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 | 2019-2020 | |
| Richard Dominy | Vancouver Island | 2020-2021 | |
| Brad Epp | Manitoba | 2021-2022 | |
| Doug Reid | Northwestern Ontario | 2022-2023 | |
| Loni Pierce | Vancouver Island | 2023-2024 | |
| Margaret Symon | Vancouver Island | 2024-2025 |
