

| {{nowrap|{{date|2006-03-01|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2015-08-30|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2006|3|1|2015|8|30}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Harper

| University of Manitoba

| Federal Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 80

| Thomas Cromwell
{{small|(b. 1952)}}

| Nova Scotia

| {{nowrap|{{date|2008-12-22|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2016-08-31|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2008|12|22|2016|8|31}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Harper

| Queen's University Faculty of Law
University of Oxford

| Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 81

| Michael J. Moldaver
{{small|(b. 1947)}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|2011-10-21|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2022-08-31|MDY}}}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2011|10|21|2022|8|31}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Harper

| University of Toronto

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 82

| Andromache Karakatsanis
{{small|(b. 1955)}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age nts|1955|10|03}}, mandatory retirement date: October 3, 2030}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|2011-10-21|MDY}} –}}
present

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2011|10|21}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Harper

| Osgoode Hall Law School

| Court of Appeal for Ontario

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 83

| Richard Wagner
{{small|(b. 1957)}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age nts|1957|04|02}}, mandatory retirement date: April 2, 2032}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|2012-10-05|MDY}} –}}
present

| {{nowrap|{{date|2017-12-18|MDY}} –}}
present

| {{ayd|2012|10|05}}

| {{ayd|2017|12|18}}

| Harper {{small|(as puisne justice)}};
J. Trudeau {{small|(as chief justice)}}

| University of Ottawa Faculty of Law

| Quebec Court of Appeal

style="text-align:center;" | 84

| Clément Gascon
{{small|(b. 1960)}}

| Quebec

| Jun 9, 2014 –
Sept 15, 2019{{cite news|last= Zimonjic |first= Peter |date= April 15, 2019|title=Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon announces retirement |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justice-clement-gascon-retiring-1.5098973 |location=Canada |work= CBC News |access-date= April 15, 2019}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2014|06|09|2019|09|15}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Harper

| McGill University Faculty of Law

| Quebec Court of Appeal

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 85

| Suzanne Côté
{{small|(b. 1958)}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age nts|1958|09|21}}, mandatory retirement date: September 21, 2033}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|2014-12-01|MDY}} –}}
present

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2014|12|01}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Harper

| Laval University

| Lawyer

style="text-align:center;" | 86

| Russell Brown
{{small|(b. 1965)}}

| Alberta

| {{nowrap|{{date|2015-08-31|MDY}} –}}
{{nowrap|{{date|2023-06-12|MDY}}}}{{cite web |last1=Tasker |first1=John paul |title=Russell Brown steps down from Supreme Court after probe launched into misconduct claim |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/russell-brown-supreme-court-justice-resigns-1.6873402 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=June 12, 2023 |date=June 12, 2023}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2015|08|31|2023|06|12}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| Harper

| University of Victoria
University of Toronto

| Court of Appeal of Alberta

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 87

| Malcolm Rowe
{{small|(b. 1953)}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age nts|1953|6|27}}, mandatory retirement date: June 27, 2028}}

| Newfoundland and Labrador

| {{nowrap|{{date|2016-10-28|MDY}} –}}
present

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2016|10|28}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| J. Trudeau

| Osgoode Hall Law School

| Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 88

| Sheilah Martin
{{small|(b. 1956)}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age nts|1956|05|31}}, mandatory retirement date: May 31, 2031}}

| Alberta

| {{nowrap|{{date|2017-12-18|MDY}} –}}
present

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2017|12|18}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| J. Trudeau

| McGill University Faculty of Law
University of Alberta Faculty of Law

| Court of Appeal of Alberta
Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
Court of Appeal of Nunavut

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 89

| Nicholas Kasirer
{{small|(b. 1960)}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age nts|1960|02|20}}, mandatory retirement date: February 20, 2035}}

| Quebec

| {{nowrap|{{date|2019-09-16|MDY}} –}}
present

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2019|09|16}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| J. Trudeau

| McGill University Faculty of Law
University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

| Quebec Court of Appeal

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 90

| Mahmud Jamal
{{small|(b. 1967)}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age nts|1967|7|20}}, mandatory retirement date: July 20, 2042}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|2021-07-01|MDY}} –}}
present

