The following is the list of Locations, Organizers, and Principal Speakers for the Canadian Operator Theory and Operator Algebras Symposium since its inception in 1972.
| Year | Location | Organizer(s) | Main Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Toronto | Halperin | Araki |
| 1973 | U.B.C. | Bures | Fillmore |
| 1974 | Queen's | Woods | |
| 1975 | Dalhousie | Fillmore | |
| 1976 | Winnipeg | Williams | |
| 1977 | Guelph | Holbrook | Choi |
| 1978 | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| 1979 | Toronto | Rosenthal | Kadison |
| 1980 | Victoria | Miers | |
| 1981 | Waterloo | Davidson | Halmos |
| 1982 | U.B.C. | Bures | Handelman |
| 1983 | Ottawa | Handelman | Krieger |
| 1984 | Dalhousie | Fillmore, Phillips, Radjavi | Effros |
| 1985 | Saskatchewan | Taylor | Arveson |
| 1986 | Victoria | Miers | Douglas |
| 1987 | Queen's | Woods | ---- |
| 1988 | Western Ontario | Milnes & Brenken | Haagerup |
| 1989 | Toronto | Choi | Sarason |
| 1990 | Dalhousie | Putnam, Radjavi | Paulsen |
| 1991 | CRM | Davidson | Bercovici, Vershik |
| 1992 | Calgary | Brenken | Rieffel |
| 1993 | Victoria | Putnam, Phillips | Davidson |
| 1994 | Ottawa | Handelman, Giordano | Muhly |
| 1995 | Fields | Holbrook, Higson, Putnam | Connes |
| 1996 | Saskatchewan | Khoshkam, Taylor | Skandalis |
| 1997 | Queen's | Mingo | |
| 1998 | Edmonton | Marcoux, Lau | Pedersen |
| 1999 | P.E.I. | MacDonald | David Larson (Texas A&M) |
| 2000 | Fields Institute | Elliott | |
| 2001 | MSRI (Berkeley) | Choi, Effros, Elliott, Jones, Moscovici, Putnam, Rieffel Voiculescu. | |
| 2002 | Thunder Bay | Dean | Ocneanu |
| 2003 | Fredericton | Kucerovsky | |
| 2004 | Waterloo | Marcoux/Nica | Voiculescu |
| 2005 | Ottawa | Giordano | |
| 2006 | Calgary | Brenken/Lamorueux | |
| 2007 | Regina | Farenick |