The Honourable Mr. Justice Willard Zebedee "Bud" Estey (October 10, 1919 - January 25, 2002) was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of James Wilfred Estey , a Supreme Court of Canada justice, and Muriel Baldwin, he received a B.A. in 1940 and an LL.B. from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1942 he was called to the bar of Saskatchewan and fought with the armed forces during the World War II. After the war in received a LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1946.

He taught law at the University of Saskatchewan for a year and moved to Ontario and was called to the bar of Ontario in 1947. He practiced law until 1973 when he was appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal and two years later was named Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice of Ontario. He became Chief Justice of Ontario in 1976 and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1977 and retired in 1988. He drafted the first major judgment on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Skapinker judgment, in 1984.

Honours

• In 1977 he was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws from Wilfrid Laurier University.
• In 1979 he was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws from University of Toronto.
• In 1984 he was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.
• In 1990 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

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