John James Deutsch CC (26 February 1911 – March 18, 1976) was a Canadian economist who served as the first chairman of the Economic Council of Canada, and as principal (1968–74) of Queen's University.
Born in Quinton, Saskatchewan, and educated at Queen's, he worked in journalism and in government, as well as at the university.
In 1947 Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King asked Deutsch to negotiate a trade agreement with the United States, that would have produced a sweeping liberalization of Canada-U.S. trade, had it not in the end been repudiated by King's government.
He subsequently became an economics professor at Queen's, and then the university's vice-principal (administration), before being selected as principal.
[1] During his term as Principal, Queen's underwent a substantial expansion of its infrastructure, to meet the increased demands of the baby boomer generation, which was growing towards university enrollment age.