Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize
The Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize was established according to the will of Dorothy J. Killam to honour the memory of her husband Izaak Walton Killam.
Five Killam Prizes, each having a value of $100,000, are annually awarded by the Canada Council to eminent Canadian researchers who distinguish themselves in the fields of social, human, natural, or health sciences.
Recipients
| Year | Winner | Affiliation | Field |
| 2019 | Lynne Viola | University of Toronto | Humanities |
| 2019 | Stephen W. Scherer | University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 2019 | Keith W. Hipel | University of Waterloo | Engineering |
| 2019 | Yoshua Bengio | Université de Montréal | Natural Sciences |
| 2019 | André Blais | Université de Montréal | Social Sciences |
| 2018 | André Gaudreault | University of Montreal | Humanities |
| 2018 | Vladimir Hachinski | Western University | Health Sciences |
| 2018 | Walter Herzog | University of Calgary | Engineering |
| 2018 | James Pinfold | University of Alberta | Natural Sciences |
| 2018 | Janet Werker | University of British Columbia | Social Sciences |
| 2017 | John Borrows | University of Victoria | Social Sciences |
| 2017 | W. Ford Doolittle | Dalhousie University | Natural Sciences |
| 2017 | Thomas Hurka | University of Toronto | Humanities |
| 2017 | Julio Montaner | University of British Columbia | Health Sciences |
| 2017 | Molly Shoichet | University of Toronto | Engineering |
| 2016 | Axel Becke | Dalhousie University | Natural Sciences |
| 2016 | McGill University | Humanities | |
| 2016 | University of Toronto | Engineering | |
| 2016 | University of Toronto | Health Sciences | |
| 2016 | Daniel Trefler | University of Toronto | Social Sciences |
| 2015 | David M. R. Bentley | Western University | Humanities |
| 2015 | Vijay K. Bhargava | University of British Columbia | Engineering |
| 2015 | Victoria M. Kaspi | McGill University | Natural Sciences |
| 2015 | Donald J. Savoie | Université de Moncton | Social Sciences |
| 2015 | D. Lorne Tyrrell | University of Alberta | Health Sciences |
| 2014 | Sajeev John | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences |
| 2014 | Andreas Mandelis | University of Toronto | Engineering |
| 2014 | James R. Miller | University of Saskatchewan | Humanities |
| 2014 | University of Manitoba | Health Sciences | |
| 2014 | D. R. Fraser Taylor | Carleton University | Social Sciences |
| 2013 | Lorne Babiuk | University of Alberta | Health Sciences |
| 2013 | John McGarry | Queen's University | Social Sciences |
| 2013 | University of Alberta | Engineering | |
| 2013 | W. Richard Peltier | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences |
| 2013 | Paul Thagard | University of Waterloo | Humanities |
| 2012 | Jean Grondin | Université de Montréal | Humanities |
| 2012 | Geoffrey Hinton | University of Toronto | Engineering |
| 2012 | Université de Sherbrooke | Natural Sciences | |
| 2012 | Mark Wainberg | Jewish General Hospital/McGill University | Health Sciences |
| 2012 | John Whalley | University of Western Ontario | Social Sciences |
| 2011 | Gilles Brassard | Université de Montréal | Natural Sciences |
| 2011 | Michael R. Hayden | University of British Columbia | Health Sciences |
| 2011 | Keren Rice | University of Toronto | Humanities |
| 2011 | Lotfollah Shafai | University of Manitoba | Engineering |
| 2011 | Mark Zanna | University of Waterloo | Social Sciences |
| 2010 | Ellen Bialystok | York University | Social Sciences |
| 2010 | Mark Henkelman | The Hospital for Sick Children | Health Sciences |
| 2010 | Ming Li | University of Waterloo | Engineering |
| 2010 | Arthur B. McDonald | Queen's University | Natural Sciences |
| 2010 | James H. Tully | University of Victoria | Humanities |
| 2009 | McGill University | Health Sciences | |
| 2009 | Wagdi G. Habashi | McGill University | Engineering |
| 2009 | François Ricard | McGill University | Humanities |
| 2009 | John P. Smol | Queen's University | Natural Sciences |
| 2009 | Ernest Weinrib | University of Toronto | Social Sciences |
| 2008 | Constance Backhouse | University of Ottawa | Social Sciences |
| 2008 | University of British Columbia | Humanities | |
| 2008 | Frank C. Hawthorne | University of Manitoba | Natural Sciences |
| 2008 | Michael V. Sefton | University of Toronto | Engineering |
| 2008 | Peter St George-Hyslop | University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 2007 | J. Richard Bond | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences |
| 2007 | Robert E. W. Hancock | University of British Columbia | Health Sciences |
| 2007 | Roderick A. Macdonald | McGill University | Social Sciences |
| 2007 | Shana Poplack | University of Ottawa | Humanities |
| 2007 | A. P. S. Selvadurai | McGill University | Engineering |
| 2006 | Paul Corkum | National Research Council of Canada | Natural Sciences |
| 2006 | Jean-Marie Dufour | Université de Montréal | Social Sciences |
| 2006 | Brett Finlay | University of British Columbia | Health Sciences |
| 2006 | McGill University | Engineering | |
| 2006 | Susan Sherwin | Dalhousie University | Humanities |
| 2005 | Luc Devroye | McGill University | Engineering |
| 2005 | Brian K. Hall | Dalhousie University | Natural Sciences |
| 2005 | Linda Hutcheon | University of Toronto | Humanities |
| 2005 | Margaret Lock | McGill University | Social Sciences |
