| 2024 | Councillor, Colchester County, NS | Geoff Stewart |
| 2023 | Mayor, Township of Gore, QC | Scott Pearce |
| 2022 | Councillor, Vegreville, AB | Taneen Rudyk |
| 2021 | Mayor, Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc, ON | Joanne Vanderheyden |
| 2020 | Councillor, City of Prince George, BC | Garth Frizzell |
| 2019 | Halifax Regional Municipality, NS | Bill Karsten |
| 2018 | Mayor, City of Magog, QC | Vicki-May Hamm |
| 2017 | Councillor and Deputy Mayor, City of Winnipeg, MB | Jenny Gerbasi |
| 2016 | Councillor, Town of Halton Hills, ON | Clark Somerville |
| 2015 | Councillor, City of Vancouver BC | Raymond Louie |
| 2014 | Mayor, Fredericton, NB | Brad Woodside |
| 2013 | Mayor, Borough of Lachine, QC | Claude Dauphin |
| 2012 | Councillor, Edmonton, AB | Karen Leibovici |
| 2011 | Councillor, Kitchener, ON | Berry Vrbanovic |
| 2010 | Director, Central Kootenay, BC | Hans Cunningham |
| 2009 | Mayor, Summerside, PE | Basil Stewart |
| 2008 | Mayor, Sherbrooke, QC | Jean Perrault |
| 2007 | Councillor, Winnipeg, MB | Gordon Steeves |
| 2006 | Councillor, Guelph, ON | Gloria Kovach |
| Succeeded by | Councillor, Winnipeg, MB | Gordon Steeves |
| 2005 | Mayor, Duncan, BC | Michael Coleman |
| Succeeded by | Councillor, Guelph, ON | Gloria Kovach |
| 2004 | Mayor, New Glasgow, NS | Ann MacLean |
| 2003 | Mayor, Gatineau, QC | Yves Ducharme |
| 2002 | Alderman, Calgary, AB | John Schmal |
| 2001 | Councillor, Toronto, ON | Jack Layton |
| 2000 | Councillor, Kitimat, BC | Joanne Monaghan |
| 1999 | Deputy Mayor, Marystown, NL | Sam Synard |
| 1998 | Deputy Mayor, Quebec City, QC | Claude Cantin |
| 1997 | Deputy Mayor, Winnipeg, MB | Jae Eadie |
| 1996 | Councillor, Richmond Hill, ON | Bryon Wilfert |
| 1995 | Mayor, Chilliwack, BC | John Les |
| 1994 | Mayor, Lunenburg, NS | Laurence Mawhinney |
| 1993 | Alderman, Edmonton, AB | Ron Hayter |
| 1992 | Mayor, Sillery, QC | Margaret Delisle |
| 1991 | Councillor, Markham, ON | Doreen Quirk |
| 1990 | Councillor, St. John's, NL | Ray O'Neill |
| 1989 | Mayor, Abbotsford, BC | George Ferguson |
| 1988 | Mayor, Spruce Grove, AB | George B. Cuff |
| 1987 | Mayor, Carleton Anjou, QC | Jean Corbeil |
| 1986 | Councillor, Toronto, ON | Richard Gilbert |
| 1985 | Alderman, Halifax, NS | Ron Cromwell |
| 1984 | Alderman, Burnaby, BC | Doreen Lawson |
| 1983 | Mayor, Carlyle, SK | E. J. Brady |
| 1982 | Mayor, Quebec City, QC | Jean Pelletier |
| 1981 | Mayor, Dartmouth, NS | Daniel Brownlow |
| 1980 | Mayor, Etobicoke, ON | Dennis Flynn |
| 1979 | Mayor, Edmonton, AB | C. J. Purves |
| 1978 | Mayor, Granby, QC | Paul-Olivier Trépanier |
| 1977 | Mayor, Vancouver, BC | J. J. Volrich |
| 1976 | Mayor, Glace Bay, NS | D. A. Munroe |
| 1975 | Chairman, Metro Toronto, ON | Paul Godfrey |
| 1974 | Councillor, Winnipeg, MB | B. R. Wolfe |
| 1973 | Mayor, Fredericton, NB | J.W. Bird |
| 1972 | Mayor, Whitby, ON | Desmond Newman |
| 1971 | Mayor, Hull, QC | Marcel D'Amour |
| 1970 | Mayor, Edmonton, AB | Ivor Dent |
| 1969 | Mayor, Halifax, NS | Allan O'Brien |
| 1968 | Mayor, Scarborough, ON | A.M. Campbell |
| 1967 | Mayor, Edmonton, AB | Vincent Dantzer |
| 1966 | Mayor, Vancouver, BC | William Rathie |
| Succeeded by | Mayor, Mount Royal, QC | J. P. Dawson |
| 1965 | Mayor, Hamilton, ON | Victor Copps |
| 1964 | Mayor, Halifax, NS | Charles Vaughn |
| 1963 | Mayor, Dartmouth, NS | I.W. Akerley |
| Succeeded by | Mayor, New Westminster, BC | Beth Woods |
| Succeeded by | Mayor, West Kildonan, BC | C. N. Kushner |
| 1962 | Mayor, Trois-Rivières, QC | J. A Mongrain |
| 1961 | Mayor, Victoria, BC | Percy Scurrah |
| Succeeded by | Mayor, West Kildonan, MB | C. N. Kushner |
| 1960 | Mayor, Saskatoon, SK | S. L. Buckwold |
| 1959 | Mayor, Arnprior, ON | R.M. Simpson |
| 1958 | Mayor, St. John's, NF | H. G. R. Mews |
| 1957 | Mayor, Hamilton, ON | Lloyd Jackson |
| 1956 | Mayor, Edmonton, AB | William Hawrelak |
| 1955 | Mayor, Charlottetown, PE | J. David Stewart |
| 1954 | Mayor, Calgary, AB | Donald MacKay |
| 1953 | Councillor, Montréal, QC | J. O. Asselin |
| Succeeded by | Mayor, Calgary, AB | Donald MacKay |
| 1952 | Mayor, Springhill, NS | A. J. Mason |
| Succeeded by | Councillor, Montréal, QC | J. O. Asselin |
| 1951 | Mayor, Victoria, BC | Percy George |
| Succeeded by | Alderman, Vancouver, BC | G. C. Miller |
| 1950 | Mayor, Granby, QC | P. H. Boivin |
| 1949 | Mayor, Saint Boniface, MB | G. C. MacLean |
| 1948 | Mayor, Québec City, QC | Lucien Borne |
| 1947 | Mayor, Fredericton, NB | Ray T. Forbes |
| 1946 | Mayor, Winnipeg, MB | Garnet Coulter |
| 1945 | Mayor, Vancouver, BC | J.W. Cornett |
| 1944 | Mayor, Toronto, ON | F. J. Conboy Cruise |
| Succeeded by | Mayor, Toronto, ON | R. H. Saunders |
| 1943 | Mayor, Montréal, QC | Adhemar Raynault |
| 1942 | Mayor, Ottawa, ON | Stan Lewis |
| 1941 | Mayor, Ottawa, ON | Stan Lewis |
| 1940 | Mayor, Ottawa, ON | Stan Lewis |
| 1939 | Mayor, Ottawa, ON | Stan Lewis |
| 1938 | Mayor, Ottawa, ON | J. E. S. Lewis |
| 1937 | Mayor, Ottawa, ON | E. J. Cragg |
