Ignat Kaneff CM OOnt (Bulgarian: Игнат Христов Кънев; 6 October 1926 – 12 July 2020) was a Bulgarian-Canadian business magnate and philanthropist.

He owned 7 Apartment Buildings, over 5 Golf Clubs and had an empire of real estate properties across North America from condos to houses, to strip malls and plazas.

[12] Kaneff made grants primarily for health and educational purposes and to promote the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

[15] In 2009, Kaneff donated $2.5 million towards the reconstruction of the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto; the building was named after him.

In 2012, he gave $1.5 million, about half the total amount necessary, for the construction of a modern conference complex named after him, the Kaneff Centre, at Ruse University in Bulgaria.

[22] For the generous sponsorship and building renovations of Osgoode Hall Law School in 2010, York University awarded him the honorary Doctor of Juridical Science.

[23] For the sponsorship of Kaneff Centre in Bulgaria in 2013, Ruse University awarded him the honorary Doctor of Science.