Crown
Federal government
Cabinet
- Prime Minister - Paul Martin
- Deputy Prime Minister - Anne McLellan
- Minister of Finance - Ralph Goodale
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Bill Graham then Pierre Pettigrew
- Minister of National Defence - David Pratt then Bill Graham
- Minister of Health - Pierre Pettigrew then Ujjal Dosanjh
- Minister of Industry - Lucienne Robillard then David Emerson
- Minister of Heritage - Hélène Scherrer then Liza Frulla
- Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Pierre Pettigrew then Lucienne Robillard
- Minister of the Environment - David Anderson then Stéphane Dion
- Minister of Justice - Irwin Cotler
- Minister of Transport - Tony Valeri then Jean Lapierre
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Judy Sgro
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Geoff Regan
- Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food - Bob Speller then Andy Mitchell
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Stephen Owen then Scott Brison
- Minister of Natural Resources - John Efford
- Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development - Joe Volpe
- Minister of Social Development - Liza Frulla then Ken Dryden
Members of Parliament
See: 37th Canadian parliament, then 38th Canadian parliament
Party leaders
- Liberal Party of Canada - Paul Martin
- Conservative Party of Canada - John Lynch-Staunton (interim) then Stephen Harper
- Bloc Québécois - Gilles Duceppe
- New Democratic Party - Jack Layton
Supreme Court Justices
- Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin
- Frank Iacobucci retired in 2004
- John C. Major
- Michel Bastarache
- William Ian Corneil Binnie
- Louise Arbour retired in 2004
- Louis LeBel
- Marie Deschamps
- Morris Fish
- Louise Charron
- Rosalie Abella
Other
Provinces & Territories
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
- Premier of British Columbia - Gordon Campbell
- Premier of Manitoba - Gary Doer
- Premier of New Brunswick - Bernard Lord
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador - Danny Williams
- Premier of Nova Scotia - John Hamm
- Premier of Ontario - Dalton McGuinty
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Pat Binns
- Premier of Quebec - Jean Charest
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Lorne Calvert
- Premier of the Northwest Territories - Joe Handley
- Premier of Nunavut - Paul Okalik
- Premier of Yukon - Dennis Fentie
Lieutenant-governors
- Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta - Lois Hole
- Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia - Iona Campagnolo
- Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba - Peter Liba, then John Harvard
- Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick - Herménégilde Chiasson
- Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador - Edward Roberts
- Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia - Myra Freeman
- Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario - James Bartleman
- Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island - Léonce Bernard
- Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec - Lise Thibault
- Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan - Lynda Haverstock
Mayors
Religious leaders
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec - Cardinal Archbishop Marc Ouellet
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal - Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
- Roman Catholic Bishops of London - Bishop Ronald Peter Fabbro
- Moderator of the United Church of Canada - Peter Short