List of presidents of the Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

The heads and corporate officers of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Presidents
List of CPR presidents since 1881:


 * 1881-1888 Sir George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen Bt. GCVO
 * 1889-1899 Sir William Cornelius Van Horne KCMG
 * 1899-1918 Sir Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy KCVO
 * 1918-1942 Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty GBE
 * 1942-1947 D'Alton Corry Coleman CMG
 * 1947-1948 William Merton Neal
 * 1948-1955 William Allan Mather KGStJ
 * 1955–1964, 1966 Norris Roy Crump CC
 * 1964-1966 Robert A. Emerson
 * 1966-1972 Ian David Sinclair OC
 * 1972-1981 Frederick Stewart Burbidge OC
 * 1981-1996 William W. Stinson
 * 1996-2001 David P. O'Brien OC
 * 2001-2006 Robert J. Ritchie
 * 2006-2012 Frederic J. Green
 * 2013–Present Keith Creel

Chief Executive Officer of CPR
Before 2017 the CEO was a separate title and thereafter held by the president of the company.


 * Keith Creel 2017 - Present
 * E. Hunter Harrison 2012-2017
 * Frederic J. Green 2006-2012
 * Robert J. Ritchie 1995-2006
 * Ian Barry Scott 1985-1995