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== Honorary degrees == Diefenbaker received several [[honorary degrees]] in recognition of his political career: {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" ! style="width:20%;"| Location ! style="width:20%;"| Date ! style="width:40%;"| University ! style="width:20%;"| Degree |- | [[Ontario]] || October 1952 || [[McMaster University]] || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LL.D)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/reports_lists/S_HD_Recipients.pdf|title=University Secretariat|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018150541/http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/reports_lists/S_HD_Recipients.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Nova Scotia]] || 1956 || [[Acadia University]] || [[Doctor of Civil Law]] (DCL)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.acadiau.ca/alumni-friends/alumni/awards/honorary-degrees.html|title=Honorary Degrees β Acadia University|website=www2.acadiau.ca|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=April 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429092534/https://www2.acadiau.ca/alumni-friends/alumni/awards/honorary-degrees.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Quebec]] || October 7, 1957 || [[McGill University]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/senate/files/senate/list_of_mcgill_honorary_degree_recipients_from_1935_to_october_2019.pdf |title=List of McGill Honorary Degree Recipients from 1935 to October 2019 |access-date=July 11, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122231808/https://www.mcgill.ca/senate/files/senate/list_of_mcgill_honorary_degree_recipients_from_1935_to_october_2019.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Nova Scotia]] || February 12, 1958 || [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.ca/academics/archives/1952-1970.html|title=Saint Mary's University β 1952β1970|website=www.smu.ca|access-date=June 19, 2018|archive-date=June 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610141019/http://www.smu.ca/academics/archives/1952-1970.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Saskatchewan]] || May 9, 1958 || [[University of Saskatchewan]] || Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://library.usask.ca/archives/campus-history/honorary-degrees.php?id=105&view=detail&keyword=&campuses=|title=Honorary Degrees β University of Saskatchewan|publisher=library.usask.ca|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221023554/https://library.usask.ca/archives/campus-history/honorary-degrees.php?id=105&view=detail&keyword=&campuses=|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[British Columbia]] || September 25, 1958 || [[University of British Columbia]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites5.html#diefenbaker|title=UBC Archives β Honorary Degree Citations 1958β1962|website=www.library.ubc.ca|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=July 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729110947/https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites5.html#diefenbaker|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[New Brunswick]] || October 1958 || [[University of New Brunswick]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://graduations.lib.unb.ca/degree/16105|title=POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE β Graduation Ceremonies 1828 β present|website=graduations.lib.unb.ca|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427045309/https://graduations.lib.unb.ca/degree/16105|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[India]] || November 11, 1958 || [[University of Delhi]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-nov-11-1958-canadian-prime-minister-receives-honary-degree-at-delhi-69354940.html|title=Stock Photo β Nov. 11, 1958 β Canadian Prime Minister Receives {{sic|Hon|ary|nolink=y}} Degree at Delhi University. Photo shows Mr. John Diefenbaker, the Canadian Prime Minister, seen with Mr. Nehru, the|website=Alamy|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522111353/https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-nov-11-1958-canadian-prime-minister-receives-honary-degree-at-delhi-69354940.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Ontario]] || May 15, 1959 || [[Royal Military College of Canada]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/royal-military-college-canada-honorary-degree-recipients|title=Royal Military College of Canada Honorary Degree Recipients|first=Pete|last=Bennett|date=July 19, 2016|website=www.rmc-cmr.ca|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321121749/https://www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/royal-military-college-canada-honorary-degree-recipients|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Ontario]] || May 30, 1959 || [[University of Western Ontario]] || Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/senate/honorary/honorary_degrees_by_year.pdf |title=Honorary Degrees Awarded |publisher=University of Western Ontario |access-date=May 21, 2018 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723022840/https://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/senate/honorary/honorary_degrees_by_year.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Ontario]] || 1959 || [[University of Toronto]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/Assets/Governing+Council+Digital+Assets/Boards+and+Committees/Committee+for+Honorary+Degrees/degreerecipients1850tillnow.pdf |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |publisher=University of Toronto |date=September 14, 2016 |access-date=May 21, 2018 |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001101642/http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/Assets/Governing+Council+Digital+Assets/Boards+and+Committees/Committee+for+Honorary+Degrees/degreerecipients1850tillnow.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[New Jersey]] || 1959 || [[Princeton University]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princeton.edu/~compub/facts/honorary/|title=Facts & Figures|website=Princeton University|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=May 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514131341/http://www.princeton.edu/~compub/facts/honorary/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Ontario]] || Fall 1959 || [[University of Windsor]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/sites/uwindsor.ca.secretariat/files/honorary_degree_by_convocation.pdf|title=Honorary Degrees Conferred|publisher=University of Windsor|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=April 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429092929/http://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/sites/uwindsor.ca.secretariat/files/honorary_degree_by_convocation.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Ontario]] || 1960 || [[Queen's University at Kingston]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queensu.ca/registrar/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.uregwww/files/files/HDrecipients.pdf|title=Honorary Degrees|date=September 14, 2011|publisher=Queen's University|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=February 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227133354/http://queensu.ca/registrar/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.uregwww/files/files/HDrecipients.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Ontario]] || 1960 || [[University of Ottawa]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uottawa.ca/president/people/diefenbaker-john-g|title=DIEFENBAKER, John G.|website=Office of the President|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042403/https://www.uottawa.ca/president/people/diefenbaker-john-g|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] || October 1961 || [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mun.ca/senate/honorary_degrees_by_conv.pdf |title=Honorary Graduates of Memorial University of Newfoundland 1960βPresent |access-date=June 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429092708/http://www.mun.ca/senate/honorary_degrees_by_conv.pdf |archive-date=April 29, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Nova Scotia]] || 1961 || [[Dalhousie University]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dal.ca/academics/convocation/history_traditions/honorary_degree_recipients/hon_degree_1892_1999.html|title=1892 β 1999 Honorary Degree Recipients|website=Dalhousie University|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401115142/https://www.dal.ca/academics/convocation/history_traditions/honorary_degree_recipients/hon_degree_1892_1999.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Ontario]] || November 1968 || [[Waterloo Lutheran University]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wlu.ca/about/governance/senate/honorary-degrees.html|title=Honorary Degrees β Wilfrid Laurier University|website=www.wlu.ca|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=July 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728142114/https://www.wlu.ca/about/governance/senate/honorary-degrees.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Alberta]] || Fall 1974 || [[University of Alberta]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ualberta.ca/why-ualberta/administration/chancellor-and-senate/honorary-degrees/past-honorary-degree-recipients?0=Diefenbaker|title=University of Alberta|website=www.ualberta.ca|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401100613/https://www.ualberta.ca/why-ualberta/administration/chancellor-and-senate/honorary-degrees/past-honorary-degree-recipients?0=Diefenbaker|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Prince Edward Island]] || 1977 || [[University of Prince Edward Island]] ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upei.ca/about-upei/governance-and-structure/senate/past-honorary-degree-recipients|title=Past Honorary Degree Recipients | University of Prince Edward Island|website=UPEI|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024203031/https://www.upei.ca/about-upei/governance-and-structure/senate/past-honorary-degree-recipients|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | [[Pakistan]] || 1969 || [[University of the Punjab]] || Doctor of Laws (LL.D)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/7831848926|title=CO 1069-515-5|date=August 21, 2012|access-date=May 21, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405232550/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/7831848926|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |}
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