The Canadian Club of Toronto is a club in Toronto which meets several times a month to hear lunchtime speeches given by invited guests from the fields of politics, law, business, the arts, the media, and other prominent fields.

In the days before radio and television, the Club provided a chance for influential Torontonians to have contact with Canadian and foreign leaders in a variety of fields. Even today, the club manages to attract top speakers. Some examples of speakers to address the club since the year 2000 include Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, Vladimir Putin, Paul Bremer, Bob Rae, Michael Dell, Jean Charest, John de Chastelain, Ted Rogers, Roy McMurtry, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Margaret Atwood, Karen Kain, Ralph Klein, David Frum, Pamela Wallin, John Manley, Beverley McLachlin, Dalton McGuinty, Belinda Stronach, David Dodge, Pinball Clemons, Gordon Campbell, Louise Arbour, Adrienne Clarkson, Donovan Bailey, Anne Mulcahy, and Jack Layton. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is a Russian politician, and the current President of Russia. ... L. Paul Bremer Lewis Paul Bremer III, also known as Jerry Bremer, (born September 30, 1941) was named Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq to replace Jay Garner on May 6, 2003. ... Robert Keith (Bob) Rae, PC , OC, O.Ont , QC , LL.B , LL.D (born August 2, 1948, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. ... Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965 in Houston, Texas) is the founder of Dell, Inc. ... John James Charest (sha-ræ), PC , LL.B , MNA known as Jean Charest (born June 24, 1958) is a Quebecois lawyer and politician from the province of Quebec. ... John de Chastelain General Alfred John Gardyne Drummond de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH, LL.D., BA (born July 30, 1937) is a retired Canadian soldier and diplomat. ... Edward S. “Ted” Rogers (1934-) is the CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. ... Roy McMurtry (right) accompanied by his wife, daughter, and a sample of his art work Roland (Roy) McMurtry is a judge and former politician in Ontario, Canada. ... The young Gloria Macapagal (far right) and her family; when this picture was taken, her father Diosdado was the President of the Philippines. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is one of Canada’s most important contemporary writers. ... Karen Kain, 1970 Karen Kain, CC was born on March 28, 1951 in Hamilton, Ontario and began training to become a ballet dancer at the National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto in 1962, graduating in 1969. ... Ralph Phillip Klein MLA (born November 1, 1942), leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, is the current premier of the Canadian province of Alberta. ... David Frum (born 1960) is a Canadian-American former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and the author of the first insider book about the Bush presidency. ... Pamela Wallin, SOM (born 1953 in Wadena, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian television journalist and diplomat of Swedish descent. ... Former Canadian MP John Manley John Paul Manley, PC, BA, LL.B is a Canadian lawyer, businessperson and politician, was born on January 5, 1950 in Ottawa. ... The Rt. ... Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. ... Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC, MP (born May 2, 1966 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian businesswoman, politician, and a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons. ... David Dodge David A. Dodge is the current Governor of the Bank of Canada. ... Michael Lutrell Pinball Clemons, O.Ont (b. ... For the recipient of the Victoria Cross and MP, see Gordon Campbell, VC For the Scottish Conservative politician, see Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy Gordon Muir Campbell, BA, MBA, MLA, (born January 12, 1948) is 34th Premier of British Columbia. ... Louise Arbour Louise Arbour (born February 10, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a former Supreme Court of Canada judge. ... Adrienne Louise Clarkson (Chinese: ; pinyin: WÇ” BÄ«ngzhÄ«, Hakka: Ńg Pên-kî), PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, LL.D (born February 10, 1939) is an accomplished Canadian journalist. ... Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a former Canadian athlete. ... Anne M. Mulcahy is the Chairman and CEO of Xerox corporation. ... John Gilbert Jack Layton, PC, MP, PhD (born July 18, 1950, in Hudson, Quebec) is a social democrat Canadian politician and current leader of Canadas New Democratic Party (since 2003). ...

The Canadian Club has long had a role in Canadian life as an opinion-formation vehicle for some of Toronto's most prominent citizens.

The Canadian Club of Toronto was founded in 1897 by a Hamilton journalist. Speeches were initially given in the evening, but starting in 1899, the club moved to its present lunchtime format. In 1903, several members of the Canadian Club, concerned that the club was not sufficiently opposed to the wave of anti-British sentiment being expressed in the wake of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal decision, left the Canadian Club to found the more pro-British Empire Club of Canada. The Canadian Club's luncheons are usually held on Mondays in the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Nickname: Steel City, Steeltown, The Hammer Area: 1,117. ... The Empire Club of Canada, established in 1903, is a Canadian speakers forums. ...

There are currently forty Canadian Clubs in various cities around Canada.

External links

• Canadian Club of Toronto website
• List of Speakers from 1904 to Present