Editing Lists of Canadians (section)

===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)