Desmond Morton is a Canadian historian who specializes in the history of the Canadian military, and the history of Canadian political and industrial relations.

Morton is the Hiram Mills professor of History at McGill University, and director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada in Montreal, Quebec. He was Principal of Erindale College, University of Toronto, from 1986 to 1994.

Morton received his doctorate from the University of London. He is the author of over thirty-five books on Canada, including the popular A Short History of Canada ISBN 0-7710-6509-4.