For more than five decades, Canadians trusted Peter Mansbridge to guide them through the political, economic, and cultural events that have shaped the nation. He is one of Canada’s most respected and recognizable figures, having spent 30 years as CBC News’ chief correspondent and anchor of The National.
Peter joined CBC in 1968 in Fort Churchill, Manitoba, where he helped develop CBC Radio’s news service in Northern Canada. In 1971, he became a reporter with CBC Radio before joining CBC Television in 1972 and becoming a reporter for The National in 1975. After serving as the program’s parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa, Peter was appointed chief correspondent and anchor in 1988, a position he held for 30 years. He also anchored all CBC News specials and hosted the weekly interview program, Mansbridge One on One.
During his career at CBC, which spanned 50 years, Peter covered major Canadian and international events, from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to 13 Olympic Games, 34 Canada Day celebrations, 12 Remembrance Day ceremonies, four D-Day anniversaries, and every visit by the Queen since 1970. He covered every federal election since 1972 (and anchored all ten since 1984) and conducted almost 15,000 interviews, including with Canadian and global leaders.
Peter is also a bestselling author of four books, Mansbridge: One on One; Extraordinary Canadians: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation, Off the Record, andHow Canada Works: The People Who Make Our Nation Thrive. He has also contributed to The 100 Photos That Changed Canada, Canada’s Great War Album, and the essay collection 100 Days That Changed Canada.
In recognition of his extraordinary career, Peter has received multiple national awards for excellence in broadcast journalism and 13 honorary degrees from universities in Canada and the US. He’s been a Fellow at Yale; a two-time named Chancellor of Mount Allison University, now its Chancellor Emeritus; and is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. In 2008, he received Canada’s highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada.
Peter retired from the CBC in 2017. Today, he is the president of Manscorp Media Services, where he develops documentary films. He is also the host of one of Canada’s leading political podcasts, The Bridge, which broadcast daily on SiriusXM. In 2016, Peter also voiced “Peter Moosebridge” in the popular motion picture, Zootopia.
Peter is a Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto and a member of several boards and committees.