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2021|07|01}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| J. Trudeau

| McGill University Faculty of Law
Yale Law School

| Ontario Court of Appeal

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 91

| Michelle O'Bonsawin
{{small|(b. 1974)}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age nts|1974|5|2}}; mandatory retirement May 2, 2049}}

| Ontario

| {{nowrap|{{date|2022-09-01|MDY}} –}}
present{{cite web|title=The Honourable Michelle O'Bonsawin|date=2022-09-01|url=https://scc-csc.ca/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=michelle-obonsawin|access-date=2022-09-01|website=Supreme Court of Canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902012247/https://scc-csc.ca/judges-juges/bio-eng.aspx?id=michelle-obonsawin|archive-date=2022-09-02|url-status=live|quote=Justice O'Bonsawin holds a Bachelor of Arts from Laurentian University, a Bachelor of Law from the University of Ottawa, a Master of Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, and a Doctorate in Law from the University of Ottawa.|language=en-CA}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2022|09|01}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| J. Trudeau

| University of Ottawa (Faculty of Law) (LLB & PhD){{cite news|title=Nomination of the Honourable Michelle O'Bonsawin, alumna, to the Supreme Court of Canada|date=2022-08-23|url=https://www.uottawa.ca/gazette/en/news/nomination-honourable-michelle-obonsawin-alumna-supreme-court-canada|access-date=2022-09-01|website=University of Ottawa Gazette|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902014524/https://www.uottawa.ca/gazette/en/news/nomination-honourable-michelle-obonsawin-alumna-supreme-court-canada|archive-date=2022-09-02|url-status=live|quote=Justice O’Bonsawin also has strong ties to the University of Ottawa, having earned an LL.B. in Common Law in 1998 from the University and a PhD in 2022.|language=en-CA}}
York University (Osgoode Hall) (LLM)

| Ontario Superior Court of Justice

bgcolor="#fffacd"

| style="text-align:center;" | 92

| Mary Moreau
{{small|(b. {{birth based on age as of date|67|2023|November|6|noage=1}}{{cite news|author1-last=Fine|author1-first=Sean|date=2023-11-01|orig-date=first published 2023-11-01|title='I consider her a fighter': Supreme Court pick Mary Moreau hailed as a voice for minority rights|website=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-i-consider-her-a-fighter-supreme-court-pick-mary-moreau-hailed-as-a/|access-date=2023-11-11|language=en-CA|quote=On Thursday, the 67-year-old is to answer questions from a Parliamentary committee.}})}}{{efn-ua|Age {{Age as of date|67|2023|November|6}}; mandatory retirement 2030/2031}}

| Alberta

| {{nowrap|{{date|2023-11-06|MDY}} –}}
present{{cite press release|title=Chief Justice Wagner Welcomes the Appointment of the Honourable Mary T. Moreau|date=2023-11-06|url=https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/news/en/item/7807/index.do|access-date=2023-11-06|website=Supreme Court of Canada}}

| style="text-align:center" | —

| {{ayd|2023|11|06}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}—

| J. Trudeau

| University of Alberta (Faculty of Law) (LLB)

Université de Sherbrooke (Civil Code of Québec study program)

| Court of King's Bench of Alberta

=Notes=

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Timeline of justices

This graphical timeline depicts the progression of the justices on the Supreme Court. Information regarding each justice's predecessors, successors and fellow justices, as well as their tenure on the court can be gleaned (and comparisons between justices drawn) from it. There are no formal names or numbers for the individual seats of the puisne justices.