| 2005 | Nahum Sonenberg | McGill University | Health Sciences |
| 2004 | James G. Arthur | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences |
| 2004 | Will Kymlicka | Queen's University | Social Sciences |
| 2004 | Jean-Jacques Nattiez | Université de Montréal | Humanities |
| 2004 | Janet Rossant | Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute/Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 2004 | R. Kerry Rowe | Queen's University | Engineering |
| 2003 | Edward J. Davison | University of Toronto | Engineering |
| 2003 | Walter Erwin Diewert | University of British Columbia | Social Sciences |
| 2003 | Université de Montréal | Humanities | |
| 2003 | Tak Mak | University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 2003 | David Schindler | University of Alberta | Natural Sciences |
| 2002 | Harry Arthurs | Osgoode Law School/York University | Social Sciences |
| 2002 | Nicolas Georganas | University of Ottawa | Engineering |
| 2002 | Ian Hacking | University of Toronto | Humanities |
| 2002 | Robert V. Moody | University of Alberta | Natural Sciences |
| 2002 | Lap-Chee Tsui | Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 2001 | Werner Kalow | University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 2001 | Ronald Melzack | McGill University | Natural Sciences |
| 2001 | University of Alberta | Engineering | |
| 2000 | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences | |
| 2000 | Fergus I. M. Craik | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences |
| 2000 | John J. Jonas | McGill University | Engineering |
| 2000 | Anthony Pawson | Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 1999 | Albert J. Aguayo | Centre for Research in Neuroscience/McGill University | Health Sciences |
| 1999 | Maurice A. Bergougnou | University of Western Ontario | Engineering |
| 1999 | Walter Hardy | University of British Columbia | Natural Sciences |
| 1998 | Fernand Labrie | Université Laval | Health Sciences |
| 1998 | Martha Salcudean | University of British Columbia | Engineering |
| 1998 | Juan C. Scaiano | University of Ottawa | Natural Sciences |
| 1997 | Stephen A. Cook | University of Toronto | Engineering |
| 1997 | Stephen Hanessian | Université de Montréal | Natural Sciences |
| 1997 | David H. MacLennan | University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 1996 | Philip Seeman | University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 1996 | William G. Unruh | University of British Columbia | Natural Sciences |
| 1995 | Myer Bloom | University of British Columbia | Natural Sciences |
| 1995 | Michel Chrétien | Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal/Université de Montréal | Health Sciences |
| 1995 | George D. Zames | McGill University | Engineering |
| 1994 | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences | |
| 1994 | C. André T. Salama | University of Toronto | Engineering |
| 1994 | Endel Tulving | University of Toronto | Health Sciences |
| 1993 | Alan G. Davenport | University of Western Ontario | Engineering |
| 1993 | Peter W. Hochachka | University of British Columbia | Natural Sciences |
| 1993 | McGill University | Health Sciences | |
| 1992 | Henry A. Becker | Queen's University | Engineering |
| 1992 | Keith U. Ingold | National Research Council of Canada | Natural Sciences |
| 1992 | Emil Skamene | McGill University | Health Sciences |
| 1991 | Jacques de Champlain | Université de Montréal | Health Sciences |
| 1991 | Walter H. Dilger | University of Calgary | Engineering |
| 1991 | Gordon Dixon | University of Calgary | Health Sciences |
| 1990 | University of Calgary | Natural Sciences | |
| 1990 | University of British Columbia | Health Sciences | |
| 1990 | Sidney van den Bergh | Dominion Astrophysical Observatory | Natural Sciences |
| 1989 | J. Keith Brimacombe | University of British Columbia | Engineering |
| 1989 | Jules Hardy | Université de Montréal | Health Sciences |
| 1989 | J. Tuzo Wilson | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences |
| 1988 | Henry J. M. Barnett | University of Western Ontario | Health Sciences |
| 1988 | McGill University | Engineering | |
| 1988 | John C. Polanyi | University of Toronto | Natural Sciences |
| 1987 | Ronald J. Gillespie | McMaster University | Natural Sciences |
| 1987 | J. Fraser Mustard | McMaster University | Health Sciences |
| 1987 | Ashok Vijh | Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec | Engineering |
| 1986 | Jacques Genest | Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal/Université de Montréal | Health Sciences |
| 1986 | University of Toronto | Engineering | |
| 1986 | Karel Wiesner | University of New Brunswick | Natural Sciences |
| 1985 | Pierre Dansereau | Université du Québec à Montréal | Natural Sciences |
| 1985 | Phil Gold | McGill University | Natural Sciences |
| 1985 | Ralph Gordon Stanton | University of Manitoba | Natural Sciences |
| 1985 | Raymond N. Yong | McGill University | Engineering |
| 1984 | Werner Israel | University of Alberta | Natural Sciences |
| 1983 | Brenda Milner | McGill University | Health Sciences |
| 1982 | William T. Tutte | University of Waterloo | Natural Sciences |
| 1981 | University of Saskatchewan | Health Sciences | |
| 1981 | Raymond Lemieux | University of Alberta | Natural Sciences |
| 1981 | Louis Siminovitch | University of Toronto | Health Sciences |