This year, generous individuals, corporations, and foundations kept history alive by contributing a total of $2,068,849 to Canada’s History. We sincerely thank all supporters. Gifts of $100 or more have been recognized in this honour roll.
Sincere thanks to the generous leaders whose major, multi-year contributions are specially recognized in the company of Adventurers.
Hudson’s Bay Company History Foundation
Founding Patron and largest private donor to Canada’s National History Society
$200,000 +
Canada Life | The Molson Foundation | Dorothy Hollingsworth in memory of her husband William Nobleman | The Northpine Foundation | Richardson Foundation | H Sanford & Deborah Riley | The Wilson Foundation | The Winnipeg Foundation
$100,000 – $199,999
W John Bennett | James W Burns (1930–2019) | Bruce MacLellan & Karen Girling | Jim & Leney Richardson | J Derek Riley (1922–2018)
$50,000 – $99,999
E James Arnett | The Asper Foundation | James C Baillie | J Douglas Barrington | BellMTS | John & Pattie Cleghorn | Honor Bonnycastle de Pencier and Michael de Pencier | Charlotte Gray & George Anderson | Jackman Foundation | Edward & Stella Kennedy | Greg Latremoille | Joseph E Martin | Michael (1947–2019) & Joy Phelps and Family | The Pollard Family Foundation | Richard W Pound | Michael & Barbara Rea | David Ross & Audrey Loeb
$5,000 – $15,000
Bruce MacLellan & Karen Girling | The Margaret Ann & Donald S McGiverin Foundation | Diane Stampfler | In Memory of Marie Zorniak
$1,000 – $4,499
Joost Blom | Janet E Bush | Paul Croteau | Helen Edwards | Alistair Hensler | Tom Kierans & Mary Janigan | Ian & Johanne McKee | Dave Obee | Victor Rabinovitch | Miss K M Richardson | Stikeman Elliott | Steve Thomas | Timothy M Thompson | Manon Vennat | Janet Walker | Michael & Cheryl Williams | Mr C J Winn | 4 Anonymous Donors
$500 – $999
Lewis Abbott | J William Asselstine | Keith Byram | Tim Cook | Suzanne Davidson | Michael Fawcett | Mr Sholto Hebenton | John M Hofer | Ernest Howard | Paul Jones | Alison Taylor Love | Bruce S MacGowan | Prof Cheryl McWatters | Doug Paterson | In Memory of Jack & Lois Ralph | Craig Smith | Deirdre Stevenson | Andrew M Stewart | Mr Rodney Swarek | Melony Ward | Lois & David Williams | Barry Wilson | 11 Anonymous Donors
$250 – $499
A-K: Robert J Abelson | Karen & Bill Barnett | Paul Beeston | John Blachford | Mr Jim Bowie | Stephen Bowman | Victor Brandl | Colleen Brock | John Brockway | Danielle Chartier | Mr Paul H Dirksen | Michael Ensley | J P Evans | David B Flemming | John Francis | Patricia Gerow | Paul Gibbons | David Halkett | Don Heath | John Honderich | Lindsay Hunt | Jan W Jansen | Frances E Johnson | J Peter Jonkman | Geoffrey P Joyner | David W Kerr | Dr Elizabeth Kocmur | Wally & Gwen Kozar
L-Z: Brian Lagimodiere | James & Maggie Laing | Bill Leithead | Phil Lind | John Maher | Lauren Marshall | Jim McDonald | Mrs I McDorman | Suzanne G Moore | Everett & Jessie Paynter | David Pitfield | Sally Reardon | Terence Reynolds | Ms B Schaeffer | Eric W Slavens | Tom Spence | Mr R S Trimbee | Clementine Van Veen | Brian Wadsworth | Gary Welland | David J Westfall | The Wolfgang Family | Evelyn Young | 31 Anonymous Donors
$100 – $249
A: WD Bill Ameil | Mr Ronald Andersen | J R Anderson | Ms Judith Anderson | Douglas Annis | Kenneth Armson | J M Arnott | Dolores Ast | Miss Norma Atkinson | Eric & Karen Auzins
B: Tina Babij | Ken Baker | Pauline Baker | Alan Barnes | Robert C Barnett | L A Bateman | Alice Baumgart | Armand Beaudoin | Jane Beecroft | Charles Beer | Scott Bennie | Cameron & Eloise Berry | Milton R Best | Ed H Bieker | Ernie Bies | John R Bird | R Boisjoli | Sylvia Bolte-Borg | Clare Booker | Larry & Beth Boone | Steve Bornemann | Pierre Bourret | Lynne Bowen | Gordon Brackstone | Iva E Braham | Beverley Brennan | Peter Broughton | Margaret Burkhart | Eugene Burles | Barrie Burns | Bill Burns | Eleanor Burton | Al Buzas | J Robert Byers
C: Laura Cabott | Frank Cacciotti | Edward F Cairns | Mr G Cairns | John Calvert | Vera Campbell | Janice & Donald Carlisle | Brian R Carr | Paul Carroll | Mr Errol W Carruthers | John Case | Christopher Chance | Roland N Chartrand | Patrick Chisholm | Mr Harold Chmara | B Ciarallo | Michael Clague CM | Glen Clark | Philip R Clarke | Donald Clarke | Mr Norm Clegg | Nancy Cohen | Jim Connor | Bonar G Cooley | Dr Jose Courteau | Mr E A Crighton | J Crossley | Mr & Mrs Robert Crouse
