This is a list of people who have served in the senior-most positions at the Bank of Canada since 1934.
Canada’s central bank is led by a Governing Council—the Governor, the Senior Deputy Governor and Deputy Governors. They are responsible for policy-making and charting the strategic direction of the Bank, and receive counsel from internal and special advisors.
Past Governors
Past Senior Deputy Governors1
Carolyn A. Wilkins
2014 – 2020
Tiff Macklem
2010 – 2014
Paul Jenkins
2003 – 2010
Malcolm Knight
1999 – 2003
Bernard Bonin
1994 – 1999
Gordon Thiessen
1987 – 1994
John Crow
1984 – 1987
Ruston William Lawson
1973 – 1984
Gerald Bouey
1972 – 1973
John Robert Beattie
1970 – 1971
Past Deputy Governors
Paul Beaudry
2019 – 2023
Timothy Lane
2009 – 2022
Lawrence L. Schembri
2013 – 2022
Lynn Patterson
2014 – 2019
Sylvain Leduc
2016 – 2018
Agathe Côté
2010 – 2016
John Murray
2008 – 2014
Jean Boivin
2010 – 2012
David Longworth
2003 – 2010
Pierre Duguay
2000 – 2010
Sheryl Kennedy
1994 – 2008
Tiff Macklem
2004 – 2007
Mark Carney
2003 – 2004
Paul Jenkins
1992 – 2003
Timothy Noël
1994 – 2001
Alvin Lamb
1993 – 1994
William White
1988 – 1994
Bernard Bonin
1988 – 1994
Charles Freedman
1988 – 2003
Ross Wilson
1984 – 1992
Gordon Thiessen
1984 – 1987
John Crow
1981 – 1984
Douglas Humphreys
1974 – 1983
Alain Jubinville
1974 – 1988
Bernard Drabble
1974
George Freeman
1974 – 1982
Gerald Bouey
1969 – 1972
Ruston William Lawson
1964 – 1973
Louis Hébert
1963 – 1972
Ralph McKibbin
1955 - 1971
Louis Rasminsky
1955 – 1961
Louis P. Saint-Amour
1954 – 1963
John Robert Beattie
1955 – 1969
James E. Coyne
1950 – 1954
Donald Gordon
1938 – 1949
James Osborne
1934 – 1938
Past Advisors
Paul Chilcott
2015 – 2024
Dale Fleck
2011 – 2017
Sheila Vokey
2014 – 2016
Colleen Leighton
2014 – 2016
Carolyn A. Wilkins
2013 – 2014
Donna Howard
2012 – 2014
Allan Crawford
2008 – 2014
Sheila Niven
2008 – 2014
Lawrence Schembri
2010 – 2013
David Wolf
2009 – 2013
Janet Cosier
1997 – 2013
Agathe Côté
2008 – 2010
Jack Selody
2003 – 2010
Timothy Lane
2008 – 2009
George Pickering
2005 – 2008
John Murray
2000 – 2008
Bonnie Schwab
2003 – 2007
Clyde Goodlet
2001 – 2007
Pierre Godin
2004 – 2005
Tiff Macklem
2003 – 2004
Ronald Parker
2001 – 2003
David Longworth
2000 – 2003
Roy Flett
2001 – 2002
Donald Stephenson
1997 – 2001
Serge Vachon
1979 – 2001
Daniel MacDonald
2001 – 2001
Vaughn O’Regan
1994 – 2001
Pierre Duguay
1992 – 2000
John Conder
1989 – 1995
Timothy Noël
1984 – 1994
Frank Faure
1984 – 1993
William Alexander
1990 – 1992
Paul Jenkins
1989 – 1992
Louise Vaillancourt-Chatillon
1989 – 1992
Alvin Lamb
1986 – 1991
Jacques Bussieres
1974 – 1990
Charles Freedman
1984 – 1988
William White
1984 – 1988
J.N. Ross Wilson
1974 – 1984
Gordon Thiessen
1979 – 1984
W. Albert McKay
1976 – 1984
John Crow
1979 – 1981
A. John Norton
1977 – 1978
R. Johnstone
1971 – 1975
Douglas J.R. Humphreys
1971 – 1974
George Freeman
1971 – 1974
Bernard Drabble
1970 – 1974
Gerald Bouey
1965 – 1969
William Hood
1964 – 1969
Past Special Advisors to the Governor
| Special Advisor | Years served | Professional Association at Time of Appointment |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Hardisty | 2019 – 2024 | |
| Line Rivard | 2013 – 2014 | |
| Lynn Patterson | 2014 – 2015 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada |
| Evan W. Siddall | 2011 – 2013 | Fort Reliance Co. / Irving Oil Ltd. |
| David T. Beers | 2012 – 2013 | Standard & Poor's |
| Timothy Hodgson | 2010 – 2012 | Goldman Sachs Canada |
| Professor Prasanna Gai | 2010 – 2011 | Australian National University |
| Jean Boivin | 2009 – 2010 | Chair in Monetary Policy and Financial Markets at the Institute of Applied Economics at HEC business school in Montréal |
| Professor Angelo Melino | 2008 – 2009 | University of Toronto |
| Professor Frank Milne | 2008 – 2009 | Queen's University |
| Professor Paul Masson | 2007 – 2008 | Rotman School of Management |
| Professor Steve Ambler | 2006 – 2007 | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Bruce Little | 2005 – 2006 | Journalist (Retired from the Globe and Mail) |
| Professor Christopher Ragan | 2003 – 2005 | McGill University |
| Professor John Helliwell | 2003 – 2004 | University of British Columbia |
| Andrew Spence | 2002 – 2003 | Global Head, Currency Markets and Credit Markets Research, TD Securities |
| Professor John Chant | 2001 – 2002 | Simon Fraser University |
| Professor Angela Redish | 2000 – 2001 | University of British Columbia |
| Professor Daniel Racette | 1999 – 2000 | École des Hautes Études Commerciales |
| Professor David Laidler | 1998 – 1999 | University of Western Ontario |