MusCan has, from time to time, recognized members who have contributed to the Society in exceptional ways by awarding them honorary lifetime memberships. Below is a list of honorary members.
- John Beckwith (1999)
- Philip Adamson
- Tom Gordon
- Bev Diamond
- Elaine Keillor
- Regula Qureshi
- Murray Dineen (2015)
- Glen Carruthers† (2016)
- Harald Krebs (2019)
- Jean Boivin (2022)
- James Deaville (2022)
- Mary Ingraham (2022)