D: Ron T Daley | Janet Dalgleish | Kerry Dangerfield | Thomas Dare | Mr John Dawson | Sonja Depauw | Lonny Dereski | Johnnie Desrochers | Martha Helen Bell Dietz | Cathy & Tom Dobbie | Gail Dougherty | Al & Sandra Dowhan | Sidney Down | Robert Du Laux | George Duddy | Mme Carmina Dudu
E: Martin Eady | John & Martha Edmond | Robert Elliott | Wilma Scott | Susan Ellwood | Mr George Emiry
F: Thomas Farrell | Aaron Fenton | Glenn Ferguson | Richard Field | P A Field | Mrs M Field | K Findlay | Douglas Finkbeiner | E Calvin Firth | I Forler | Blain Fowler | Malcolm Foy | Nicole Freeth
G: Marie Gallant | Denis Garon | Catherine Garvey | Mrs Elaine Geddes | Marcel Giroux | Dr Larry A Glassford | Andre Godbout | Donald W Goodridge | John G Goodwin | Ruth Gover | Thomas Gray | Ian Gray | Ms Siobhan Grealis | Mel D Greif | Harvey Grossman | Richard Grubb
H: Dr I C Hain | Hugh Hamilton | Anne Harker | Mr V Harris | Joe & Linda Harvey | Doug Hatlelid | James D Hay | Jeff C Hemming | Mark Herman | James Hersey | D Hiebert | Claire Louise Hobbs | Bronwen Hodgins | Elane Hoggett | Stanton Hooper | F W Hooper | M P Horne | Mr & Mrs Charles Hou | C Stuart Houston | William Houston | Eleanor Huband | Charles Huband | Gerald Hughes | Louise Humeniuk | G Hyam
I-J: John Iwanic | Myrtle Jacobs | Miss A Jelinski | Claire Jewers | Larry E Johnson | Mr Andrew Johnson | Nora Jones | Marilyn E Joseph
K: Dr Elaine Keiller CM | M Kellam | Liz Kerr | David Kindrachuk | D J Klaassen | Donald Kreewin | Jamie & Shelley Kropf
L: Judith Land | John Larcombe | Mr Peter K Large | Dr & Mrs E F Ledgerwood | Lorrie Lefebvre | R J Lemon | Ms Daphne Loukidelis | Mr John Lounds | Carla Lyon
M: D George MacIntosh | George Macenko | Joan F MacKenzie | Keith MacLellan | Alan MacLeod | W A MacTavish | John Magee | John Malcom | Mr Jamie Martin | Mr David Mast | Mr Paul A Mast | David Matchett | John & Nancy Matthews | Dr Kenneth McBey | Ian A C McCallum | Gordon McCart | Doug McDonald | Ross McElroy | Gary McEwen | J P McGeer | Bruce & Karen McGrath | R McLean | Norman & Patricia McLeod | Cameron McMillan | Don McVicar | Judith McVittie | Terrence F Mehmel | Derry Millar | Jack Milliken | Lorna Milne | William R Mitchell | David Mitten | Elinor Montgomery | Helen Moore | Nigel Moore | Gerald & Carolyn Mordon | George & Vivian Morgan | Janet Morris | Miss Frances Morrisey | M Elaine Morrison | Thomas Morton | Stan Moskal | Mr & Mrs David Muir | Keith Murley
N: Sarah Ditchbum Neal | Ralph L Nelson | Garry Nicol | Mr Ian Nielsen-Jones | Ken Novakowski | Andre Nowakowski | Penny Numbers
O: Mr & Mrs Edward Oakes | Patricia & Gerald O’Brien | Esther S Ondrack | Leonard Owen
P-Q: Wilson & Wilma Parasiuk | Sheila F Parker | George E Patton | Peter Payan | Nancy Payne | A Pepin | Doug & Heather Peters | Ross F Phillips | Terry Pinch | Ed Pirie | Sandy Polanski | Mr E F Pope | Robert Preston | Maury & Marilyn Prevost | Bob Quilliams
R: Ann & Bob Ramsbottom | D Read | Craig Reid | Mark Collin Reid | David Richardson | LCdr Sherry Richardson (Retd) | Mr Ron Richardson | Terry Robert | Scott Robertson | Bruce Robertson | Shelly Robichaud | Mr Harvey Roddick | A T Roden | Jane Rumble | Dawn Runnalls | Joan K Ruttan
S: G D Bud Salloum | Sonja Sanguinetti | J A Saunderson | Margie & Wayne Savigny | Dr & Mrs A G Scarth | John & Donna Schwartzburg | Mrs A Scorgie | Kim Lachaine & Michael Scott | Richard Scott | Clifton H Scott | Marjorie Shephard | N L Shuttleworth | William L Siksay | Mrs Mary Sills | John & Marilyn Simmons | Karen Sinclair | Terry Skillen | Mr Tom A Skinner | Jessie Sloan | L Sloane | Tom W Smith | Ian Smith | J F Soucy | Brian Soutiere | Beverly Stager | Ms E Stewart | Margaret Stewart | John H Stirling | Alex Strachan | Joanne R Sutherland | Janet Sutherland
T-U-V: Robert Tannas | Lee Taylor | David E F Taylor | S Phillip Tingley | Wayne Todd | Patrick Trant | Bryan Trothen | Catherine Groh & John Tyler | David Unger | George Vair | R H Vandewater
W-X-Y-Z: Mr D H Waddington | Mr Bruce Waldie | Warren Walker | Grace Walker | John Warren | S Weedon | Shayron Weir | Leslie E Weir | Anneli West | Hugh & Pat Westheuser | Costco Wholesale | George Wilkes | W Verne Williams | A Williams | Brock Winterton & Family | R Woodworth | K Wylie | Brian Young | S Zurbrigg | 187 Anonymous Donors