Dr. Cameron Lindsay Boyd

On Oct. 12, 2025, Cameron passed away peacefully with family by his side at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.

Cameron was born in Montreal on Oct. 31, 1953, to Russell and Alma Boyd. The family then moved back to Toronto, where Cameron grew up with siblings Gary and Catherine. As a boy, Cameron excelled in school both academically and in sports, and he grew a love of the outdoors, spending summers at Lake Muskoka and Camp Pine Crest. He was also one of four students who represented his high school, Richview Collegiate, on the gameshow Reach for the Top, hosted by Alex Trebek.

Motivated by his own diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes in his teenage years, Cameron developed an interest in medicine and pursued medical school at Queen's University. Upon graduation, he spent a year living in Christchurch, New Zealand, working in family medicine. He then returned to Canada to marry his first love, Sheila Douglas, and settled in Peterborough, Ont., where they later welcomed daughter, Allison.

Cameron will be remembered for his enigmatic spirit, his goofy sense of humour and his attentive patient care

During Cameron's medical career in Peterborough, he held a variety of different positions, including family physician, emergency room physician and civil aviation medical examiner, among others. He also assisted with orthopedic surgery for 18 years. An important professional highlight was his service as a captain and a flight surgeon in the Royal Canadian Air Force at 8 Wing Trenton. Aviation was a lifelong passion, and he was a regular contributor to a medical column in the Canadian Aviator magazine. In 2015, Cameron remarried Christine White and spent the initial years of his retirement living in Norwood, Ont., on a small farmland raising chickens and pheasants.

Like his father, he was an avid golfer and had fond memories of his longtime membership at the Peterborough Golf & Country Club. Other hobbies included hunting, canoeing, skiing and hockey. Cameron was a thrill seeker and looked for any opportunity to go skydiving, bungee jumping or scuba diving. In keeping with his sense of adventure, he once travelled home to Toronto from university in Kingston by bicycle. World travel brought him joy, and he made several trips to every continent except Antarctica.

Cameron will be remembered for his enigmatic spirit, his goofy sense of humour and his attentive patient care. The family would like to extend thanks to VON and ComForCare for exceptional support over the past three years.