Katherine Hay

The Honourable
Katherine Hay
The Honourable Katherine Hay
Canadian Senator ; from Ontario
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 March 2025
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Mary Simon
Personal details
Born	16 January 1961 (age 65)
Party	Progressive Senate Group
Alma mater	University of Waterloo (BA)

Nominated byJustin Trudeau

Appointed byMary Simon

Born16 January 1961 (age 65)^[1]

PartyProgressive Senate Group

Katherine Hay (born (1961-01-16)16 January 1961) is a Canadian senator and nonprofit executive.^[2]

On 7 March 2025, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada as a representative for Ontario on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.^[3]

At the time of her appointment, she had been president and chief executive officer of Kids Help Phone since 2017. Previously, she had been president and CEO of the Women's College Hospital Foundation.^[3]

She sits in the Senate as a member of the Progressive Senate Group.

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v t e Current members of the Senate of Canada
Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: René Cormier
AB	■ Fridhandler ■ LaBoucane-Benson ■ Simons ■ Sorensen ■ Tannas ■ K. Wells
BC	■ Busson ■ Dhillon ■ Greenwood ■ Martin ■ Wilson ■ Woo
MB	■ Adler ■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ McPhedran ■ Osler 1 vacancy
NB	■ Arnold ■ Boudreau ■ Cormier ■ Kingston ■ McNair ■ Poirier ■ Quinn ■ Ringuette ■ Ross 1 vacancy
NL	■ Manning ■ Marshall ■ Petten ■ Ravalia ■ D. Wells ■ White
NS	■ Aucoin ■ Bernard ■ Coyle ■ Cuzner ■ C. Deacon ■ Ince ■ Kutcher ■ MacDonald ■ Prosper ■ Surette
ON	■ Al Zaibak ■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ Hay ■ McBean ■ Mohamed ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Pupatello ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff
PE	■ Downe ■ Francis ■ MacAdam ■ Robinson
QC	■ Audette ■ Brazeau ■ Carignan ■ Dalphond ■ Forest ■ Galvez ■ Gerba ■ Gignac ■ Hébert ■ Henkel ■ Housakos ■ Loffreda ■ Mégie ■ Miville-Dechêne ■ Moreau ■ Oudar ■ Petitclerc ■ Saint-Germain ■ Smith ■ Verner ■ Youance 3 vacancies
SK	■ Arnot ■ Batters ■ Klyne ■ Lewis ■ Muggli ■ Wallin
Territories	NT ■ Anderson NU ■ Karetak-Lindell YT ■ Duncan
■ Independent Senators Group (42) ■ Canadian Senators Group (19) ■ Progressive Senate Group (16) ■ Conservative (13) ■ Non-affiliated (8) ■ Vacant (7)

The Honourable Katherine Hay

Canadian Senator from Ontario
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 March 2025
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Mary Simon

Personal details
Born	(1961-01-16) 16 January 1961 (age 65)^[1]
Party	Progressive Senate Group
Alma mater	University of Waterloo (BA)

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