The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year since 1946

The group of "Freedom Convoy" protesters who took over the streets around Parliament Hill and blockaded border crossings to demand an end to COVID−19 restrictions has been named The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2022.

Here is a list of who’s had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual poll of newsrooms across the country:

• 2021: The children who did not come home from residential schools
• 2020: Front−line workers during COVID−19
• 2019: Jody Wilson−Raybould, politician
• 2018: Humboldt Broncos hockey team
• 2017: Gord Downie, musician
• 2016: Gord Downie, musician
• 2015: Justin Trudeau, politician
• 2014: Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, slain soldiers
• 2013: Rob Ford, politician
• 2012: Luka Rocco Magnotta, killer
• 2011: Jack Layton, politician
• 2010: Russell Williams, sex killer
• 2009: Stephen Harper, politician
• 2008: Stephen Harper, politician
• 2007: The Mounties
• 2006: The Canadian soldier
• 2005: John Gomery, Quebec judge
• 2004: Paul Martin, politician
• 2003: Paul Martin, politician
• 2002: Jean Chrétien, politician
• 2001: Stockwell Day, politician
• 2000: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1999: Pierre Trudeau, politician (named Canadian Newsmaker of the 20th Century)
• 1998: Jean Chrétien, politician
• 1997: Sheldon Kennedy, hockey player and advocate for sexual−assault victims
• 1996: Donovan Bailey, sprinter
• 1995: Lucien Bouchard, politician
• 1994: Jacques Parizeau, politician
• 1993: Kim Campbell, politician
• 1992: The Canadian Constitution
• 1991: Brian Mulroney, politician
• 1990: Elijah Harper, politician
• 1989: Michael Wilson, politician
• 1988: Ben Johnson, sprinter
• 1987: Rick Hansen, cross−country wheelchair athlete
• 1986: Rick Hansen, cross−country wheelchair athlete
• 1985: Steve Fonyo, cross−country runner
• 1984: Brian Mulroney, politician
• 1983: Brian Mulroney, politician
• 1982: Wayne Gretzky, hockey player
• 1981: Terry Fox, cross−country runner
• 1980: Terry Fox, cross−country runner
• 1979: Joe Clark, politician
• 1978: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1977: René Lévesque, politician
• 1976: René Lévesque, politician
• 1975: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1974: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1973: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1972: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1971: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1970: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1969: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1968: Pierre Trudeau, politician
• 1967: Lester Pearson, politician
• 1966: John Diefenbaker, politician
• 1965: Lucien Rivard, drug smuggler
• 1964: Lester Pearson, politician
• 1963: Lester Pearson, politician
• 1962: Réal Caouette, politician
• 1961: James Coyne, Bank of Canada governor
• 1960: John Diefenbaker, politician
• 1959: John Diefenbaker, Joey Smallwood; politicians
• 1958: John Diefenbaker, politician
• 1957: John Diefenbaker, politician
• 1956: Lester Pearson, diplomat
• 1955: Lester Pearson, diplomat
• 1954: Marilyn Bell, marathon swimmer
• 1953: Lester Pearson, diplomat
• 1952: Lester Pearson, diplomat
• 1951: Lester Pearson, diplomat
• 1950: Lester Pearson, diplomat
• 1949: Louis St−Laurent, politician
• 1948: Mackenzie King, politician
• 1947: Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater
• 1946: Igor Gouzenko, Soviet embassy cipher clerk