Henry C. Patten (1887 – January 30, 1956)[1] was General Manager of the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1939 until 1952.
He served in the U.S. Army Engineering Corps for two years during World War I, and was otherwise employed by the consulting engineering firm of Jackson and Moreland, working on projects involving railways and other utilities.
He came to Toronto in 1920 as a resident engineer with Jackson and Moreland, who had been engaged by the City of Toronto government to assist with the arbitration and valuation of the City's purchase of the property of the Toronto Railway Company.
He was appointed General Manager effective January 1, 1939, following the death in December 1938 of D.W. Harvey.
Mr. Patten also served as President of the Canadian Transit Association, director of the American Transit Association and director of the Toronto Industrial Commission.