Frances Lankin, (born April 16, 1954), is a Canadian senator, former president and CEO of United Way Toronto, and a former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister in the NDP government of Bob Rae between 1990 and 1995.
From 2010 to 2012, she co-chaired a government commission review of social assistance in Ontario.
From 2009 to 2016, she was a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
Lankin was appointed to the Senate on March 18, 2016 on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.