William Price (17 September 1789 – 14 March 1867) was a Quebec lumber merchant and manufacturer.

[1][2] Price was born at Hornsey, now in the London Borough of Haringey, England, to Richard Price and Mary Evans, a family that was originally from Wales in 1789.

[1] He studied law at the Inner Temple but found his way to Quebec in 1810 and served in the local militia during the War of 1812.

[3] The family resided at the Wolfesfield (or Wolfe's Field) estate in Sillery, which Price had purchased in 1828.

Price died at his Wolfesfield estate in 1867, and was buried at nearby Mount Hermon Cemetery.