Katherine Hay

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

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.

References

^ "Current Senators". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 28 June 2025. Name: Hay, Katherine [...] Date of retirement: 2036-01-16"
^ "Senate seats now filled after prime minister announces five more". CTV News. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Prime Minister announces the appointment of senators". Prime Minister of Canada. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.

[1] "Current Senators". Senate of Canada. Retrieved 28 June 2025. Name: Hay, Katherine [...] Date of retirement: 2036-01-16"

[2] "Senate seats now filled after prime minister announces five more". CTV News. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.

[pmo-3] "Prime Minister announces the appointment of senators". Prime Minister of Canada. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 8 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.

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Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: René Cormier
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