William Jordan Rattray (1835 – 26 September 1883) was a Canadian journalist.
William's first essays in the literary field were printed in the Toronto Grumbler.
[1] He engaged in journalism as an editorial writer on the Toronto Mail.
He also contributed to the Canadian Monthly and other periodicals and established a reputation as an able defender of Christianity against agnosticism.
He wrote The Scot in British North America (4 vols., Toronto, 1883).