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from:1875.60 till:1879.00 color:CJC text:"William Buell Richards"

from:1879.00 till:1892.60 color:CJC text:"William Johnstone Ritchie"

from:1892.80 till:1902.80 color:CJC text:"Samuel Henry Strong"

from:1875.60 till:1878.80 color:PJ3 text:"Jean-Thomas Taschereau"

from:1875.60 till:1895.60 color:PJ4 text:"Télesphore Fournier"

from:1875.60 till:1888.40 color:PJ5 text:"William Alexander Henry"

from:1902.80 till:1906.40 color:CJC text:"Henri Elzéar Taschereau"

from:1879.00 till:1902.00 color:PJ1 text:"John Wellington Gwynne"

from:1888.80 till:1893.40 color:PJ5 text:"Christopher Salmon Patterson"

from:1893.20 till:1906.60 color:PJ2 text:"Robert Sedgewick"

from:1893.60 till:1901.40 color:PJ5 text:"George Edwin King"

from:1895.60 till:1911.20 color:PJ4 text:"Désiré Girouard"

from:1918.80 till:1924.40 color:CJC text:"Louis Henry Davies"

from:1902.20 till:1903.40 color:PJ1 text:"David Mills"

from:1902.80 till:1903.50 color:PJ3 text:"John Douglas Armour"

from:1903.40 till:1905.80 color:PJ1 text:"Wallace Nesbitt"

from:1903.60 till:1905.20 color:PJ3 text:"Albert Clements Killam"

from:1905.20 till:1927.20 color:PJ3 text:"John Idington"

from:1905.80 till:1909.20 color:PJ1 text:"James Maclennan"

from:1906.40 till:1918.80 color:CJC text:"Charles Fitzpatrick"

from:1933.20 till:1944.00 color:CJC text:"Lyman Duff"

from:1924.60 till:1933.20 color:CJC text:"Francis Alexander Anglin"

from:1911.60 till:1923.80 color:PJ4 text:"Louis-Philippe Brodeur"

from:1918.80 till:1929.60 color:PJ5 text:"Pierre-Basile Mignault"

from:1924.00 till:1924.80 color:PJ4 text:"Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin"

from:1924.60 till:1931.80 color:PJ1 text:"Edmund Leslie Newcombe"

from:1944.00 till:1954.40 color:CJC text:"Thibaudeau Rinfret"

from:1927.20 till:1936.20 color:PJ3 text:"John Henderson Lamont"

from:1927.40 till:1933.80 color:PJ6 text:"Robert Smith"

from:1930.00 till:1939.90 color:PJ5 text:"Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon"

from:1932.60 till:1943.20 color:PJ1 text:"Oswald Smith Crocket"

from:1933.20 till:1935.20 color:PJ2 text:"Frank Joseph Hughes"

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from:1954.50 till:1963.20 color:CJC text:"Patrick Kerwin"

from:1936.20 till:1947.00 color:PJ3 text:"Albert Hudson"

from:1963.30 till:1967.60 color:CJC text:"Robert Taschereau"

from:1943.20 till:1959.30 color:PJ1 text:"Ivan Rand"

from:1944.60 till:1958.00 color:PJ4 text:"Roy Kellock"

from:1944.80 till:1956.00 color:PJ6 text:"James Wilfred Estey"

from:1947.40 till:1962.60 color:PJ3 text:"Charles Holland Locke"

from:1967.60 till:1970.20 color:CJC text:"John Robert Cartwright"

from:1970.20 till:1973.90 color:CJC text:"Gérald Fauteux"

from:1954.50 till:1973.90 color:PJ2 text:"Douglas Abbott"

from:1956.20 till:1957.50 color:PJ6 text:"Henry Grattan Nolan"

from:1958.00 till:1982.20 color:PJ6 text:"Ronald Martland"

from:1958.20 till:1977.50 color:PJ4 text:"Wilfred Judson"

from:1959.40 till:1984.80 color:PJ1 text:"Roland Ritchie"

from:1962.80 till:1973.20 color:PJ3 text:"Emmett Matthew Hall"

