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The Kilgour family of Guelph, Ontario is a Scottish-Canadian family of politicians, lawyers, insurance executives and physicians. James L. Kilgour, the family's patriarch, had come to Guelph from Fife, Scotland in 1845, initially settling in nearby Eramosa. The family has since branched out to Toronto, Western Canada, and England. Having been described as a "traditionally Liberal family," its members and extended relations have included two Liberal MPs, a Liberal senator, a Liberal-appointed provincial justice, and the spouse of a Liberal prime minister. With connections to the prominent McCrae family of Guelph, the descendants of Geills Marie Christie Kilgour (née McCrae) are also the closest living relatives of John McCrae, the author of "In Flanders Fields," who died childless in 1918.

Family members

• James L. Kilgour (1812-1893), married Anne Morton (1807-1854) and later remarried to Mary Thomson (1826-1866) and Elizabeth Mitchell (1831-1881). Pioneer preacher with the Disciples of Christ.
  • John W. Kilgour (1840-1920), married Sophia Oliphant (1843-1926), a first cousin of Peter Talbot. School teacher, alderman for the City of Guelph, and member of the Wellington South Liberal Association.
    • James Frederick Kilgour (1874-1931), married Geills Marie Christie McCrae (1878-1933), sister of Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. Member of the Brandon Liberal Association and justice of the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba from 1927 to 1931.
      • Margaret Kilgour (1907-1997), married Robert Joseph Gardner-Medwin (1907-1995), architect and town planner.
        • David Gardner-Medwin (1936-2014), British paediatric neurologist.
        • Andrew Gardner-Medwin (born 1940)
      • Katherine Kilgour (1909-1995), married Dr. Donald Dennison Campbell (1911-2001)
      • Dr. John McCrae Kilgour (1911-1996), married Elizabeth Joyce (1913-1997)
      • David Eckford Kilgour (1912-1973), married Mary Sophia Russell, niece of John Wentworth Russell. President and CEO of The Great-West Life Assurance Company from 1959 to 1971.
        • Geills McCrae Kilgour (born 1937), married the Rt. Hon. John Napier Turner, 17th prime minister of Canada.
        • David William Kilgour (1941-2022), married Laura Scott. Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1979 to 2006, lawyer, human rights activist, and co-author of the Kilgour–Matas report.
        • Donald Alexander Kilgour (1946-1989)
    • Annie Willa Kilgour (1876-1951), married Walter Ellis Buckingham (1871-1949), son of William Buckingham and a close associate of the Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King.
      • Alice Kilgour Buckingham (1901-1994)
      • John Robert Buckingham (1903-1915)
      • Sophia Oliphant Buckingham (1907-1991), married Richard Becher Hungerford (1905-1995), Guelph lawyer. Sculptor and namesake of the Richard and Sophia Hungerford endowment at the University of Guelph.
      • Peter William Buckingham (1919-1919)
    • David Errett Kilgour (1878-1946), married Olive Sheppard (1882-1916) and remarried to Esther Goldie (1882-1978). President and Managing Director of The North American Life Assurance Company from 1939 to 1946.
      • Edmund David Kilgour (1905-1906)
      • Alexander Kilgour (1907-2001)
      • Mary Olive Sophia Kilgour (1912-2007)
      • John Sheppard Kilgour (1915-1982), Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary of The North American Life Assurance Company.
        • Maggie Kilgour (born 1957), Molson professor of English Language and Literature at McGill University.
      • David Goldie Kilgour (1922-2002)
      • Esther Goldie Kilgour (1927-2015), married William Williams (1927-2011), Birks professor of metallurgy at McGill University.
    • Mary Edith Kilgour (1883-1980), married James Watson Bain (1875-1964), chemist and first president of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry.
  • William J. Kilgour (1850-1921), married Jennie McEdwards (1858-1943). School teacher and member of the Wellington South Liberal Association.
    • Willa Edna Kilgour (1886-1976), married Irvine Schroder (died 1942)
      • James Schroder (1918-2013), married Elizabeth (died 1992). Veterinarian and member of the Canadian Parliament for Guelph from 1980 to 1984.

Family members (Goldie)

• William Goudie
  • John Goldie
    • Elizabeth Goldie
    • John Goldie, co-founder of Goldie & McCulloch
      • Alexander R. Goldie, Vice-President of Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch Co. Ltd., alderman for the city of Galt and President of Gore Mutual Insurance Company.
        • Mary Goldie CVO, private secretary to Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
    • James Goldie
      • Lincoln Goldie
      • Thomas Goldie
    • William Goldie
    • Jean Goldie
    • Margaret Goldie, married the Rev. William Caven, principle of Knox College.
    • David Goldie
      • William Goldie
      • Theresa Goldie
        • Jim Chamberlin
    • Mary Goldie
  • David Goudie
    • Jeannie Goldie
      • Bessie Eesley
        • Gordon Sinclair

In 1962, she was presented with Toronto's Civic Award of Merit by Mayor Nathan Phillips, alongside Claude Bissell, Frederick Varley, Lois Marshall, John Tuzo Wilson, Fred Gardiner, and E. P. Taylor.

- Goldie Avenue in Cambridge, Ontario

- Goldie Memorial Stained Glass Window at Central Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, Ontario

- Goldie Park at Guelph, Ontario

- Goldie Mill Park at Guelph, Ontario

- Goldie Avenue in Guelph, Ontario

- David Goldie Memorial Fountain in Ayr, Ontario

- Goldie Mill Road at Ayr, Ontario

- Goldie Lake at Mount Seymour Provincial Park in British Columbia

- John Goldie Nature Reserve near Goderich, Ontario

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