Each year, the Canton Rotary Club selects one of its own to be honored as Rotarian of the Year in recognition of years of service to the club or for some particular service to the club in that year.

1973   Lorence Pries                                       

1974   Dr. Stuart Winning                                

1975   Edward Blankman                                

1976   Charles Goolden                                   

1977   A. E. Vincent-Barwood            

1978   James Van Ness                                   

1979   Floyd Morter                                        

1980   Edwin Brackett                                     

1981   John Cheney                                         

1982   Fr. Griffith Billmeyer

1983   Charles Howland

1984   Dan O’Connor

1985   Thurlow Cannon

1986   Roger Harris

1987   Hugh Grady

1988   Ross Hudson

1989   James Monroe

1990   Robert McCune

1991   John Van de Water

1992   Severn Brown

1993   Peter Van de Water

1994   Penelope Rattan

1995   Richard Hartig

1996   Phillip Bisselle

1997   William Card

1998   Frank Carter

1999   Bernard McKinnon

2000   Diane Burns

2001   Ted Linn

2002   Scott Goldie

2003   Robert Wells

2004   Charles Carvel

2005   Martha Foley Smith

2006   Tom Lee

2007   Rene-Paul Forier

2008   Sonya Butler

2009   Linda McQuinn

2010   Daphne Pickert