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Raymond C. Stanton
CitizenshipCanadian
OccupationEntrepreneur
Employer(s)London Publishing Corporation (President); London Property Corporation (President)
Board member of
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Chair 2023, 2024; Ontario Community Newspapers Association
SpouseStacie Stanton
FamilyAlex Nuttall (son-in-law)
HonoursKing Charles III Coronation Medal (2025)
Websitehttps://lpcnews.com/Newspapers/map2019DMA.html

Ray Stanton is a Canadian newspaper entrepreneur, publisher, student accommodation operator, and beef farmer.

Stanton is the owner of London Publishing and London Property which owns dozens of newspapers in Ontario, Quebec, Maine, and Illinois, including Canada's oldest newspaper the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. He also owns Campus Living Centres, Canada's largest student accommodation company.

He was the President and Chair of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in 2023 and 2024. He is the past president of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association.

Stanton was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2025.

Early life

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Raymond C. Stanton[1] was one of three sons[2] born to Cliff and Kay Stanton and grew up on a Shorthorn beef cattle farm in Caledon, Ontario.[3] Ray Stanton's brothers were Tom Stanton (1963 - 2024) and Bill Stanton.[2]

Stanton worked on his family's farm as a teenager.[3] His grandparents on both sides were Shorthorn breeders.[3]

Career

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Media

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Stanton is the owner of London Publishing, which publishes newspapers in Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan,[4][5] Illinois, and Maine.[6] He founded the London, Ontario based[5] company in 2009.[7]

His company owns the Fort Frances Times[7] and he became the majority owner of Canada's oldest newspaper,[8] the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph in 2010.[9] His wife, Stacie Stanton, is the Chronicle-Telegraph's publisher and editor-in-chief.[9]

His company owns Midwestern Newspapers Corp, which publishes the Listowel Banner, Wingham Advance-Times and the Walkerton Herald-Times.[10]

He serves on the board of directors of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association[11] and is the organization's past president.[12]

Stanton's company London Publishing owns Lakeside Radio Broadcasting Corporation[13] and also majority shares of Northern Radio Corp.[1]

Property Career

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Stanton was described as a "student housing mogul" by Tara Deschamps of the Canadian Press in 2026.[8] He owns student housing company,[9] London Property Corporation[14] and purchased Campus Living Centres company in 2007.[15] Campus Living Centres is the largest private company in student accommodation in Canada.[16] Under Stanton's presidency, Campus Living Centres has partnered with the University of Waterloo and Centennial College to develop student housing.[17]

London Property Corporation company owns 4,500 student accommodation units,[18] and the Norbert Apartments in London, Ontario.[14]

Farming

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In 2023 and 2024, Stanton was the president and chair of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.[3]

Since 1978, Ray and Stacie Stanton have operated Hillside Farm in King City, Ontario and in New Liskeard, where they breed beef cattle.[19] The farm had 25 cattle in 2019.[7]

In 2017, Ray Stanton won Reserve Grand Champion Bull award at the 2017 Royal Winter Fair.[3] In 2024, Ray Stanton and his wife Stacie Stanton won the Ontario Limousin Association's Margaret Madgett Breeder of the Year Award.[19] In 2026, the couple won the Canadian Limousin Association's Award of Distinction.[3]

Other businesses

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Stanton's company owns the majority shares in Vision Signs & Graphics Inc.[1]

In partnership with Ivest Properties Limited, Ray Stanton bought North Frontenac Telephone Company (NFTC) in 2015.[20] NFTC was planning to install fibre optic telecommunications in Bancroft, Dytart, Minden Hill in 2016.[21] The company was provided with $49 million of investment from the Government of Ontario in 2026[22] connected to providing fibreoptic internet to Chatham-Kent, Leamington, Lakeshore, West Elgin and Southwest Middlesex.[23]

List of media outlets owned

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Haliburton Echo offices

List of awards

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Personal life

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Stanton lives in King City, Ontario.[12] He is married to former lawyer[33] Stacie Stanton[9] the editor-in-chief of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph.[9] Stacie Stanton serves on the board of trustees of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.[34] The couple have three children,[34] Will, Liz, and Meg (Margaret[35]).[3] In 2024,[36] Meg married Alex Nuttall, the Mayor of Barrie, Ontario.[37]