from:1963.40 till:1978.90 color:PJ5 text:"Wishart Spence"

from:1967.60 till:1980.20 color:PJ7 text:"Louis-Philippe Pigeon"

from:1973.90 till:1984.20 color:CJC text:"Bora Laskin"

from:1984.30 till:1990.50 color:CJC text:"Brian Dickson"

from:1974.00 till:1988.80 color:PJ8 text:"Jean Beetz"

from:1974.00 till:1977.60 color:PJ2 text:"Louis-Philippe de Grandpré"

from:1977.60 till:1988.30 color:PJ4 text:"Willard Estey"

from:1977.80 till:1979.50 color:PJ2 text:"Yves Pratte"

from:1979.00 till:1989.20 color:PJ5 text:"William McIntyre"

from:1979.60 till:1987.20 color:PJ2 text:"Julien Chouinard"

from:1990.50 till:2000.00 color:CJC text:"Antonio Lamer"

from:1982.20 till:1991.00 color:PJ6 text:"Bertha Wilson"

from:1984.40 till:1988.90 color:PJ3 text:"Gerald Le Dain"

from:1985.00 till:1997.60 color:PJ1 text:"Gérard La Forest"

from:1987.30 till:2002.50 color:PJ2 text:"Claire L'Heureux-Dubé"

from:1988.40 till:1997.90 color:PJ4 text:"John Sopinka"

from:1989.10 till:2003.50 color:PJ8 text:"Charles Gonthier" barset:break

from:1989.10 till:1999.40 color:PJ3 text:"Peter Cory"

from:2000.00 till:2017.90 color:CJC text:"Beverley McLachlin"

from:1990.60 till:1992.40 color:PJ7 text:"William Stevenson"

from:1991.00 till:2004.50 color:PJ6 text:"Frank Iacobucci"

from:1992.80 till:2005.90 color:PJ7 text:"John C. Major"

from:1997.60 till:2008.50 color:PJ1 text:"Michel Bastarache"

from:1998.00 till:2011.80 color:PJ4 text:"Ian Binnie"

from:1999.60 till:2004.50 color:PJ3 text:"Louise Arbour"

from:2000.00 till:2014.90 color:PJ5 text:"Louis LeBel"

from:2002.60 till:2012.60 color:PJ2 text:"Marie Deschamps"

from:2003.60 till:2013.60 color:PJ8 text:"Morris J. Fish"

from:2004.60 till:2021.50 color:PJ6 text:"Rosalie Abella"

from:2004.60 till:2011.60 color:PJ3 text:"Louise Charron"

from:2006.20 till:2015.60 color:PJ7 text:"Marshall Rothstein"

from:2008.90 till:2016.60 color:PJ1 text:"Thomas Cromwell"

from:2011.80 till:2022.67 color:PJ4 text:"Michael Moldaver"

from:2011.80 till:$now color:PJ3 text:"Andromache Karakatsanis"

from:2017.90 till:$now color:CJC text:"Richard Wagner"

from:2014.40 till:2019.71 color:PJ8 text:"Clément Gascon"

from:2014.90 till:$now color:PJ5 text:"Suzanne Côté"

from:2015.60 till:2023.45 color:PJ7 text:"Russell Brown"

from:2016.80 till:$now color:PJ1 text:"Malcolm Rowe"

from:2017.90 till:$now color:PJ2 text:"Sheilah Martin"

from:2019.71 till:$now color:PJ8 text:"Nicholas Kasirer"

from:2021.50 till:$now color:PJ6 text:"Mahmud Jamal"

from:2022.67 till:$now color:PJ4 text:"Michelle O'Bonsawin"

from:2023.85 till:$now color:PJ7 text:"Mary Moreau"

