Editing Lists of Canadians (section)

==Politicians==
{{Further|List of Prime Ministers of Canada|Members of the Canadian House of Commons|List of Canadian senators}}
[[File:Chrétien crop Sept 9 2002.jpg|thumb|[[Jean Chrétien]]]]
* [[Lloyd Axworthy]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Order of Manitoba|OM]]</small> (born 1939) – former Cabinet minister
* [[Thomas Bain]] (1834–1915) – former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
* [[Robert Baldwin]] (1804–1858)
* [[Maude Barlow]] <small>[[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Doctor of Humane Letters|DHL]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (born 1947) – [[activist]], Chairperson of the [[Council of Canadians]]
* [[Perrin Beatty]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (born 1950) – former cabinet minister, president of CBC
* [[Monique Bégin]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Doctor of Science|ScD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'') [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]]</small> (born 1936) – former cabinet minister
* [[Thomas R. Berger]] <small>[[Order of Canada|OC]] [[Order of British Columbia|OBC]]</small> (1933–2021) – jurist
* [[Ethel Blondin-Andrew]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (born 1951) – former Cabinet minister
* [[Henri Bourassa]] (1868–1952) – Quebec politician
* [[Pierre Bourgault]] (1934–2003) – President of [[Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale]]
* [[Ed Broadbent]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|CC]]</small> (1936–2024) – former [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] leader
* [[George Brown (Canadian politician)|George Brown]] (1818–1880)
* [[Rosemary Brown (Canadian politician)|Rosemary Brown]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Order of British Columbia|OBC]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (1930–2003)
* [[Tim Buck]] (1891–1973) – leader of the Canadian Communist Party
* [[George-Étienne Cartier]] <small>[[Baronet|Bt]] [[Order of St Michael and St George|KSMG]] [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1814–1873) – Cabinet minister
* [[Brock Chisholm]] <small>[[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Military Cross|MC*]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (1896–1971) – first Director-General of the [[World Health Organization]]
* [[Joe Clark]] (born 1939) – 16th Prime Minister of Canada, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1976–1983, and again 1998–2003
* [[Sheila Copps]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (born 1952)
* [[Victor Copps]] (1919–1988) – Mayor of Hamilton
* [[John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham]], Earl of Durham <small>[[Order of the Bath|GCB]] [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]]</small> (1792–1840)
* [[Ellen Fairclough]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|CC]] [[Order of Ontario|OOnt]]</small> (1905–2004) – first female member of the Canadian Cabinet
* [[The Famous Five (Canada)|The Famous Five]] – 1920s women's rights activists
* [[Janice Filmon]] (born 1943) – Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba since 2015
* [[Iqwinder Singh Gaheer]] (born 1993) – member of Parliament for the riding of Mississauga—Malton
* [[Jennifer Granholm]] (born 1959) – first female governor of [[Michigan]]
* [[Gurmant Grewal]] (born 1957) – the "Ironman of Canadian Parliament"
* [[Nina Grewal]] (born 1958) – first South Asian and Sikh woman elected to Parliament; with her husband Gurmant, the Grewals are the first married couple to concurrently serve in Canadian Parliament
* [[Elijah Harper]] (1949–2013) – Cree chief (Red Sucker Lake Nation), MLA Manitoba, successfully blocked the [[Meech Lake Accord]] (proposed Constitutional amendment)
* [[C. D. Howe]] <small>[[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|PC]]</small> (1886–1960) – Cabinet minister
* [[Joseph Howe]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1804–1873) – "father of Confederation"
*[[Michael Kerzner]] – [[Solicitor General of Ontario]]
* [[Stan Keyes]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (born 1953)
* [[Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine]] <small>[[Baronet|Bt]]</small> (1807–1864) – co-premier of the United Province of Canada
* [[Franklin K. Lane]] (1864–1921) – 1910s United States Secretary of the Interior (1913–1920)
* [[Jack Layton]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1950–2011) – leader of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]]
* [[William Lyon Mackenzie]] (1795–1861) – Mayor of Toronto
* [[Allan MacNab]] <small>[[Baronet|Bt]]</small> (1798–1862) – Prime Minister of Upper Canada
* [[Thomas D'Arcy McGee]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1825–1868)
* [[Agnes Macphail]] (1890–1954) – first female [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP)
* [[Beverley McLachlin]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Doctor of Laws|LLD]] (''[[Honorary degree|hc]]'')</small> (born 1943) – [[Chief Justice of Canada]]
* [[James McMillan (Senator)|James McMillan]] (1838–1902) – US Senator from [[Michigan]]
*[[Cory Morgan (blogger)|Cory Morgan]] (born 1971) – [[Alberta Independence Party|Alberta independence]] politician
* [[John Munro (Canadian politician)|John Munro]] <small>[[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]</small> (1931–2003)
* [[Louis-Joseph Papineau|Papineau]] (1786–1871) – reformer and 1837 rebellion leader
* [[Pierre Poilievre]] (born 1979) – Member of Parliament, leader of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]] and the [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)|leader of the Official Opposition]]
* [[Allan Studholme]] (1846–1919)
* [[Nathan Eldon Tanner]] (1898–1982)