Ray Stanton was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2026.[38]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 Stanton/Hetherington Radio, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (2026)
  2. 1 2 "Dr. Tom Stanton, Obituary". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Stanton Family - Rooted in Cattle, Grounded in Legacy, Canadian Limousin Association, Annual Report 2025, p35
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Leader will continue under new ownership | The Eganville Leader". The Eganville Leader. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  5. 1 2 3 Lambert, Alex (19 February 2026). "The Leader is sold". Hamilton Spectator.
  6. 1 2 3 "Company That Publishes Bugle Newspapers Sold". Journal & Topics Media Group. 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Odrowski, Sam (9 October 2019). "Fort Frances Times sold to new owner". Fort Frances Times. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  8. 1 2 Deschamps, Tara. "Trader, brewer, newspaper: With Hudson's Bay no more, what's Canada's oldest company?". saskNOW. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Johnston, David (2014-06-20). "The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph celebrates 250 years in print". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Daponte, Chris (2020-01-09). "Community News expanding into Wellington North". Wellington Advertiser. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Board of Directors". Ontario Community Newspapers Association. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  12. 1 2 Horvath, Mik (25 February 2026). "Eganville Leader prepares to transition ownership for March". 104.9 Pembroke Today. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-307". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 20 November 2025.
  14. 1 2 Lupton, Andrew (22 July 2026). "City looks to extend heritage protection for buildings ahead of provincial deadline". CBC News.
  15. ↑ Bradbeer, Janice (2011-04-15). "Red Brick buildings are home away from home". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  16. ↑ Perkins, Tara (2013-12-02). "New REIT to jump into student housing market". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  17. ↑ Mills, Carys (2010-03-03). "Ryerson in the hunt to triple residence space". The Eyeopener. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  18. ↑ Watt, Laurie (22 September 2011). "Rez Rules".
  19. 1 2 3 Millar, Mike (2024-10-30). "Limousin association news". Canadian Cattlemen. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  20. ↑ "North Frontenac Telephone (NFT)". Ivest Properties. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  21. ↑ Alex Coop, Fire Rollout Continues, The Highlander (newspaper), May 4 2017, page 3
  22. ↑ Bennett, Michael. "$49-Million investment connects nearly 5,000 rural premises to high-speed fibre". Ridgetown Independent News. Archived from the original on 2026-04-22. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  23. ↑ "Chatham-Kent, area high-speed internet access gets $49M boost". Chatham Daily News. 2026-04-14. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  24. ↑ Ingram, Chad (2017-05-02). "NFTC plans fibre-optic network for Minden". Minden Times. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Find A Member". Ontario Community Newspapers Association. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  26. ↑ "The Bancroft Times joins White Pine Media". Haliburton Echo. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  27. ↑ "Local Community Newspaper". Essex Free Press. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  28. ↑ "The Kincardine Independent". independent.on.ca. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  29. 1 2 Cox, Tim (2014-06-05). "Canadians acquire another Washington County weekly newspaper". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2026-10-04. The Machias Valley News Observer, a weekly newspaper serving the Washington County seat, has been acquired by Canadian ownership. The newspaper was purchased by Pierre Little, who lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, along with a partner, Toronto-based London Publishing Corp. They purchased the Calais Advertiser, another weekly newspaper in Washington County, in 2010.
  30. ↑ Hahn, Mark R. "The Target Report". Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  31. 1 2 "Local broadcaster expands". Chatham Voice. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  32. 1 2 "The Weekly Briefing". Broadcast Dialogue. 2025-11-27. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  33. ↑ "Appointee Biographies - Public Appointments Secretariat". Government of Ontario. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  34. 1 2 "McMichael Board of Trustees". McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  35. ↑ "Visit from the Mayor of Barrie, Ontario". Harrogate International Partnerships. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  36. ↑ Facebook Post by Alex Nuttall, Aug 20 2024
  37. ↑ "Alex Nuttall". Ontarians Against Corruption. 2026-09-02. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  38. ↑ "Ray Stanton". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
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