Past Presidents
Below is a complete list of all our distinguished Past Presidents, who have helped shape the Institute since our establishment in 1908.
| PRESIDENT | SECTION | TERM |
| Fernow, Bernard E. | 1908-1915 | |
| Leavitt, Clyde | 1916-1917 | |
| Wilson, Ellwood | 1918-1920 | |
| Grainger, Martin A. | 1921-1923 | |
| Howe, Clinton Durant | ||
| Avery, Benjamin F. | Ontario | 1927-1929 |
| Caverhill, Peter Zembro | British Columbia | 1930-1932 |
| Piche, Guatave-Clodomir | Québec | 1933-1935 |
| Delahey, Wallace | Québec | 1936-1937 |
| Gibson, John Miles | 1938 | |
| Phipps, George Willard | Northwestern Ontario | 1939 |
| Mulholland, Fred D. | Vancouver Island | 1940 |
| Webb, Leland Stanford | 1941-1942 | |
| Harrison, John D.B. | Ottawa Valley | 1944 |
| Brown, Roscoe M. | Vancouver | 1945-1946 |
| Druce, Eric | Vancouver Island | 1947-1949 |
| Balch, Reginald E. | Maritimes | 1949-1951 |
| Beall, Herbert W. | 1950* | |
| MacDonald, Donald A. | 1950* | |
| Fensom, Kenneth G. | Vancouver | 1951-1953 |
| Pepler, William A.E. | CH | 1953-1955 |
| Sisam, John W.B. | Southern Ontario | 1955-1957 |
| Creighton, G. Wilfred I. | Nova Scotia | 1957-1959 |
| Hodgins, Hugh J. | Vancouver | 1959-1960 |
| Besley, Lowell | CH | 1961-1963 |
| McKee, Robert Gerald | Vancouver Island | 1963-1964 |
| Hearnden, Kenneth W. | Northwestern Ontario | 1964-1965 |
| Love, David Vaughan | Southern Ontario | 1965-1966 |
| Crossley, Desmond I. | Rocky Mountain | 1966-1967 |
| Nordin, Vidar | CH/Southern Ontario | 1967-1968 |
| Fellows, Edward S. | Maritimes | 1968-1969 |
| Matte, Francois | Orleans | 1969-1970 |
| Burch, William Gerald | Vancouver | 1970-1971 |
| Ker, Jack W. | Maritimes | 1971-1972 |
| Giles, J. Walter | Southern Ontario | 1972-1973 |
| Weetman, Gordon F. | Maritimes | 1973-1974 |
| Young, William | Cariboo | 1974-1975 |
| Moore, Warren S. | Northwestern Ontario | 1975-1976 |
| Anderson, Arnold B. | Vancouver | 1976-1977 |
| Boucher, P.E. | Maritimes | 1977-1978 |
| Redmond, D.R. | Ottawa Valley | 1978-1979 |
| Smith, J.H.G. | Vancouver | 1979-1980 |
| Devitt, W.J.B. | Vancouver Island | 1980-1981 |
| Garner, J. George | Lake of the Woods | 1981-1982 |
| Cayford, J.H. | Central Ontario | 1982-1983 |
| Paille, Gilbert | Orleans | 1983-1984 |
| Clark, J.D. | Rocky Mountain | 1984-1985 |
| Toovey, Jack W. | Vancouver | 1985-1986 |
| Carrow, J.R. | Maritimes/Southern Ontario | 1986-1987 |
| Kayll, A. James | Ottawa Valley | 1987-1988 |
| Godbout, Claude | Orleans | 1988-1989 |
| Ackhurst, Peter William | Vancouver | 1989-1990 |
| Gairns, C.H. | Cariboo | 1990-1991 |
| Whidden, Arden | Nova Scotia | 1991-1992 |
| Rotherham, A.A. (Tony) | CH | 1992-1993 |
| Murphy, Peter J. | Rocky Mountain | 1993-1994 |
| Oldham, Hap | Maritimes | 1994-1995 |
| Tolnai, Stephen | Thompson-Okanagan | 1995-1996 |
| Barker, John | Vancouver | 1996-1997 |
| Roberts, Ralph W. | Ottawa Valley | 1997-1998 |
| Wrangler, Evelynne | Rocky Mountain | 1998-1999 |
| Ferguson, Bruce | Southern Ontario | 1999-2000 |
| Stone, Gordon | Central Ontario | 2000-2001 |
| Gelinas, Donald | Rocky Mountain | 2001-2002 |
| Moores, Len | Newfoundland and Labrador | 2002-2003 |
| Macnaughton, Richard | Central Ontario | 2003-2004 |
| McLaughlan, Michael | Saskatchewan | 2004-2005 |
| Lee, Christopher A. | Ottawa Valley | 2005-2006 |
| Stables, Doug | Vancouver Island | 2006-2007 |
| Pinto, Fred | Algonquin | 2007-2008 |
| Marshall, Peter | Vancouver | 2008-2009 |
| LeBrun Ruff, Anne | Maritimes | 2009-2010 |
| Kelly, Wayne | Newfoundland and Labrador | 2010-2011 |
| Kube, Mark | Rocky Mountain | 2011-2012 |
| Vallée, Michel | Vancouver Island | 2012-2013 |
| Smith, C.T. (Tat) | Southern Ontario | 2013-2014 |
| Stinson, Allan | Algonquin | 2014-2015 |
| Lok, Jonathan | Vancouver Island | 2015-2016 |
| Smith, Megan | Central Ontario | 2016-2017 |
| Drummond, Alex | Rocky Mountain | 2017-2018 |
| Carroll, Colin | Newfoundland and Labrador | 2018-2019 |
| Luc M. Rainville | Ottawa Valley Section | 2019-2020 |
| Richard Dominy | Vancouver Island Section | 2020-2021 |
| Brad Epp | Manitoba Section | 2021-2022 |
