Toronto Pearson International Airport is named after Lester B Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
Officially known as Toronto – Lester B Pearson International Airport, it is Canada’s largest airport and was renamed in honour of Pearson in January 1984, having previously been simply Toronto International Airport.
Pearson, who was born in York, Ontario, won the Noble Peace Prize in 1957 and was Canada’s prime minister from 1963 to 1968.
