Barry Lee Strayer, OC (born August 13, 1932 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) served as a Justice of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal and later as a Deputy Judge of the Federal Court of Canada.
He is known as one of the instrumental drafters of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In 1959, Strayer graduated from the faculty of law at the University of Saskatchewan.
He eventually became the Director of the Constitutional Law Division of the Privy Council Office.
In 1974, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice where he spent several years working on first drafts of the Charter.