About Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends
Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends honours Canadians who have dedicated their professional lives to pursuing excellence in marketing. It’s our industry’s preeminent award celebrating visionary leadership and lifetime achievement.
Created by AMA Toronto over 20 years ago, Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends recognizes the most inspiring creatives, enablers, builders and mentors who’ve had a tremendous impact on marketing throughout their careers.
With an inclusive focus on all sectors of the industry, the Legend Award proudly reflects a mosaic of marketing talent from coast to coast. Becoming a Marketing Legend is a once-in-a-lifetime, one-of-a-kind achievement. Only a handful Legends are named each year, making the honour a highly-coveted mark of distinction.
Nominations for induction into Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends are held annually each fall. Inductees are carefully chosen by a selection committee made up of a distinguished, diverse group of marketing experts that includes past inductees, journalists, media, association heads, and brand and agency leaders.
With the aim of empowering new leadership within the marketing community, Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends and AMA Toronto’s year-long Legends Program help the marketing community share knowledge and promote business excellence.
Presenting Our 2026 Inductees
Meet this year’s impressive and inspiring inductees. A stellar lineup of innovators, creative powerhouses, leaders, and outstanding entrepreneurs!
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Elspeth Lynn
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Ian Mirlin
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John Doig
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Mandeep Malik
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Mark Sherman
Quick Facts
- Since 2004, Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends has inducted over 100 Canadian luminaries that includes corporate leaders, visionary entrepreneurs and teachers from across a spectrum of industries and fields (advertising, corporate marketing, research, academics, media, and consulting).
- Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends is a remarkable year-long program involving award recipients that includes the Legendary Leadership Series of events, blogs, and the video podcast series Legends Journey: Lessons in Leadership.
- Progressive changes in 2021 transformed Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends to better serve and reflect the diverse character of the marketing community. The selection committee and the nomination and selection processes were revamped, and a more inclusive focus on all sectors of the industry was initiated.
- In 2025, Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends continued to strengthen its legacy, taking title of Canada’s Marketing, Advertising, PR and Communications Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame, a similar national award show that emphasized recognizing under-represented audiences, is being integrated into our programming to create “one esteemed Hall” for Canada’s marketing heroes.
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