Donald Mackenzie Schurman (September 2, 1924 in Sydney, Nova Scotia - June 16, 2013 in Kingston, Ontario) was a Canadian naval historian. He was professor of history at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, and also served at the Royal Military College of Canada. In the Festschrift published in his honor in 1997, the editors hailed Schurman as the "founder of the serious study of naval history in Canada".