Crown
Federal government
Cabinet
- Minister of Finance - Jim Flaherty
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Lawrence Cannon
- Minister of International Trade - Stockwell Day
- Minister of National Defence - Peter MacKay
- Minister of Health - Tony Clement
- Minister of Industry - Maxime Bernier
- Minister of National Revenue - Jean Pierre Blackburn
- Minister of Heritage - Josée Verner
- Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Josée Verner
- Minister of the Environment - John Baird
- Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (House Leader) - Jay Hill
- Minister of Justice - Rob Nicholson
- Minister of Transport - John Baird
- Minister of Labour - Rona Ambrose
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Jason Kenney
- Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development - Chuck Strahl
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Gail Shea
- Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food - Chuck Strahl
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Michael Fortier
- Minister of Public Safety - Peter Van Loan
- President of the Treasury Board - Vic Toews
- Minister of Natural Resources - Gary Lunn
- Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development - Diane Finley
- Minister of Western Economic Diversification - Jim Prentice
- Minister for International Cooperation - Bev Oda
Members of Parliament
See: 39th Canadian parliament, 40th Canadian parliament
Party leaders
- Liberal Party of Canada - Michael Ignatieff (interim until May 2)
- Conservative Party of Canada - Stephen Harper
- Bloc Québécois - Gilles Duceppe
- New Democratic Party - Jack Layton
- Green Party of Canada - Elizabeth May
Supreme Court justices
- Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin
- Marshall Rothstein
- Michel Bastarache
- William Ian Corneil Binnie
- Louis LeBel
- Marie Deschamps
- Morris Fish
- Louise Charron
- Rosalie Abella
Other
- Speaker of the Senate - Noël Kinsella
- Speaker of the House of Commons - Peter Milliken
- Governor of the Bank of Canada - David Dodge (until January 31), Mark Carney (February 1 on)
- Chief of the Defence Staff - General Walter J. Natynczyk
Provinces & Territories
Lieutenant-governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta - Norman Kwong
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia - Steven Point
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba - John Harvard then Philip S. Lee
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick - Herménégilde Chiasson then Graydon Nicholas
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador - John Crosbie
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia - Mayann Francis
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario - David Onley
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island - Barbara Hagerman
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec - Pierre Duchesne
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan - Gordon Barnhart
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta - Ed Stelmach
- Premier of British Columbia - Gordon Campbell
- Premier of Manitoba - Gary Doer then Greg Selinger
- Premier of New Brunswick - Shawn Graham
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador - Danny Williams
- Premier of Nova Scotia - Rodney MacDonald then Darrell Dexter
- Premier of Ontario - Dalton McGuinty
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Robert Ghiz
- Premier of Quebec - Jean Charest
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Brad Wall
- Premier of the Northwest Territories - Floyd Roland
- Premier of Nunavut - Eva Aariak
- Premier of Yukon - Dennis Fentie
Mayors
see also list of mayors in Canada
- Charlottetown - Clifford J. Lee
- Fredericton - Brad Woodside
- Halifax - Peter J. Kelly
- Iqaluit - Elisapee Sheutiapik
- Toronto - David Miller
- Ottawa - Larry O'Brien
- Winnipeg - Sam Katz
- Edmonton - Stephen Mandel
- Quebec City - Régis Labeaume
- Regina - Pat Fiacco
- St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador - Dennis O'Keefe
- Victoria - Dean Fortin
- Whitehorse - Bev Buckway
- Yellowknife - Gordon Van Tighem
Religious leaders
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada - Cardinal Archbishop Marc Ouellet
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal - Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
- Roman Catholic Bishops of London - Bishop Ronald Peter Fabbro
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto - Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins
- Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada - Fred Hiltz
- Moderator of the United Church of Canada - David Giuliano
- Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada - Wilma Welsh
- National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Raymond Schultz