Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 12, 2016
• Invested on: September 23, 2016

For his contributions to public administration and to the administration of justice in Ontario.

Sidney Linden is a reformer and institution builder whose career has encompassed every aspect of justice administration in the province. Driven by a commitment to public service and to enacting change, he served as chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, as Ontario’s first Information and Privacy commissioner, as chair of Legal Aid Ontario, and as commissioner for the Ipperwash Inquiry. He is currently Ontario’s first Conflict of Interest commissioner.