Philip Dansken Ross (January 1, 1858 – July 5, 1949) was a Canadian journalist, newspaper publisher, amateur athlete, and ice hockey administrator.

[4] In 1886, Ross became co-owner of the near-bankrupt Ottawa Evening Journal newspaper.

He served as its president for 60 years during which time he helped found the Canadian Press newspaper association.

This upset Wilson Southam, publisher of the Ottawa Citizen, who disliked that Ross and the League promoted "compulsory vaccination and elitism."

[1] On September 10, 1929, Ross was elected chairman of the Ontario Royal Commission on Public Welfare "to investigate provision of services in hospitals, prisons and other provincial institutions.

[8] The Ontario Heritage Foundation erected a plaque commemorating Philip Dansken Ross 1858–1949 at the Journal Towers, Kent Street between Laurier and Slater, Ottawa.

"A distinguished journalist widely admired for his candour of expression and depth of knowledge, P.D.