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Justices' birthplaces

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PlaceNo.Justices
colspan=3 | Canada (81):{{efn|At least one Supreme Court justice has been born in each of Canada's current 10 provinces; none however, have been born in its current territories (the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon).}}
Alberta{{efn|Includes territory previously in the Northwest Territories prior to 1905}}{{center|4}}McLachlin; Moreau; Nolan; Stevenson
British Columbia{{center|2}}Brown; Iacobucci
Manitoba{{center|2}}Locke; Rothstein
New Brunswick{{center|6}}Anglin; Crocket; J. W. Estey; King; La Forest; Rand
Newfoundland and Labrador{{center|1}}Rowe
Nova Scotia{{center|5}}Henry; Killam; Newcombe; R. A. Richie; W. J. Ritchie
Ontario{{efn|Includes the former colony of Upper Canada, and Canada West in the former Province of Canada}}{{center|24}}Armour; Cartwright; Charron; Cory; Cromwell; Davis; Duff; Hudson; Hughes; Idington; Karakatsanis; Kellock; Kerwin; Lamont; Laskin; Maclennan; Major; Mills; Moldaver; Nesbitt; O'Bonsawin; Richards; Smith; Spence
Prince Edward Island{{center|1}}Davies
Quebec{{efn|Includes the former colony of Lower Canada, and Canada East in the former Province of Canada}}{{center|34}}Abbott; Arbour; Bastarache; Beetz; Binnie; Brodeur; Cannon; Chouinard; Côté; de Grandpré; Deschamps; Fauteux; Fish; Fitzpatrick; Fournier; Gascon; Girouard; Gonthier; Hall; Kasirer; Lamer; Le Dain; LeBel; {{nowrap|L'Heureux-Dubé;}} Malouin; Martin; McIntyre; Pigeon; Pratte; Rinfret; H.-E. Taschereau; J.-T. Taschereau; R. Taschereau; Wagner
Saskatchewan{{center|3}}Dickson; W. Z. Estey; Sopinka
colspan=3 | United Kingdom (7):
England{{center|4}}Judson; Martland; Patterson; Strong
Scotland{{center|2}}Sedgewick; Wilson
Ireland{{efn|Includes all of Ireland as part of the United Kingdom, prior to 1922}}{{center|1}}Gwynne
colspan=3 | United States (1):
Massachusetts{{center|1}}Mignault
colspan=3 | Germany (1):
Baden-Württemberg{{center|1}}Abella
colspan=3 | Kenya (1):
Nairobi{{center|1}}Jamal
colspan=3 | Total: 91

=Notes=

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Justices' legal backgrounds

Of the 91 justices who have served on the court, just over half, 49, had previously served on provincial appellate courts, although not all of these were serving in that capacity immediately prior to their appointment (e.g. Beverley McLachlin had served on the British Columbia Court of Appeal before being named Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia; Louise Arbour had served on the Court of Appeal for Ontario before being named Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia). Three served on the appellate division of the Federal Court of Canada: Frank Iacobucci as Chief Justice of the Court, and Gerald Le Dain and Marshall Rothstein as appellate justices.

Twenty-eight justices were named to the Supreme Court directly from the bar without having previously served as judges, including one Chief Justice (Charles Fitzpatrick). Of those, eleven had served or were serving in various federal government capacities, including member of Parliament, cabinet minister, or deputy minister, prior to their appointment. A further 12 served on provincial superior trial courts.

Of the 31 justices appointed since 1980, only three had no prior judicial experience: John Sopinka, Ian Binnie and Suzanne Côté.

References

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Bibliography

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  • {{Cite book|author=James G. Snell|author2=Frederick Vaughan|title=The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1985|isbn=0802034179|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/supremecourtofca0000snel}}
  • {{Cite book|author=Peter McCormick|title=Supreme at Last: The Evolution of the Supreme Court of Canada|publisher=James Lorimer & Company|year=2000|isbn=1550286927|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/supremeatlastevo0000mcco}}
  • {{Cite book|author=Donald R. Songer|title=The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada: An Empirical Examination|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0802096890}}

{{refend}}

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