===Provincial premiers===
:''Main articles'':
* ''[[List of premiers of Alberta]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of British Columbia]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Manitoba]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of New Brunswick]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Nova Scotia]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Ontario]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Prince Edward Island]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Quebec]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Saskatchewan]]''

===Territorial premiers===
:''Main articles'':
* ''[[List of premiers of the Northwest Territories]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Nunavut]]''
* ''[[List of premiers of Yukon]]''

===Indigenous leaders===
{{See also|Aboriginal Canadian personalities}}
[[File:Aatsista-Mahkan-LOC.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A sepia photograph of Aatsista-Mahkan (Running Rabbit). He is wearing what is usually described as a buckskin outfit. It is elaborate and he is holding a pole.|[[Aatsista-Mahkan]], taken by Edward Curtis]]
[[File:Louis Riel.jpg|thumb|right|alt="A bust portrait of Métis leader Louis Riel c1870 after a carte de visite in 1884."|[[Louis Riel]], leader of the [[Red River Rebellion]] and [[North-West Rebellion]]]]
* [[Shawn Atleo]] (born 1967)
* [[William Beynon]] (1888–1958)
* [[Big Bear]] (1825–1888) – Cree leader
* [[Joseph Brant]] (1742–1807) – Mohawk leader
* [[Mary Brant]] (1736–1796) – leader of Six Nations women's federation
* [[Frank Calder]] (1877–1943) – [[Nisga'a]]
* [[Joe Capilano]] (c. 1854–1910) – Squamish
* [[Rose Charlie]] (1930–2018)
* [[Arthur Wellington Clah]] (1831–1916)
* [[Heber Clifton]] (1871–1964)
* [[Cumshewa]] – 18th-century Haida chief at the inlet now bearing his name
* [[Harley Desjarlais]]
* [[Alfred Dudoward]] (ca. 1850–1914)
* [[Dan George]] (1899–1981) – [[Tsleil-Waututh First Nation|Tsleil-Waututh]] (Burrard)
* [[Joseph Gosnell]] (1936–2020) – [[Nisga'a]]
* [[Simon Gunanoot]] (1874–1933) – [[Gitxsan]]
* [[Guujaaw]] (born 1953) – modern-day Haida leader
* [[Elijah Harper]] (1949–2013) – [[Cree]]<!--Ojbiwa?-->
* [[Chief Hunter Jack]] (died 1905) – [[St'at'imc]]
* [[Mary John, Sr.]] (1913–2004)
* [[August Jack Khatsahlano]] (1877–1971) – [[Squamish people|Squamish]]
* [[Klattasine]] (died 1864) – [[Tsilhqot'in]] war chief, surrendered on terms of amnesty in times of war, hanged for murder
* [[Koyah]] (fl. 1787–1795) – 18th-century chief of the Haida <!--at Skungwai I think-->
* [[George Manuel]] (1921–1989)
* [[Maquinna]] – 18th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief ([[Yuquot]]/[[Mowachaht]])
* [[Harriet Nahanee]] (1935–2007) – Squamish and [[Nuu-chah-nulth people|Nuu-chah-nulth]] ([[Pacheedaht First Nation|Pacheedaht]])
* [[Nicola (chief)|Nicola]] (1780/1785–c. 1865) – Grand chief of the [[Okanagan people]], and jointly chief of the [[Nlaka'pamux]]-Okanagan-[[Nicola Athapaskans|Nicola Athapaskan]] alliance in the [[Nicola Valley]] and of the [[Kamloops]] group of the [[Secwepemc]]
* [[Andy Paull]] (1892–1959) – Squamish
* [[Stewart Phillip]]
* [[Chief Poundmaker]] (c. 1842–1886) – Cree chief
* [[Piapot]] (c. 1816–1908) – Cree chief
* [[Steven Point]] (born 1951) – modern [[Sto:lo]] leader, current Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
* [[Louis Riel]] (1844–1885) – leader of two [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] rebellions before being hung for treason
* [[James Sewid]] (1913–1988) – [[Kwakwaka'wakw]]
* [[Tecumseh]] (1768–1813) – [[Shawnee]] leader
* [[Alec Thomas]] (1894–?)
* [[Wickanninish]] – 19th-century Nuu-chah-nulth chief ([[Opitsaht]]/[[Tla-o-qui-aht]])
* [[Walter Wright (oral historian)|Walter Wright]] (died 1949)