List of editors-in-chief of the largest newspapers in Canada

This is a list of editors-in-chief of the largest newspapers in Canada by circulation.

The Gazette (Montreal)

 * Mark Harrison (1977–1989)
 * Norman Webster (1989–1993)
 * Joan Fraser (1993–1996)
 * Alan Allnutt (1996–2000)
 * Peter Stockland (2000–2004)
 * Andrew Phillips (2004–2009)
 * Raymond Brassard (2010–2013)
 * Lucinda Chodan (2013–present)

The Globe and Mail

 * George McCullagh (1936–1952)
 * Oakley Dalgleish (1952–1963)
 * R. Howard Webster 1963–1965
 * James L. Cooper (1965–1974)
 * Richard S. Malone (1974–1978)
 * Richard Doyle (1978–1983)
 * Norman Webster (1983–1989)
 * William Thorsell (1989–1999)
 * Richard Addis (1999–2002)
 * Edward Greenspon (2002–2009)
 * John Stackhouse (2009–2014)
 * David Walmsley (2014–present)

Le Journal de Montréal

 * André Lecompte (1964–?)
 * Paule Beaugrand-Champagne
 * Lyne Robitaille

National Post

 * Kenneth Whyte (1998–2003)
 * Matthew Fraser (2003–2005)
 * Doug Kelly (2005–2010)
 * Stephen Meurice (2010–present)

Ottawa Citizen

 * Charles Herbert Mackintosh (1874–1892)
 * Hugh Clark 1897–1898
 * Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison (1898–1913)
 * Keith Spicer (1985–1989)
 * Gordon Fisher (1989–1991)
 * James Travers (1991–1996)
 * Neil Reynolds (1996–2000)
 * Scott Keir Anderson (2000–2007)
 * Gerry Nott (2009–present)

La Presse

 * William-Edmond Blumhart
 * Guy Crevier (2001)
 * Philippe Cantin
 * André Pratte (2001–present)

Toronto Star

 * Joseph E. Atkinson (1899–1948)
 * Harry Comfort Hindmarsh (1948–1955)
 * Beland Honderich (1955–1966)
 * Peter Newman (1969–1971)
 * Robert Nielsen (acting 1971)
 * Martin Goodman (1971–1978)
 * Denis Harvey (1978–1981)
 * George Radwanski (1981–1985)
 * Fred Kuntz (2006–2008)
 * Giles Gherson (2004–2006)
 * Michael Cooke (2009–2021)
 * Anne Marie Owens (2021-present)

Toronto Sun

 * Peter Worthington (1971–1982), editor until 1976; no editor-in-chief previously
 * Barbara Amiel (1983–1985)
 * John Downing (1985–1997), with the title of editor; there was no editor-in-chief until 1995
 * Peter O'Sullivan (1995–1999)
 * Mike Strobel (1999–2001)
 * Mike Therien (2001–2004)
 * Jim Jennings (2004–2006)
 * Glenn Garnett (2007)
 * Lou Clancy (2007–2009)
 * James Wallace (2009–2013)
 * Wendy Metcalfe (2013–2015)
 * Adrienne Batra (2015–present)

The Vancouver Sun

 * Neil Reynolds (2000–2003)
 * Patricia Graham (2003–present)

Winnipeg Free Press

 * William Fisher Luxton (1872–1893)
 * Frederick Molyneux St. John (1893–1895)
 * Arnott James Magurn (1898–1901)
 * John Wesley Dafoe (1901–1944)
 * George Victor Ferguson (1944–1946)
 * Grant Dexter (1946–1954)
 * Thomas Worrall Kent (1954–1959)
 * Shane MacKay (1959–1967)
 * Richard S. Malone (1967–1974)
 * Peter McLintock (1974–1979)
 * John Dafoe (1979–1993)
 * Duncan McMonagle (1993–1996)
 * Nicholas Hirst (1996–2005)
 * Bob Cox (2005–2007)
 * Margo Goodhand (2007–2012)
 * Paul Samyn (2012–present)