Crown
Federal government
Cabinet
- Prime Minister – Stephen Harper
- Minister of Finance – Jim Flaherty
- Minister of Foreign Affairs – Lawrence Cannon
- Minister of International Trade
- Stockwell Day (to January 19)
- Peter Van Loan (from January 19)
- Minister of National Defence – Peter MacKay
- Minister of Health – Leona Aglukkaq
- Minister of Industry – Tony Clement
- Minister of National Revenue
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn (to January 19)
- Keith Ashfield (from January 19)
- Minister of Heritage – Josée Verner
- Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Josée Verner
- Minister of the Environment
- Jim Prentice (to November 5)
- John Baird (from November 7)
- Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (House Leader)
- Jay Hill (to August 6)
- John Baird (from August 6)
- Minister of Justice – Rob Nicholson
- Minister of Transport
- John Baird (to August 6)
- Chuck Strahl (from August 6)
- Minister of Labour
- Rona Ambrose (to January 19)
- Lisa Raitt (from January 19)
- Minister of Canadian Heritage – James Moore
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration – Jason Kenney
- Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Chuck Strahl (to August 6)
- John Duncan (from August 6)
- Minister of Veterans Affairs
- Greg Thompson (to January 16)
- Jean-Pierre Blackburn (from January 19)
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Gail Shea
- Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food – Gerry Ritz
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services
- Christian Paradis (to January 19)
- Rona Ambrose (from January 19)
- Minister of Public Safety
- Peter Van Loan (to January 19)
- Vic Toews (from January 19)
- President of the Treasury Board
- Vic Toews (to January 19)
- Stockwell Day (from January 19)
- Minister of Natural Resources
- Lisa Raitt (to January 19)
- Christian Paradis (from January 19)
- Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development – Diane Finley
- Minister of Western Economic Diversification
- Jim Prentice (to November 5)
- Rona Ambrose (from November 5)
- Minister for International Cooperation – Bev Oda
Parliament
Party leaders
- Liberal Party of Canada – Michael Ignatieff
- Conservative Party of Canada – Stephen Harper
- Bloc Québécois – Gilles Duceppe
- New Democratic Party – Jack Layton
- Green Party of Canada – Elizabeth May
Other
- Speaker of the Senate – Noël Kinsella
- Speaker of the House of Commons – Peter Milliken
- Governor of the Bank of Canada – Mark Carney
- Chief of the Defence Staff – General Walter J. Natynczyk
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
Provinces and territories
Commissioners
- Commissioner of Yukon
- Geraldine Van Bibber (to November 30)
- Doug Phillips (acting from November 30 to December 17; Commissioner thereafter)
- Commissioners of Northwest Territories
- Tony Whitford (to April 28)
- Margaret Thom (acting)
- George Tuccaro (from May 28)
- Commissioners of Nunavut
- Ann Meekitjuk Hanson (to April 10)
- Nellie Kusugak (acting)
- Edna Elias (from May 31)
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- Norman Kwong (to May 11)
- Donald Ethell (from May 11)
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Steven Point
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Philip S. Lee
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – 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 – Greg Selinger
- Premier of New Brunswick
- Shawn Graham (to October 12)
- David Alward (from October 12)
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Danny Williams (to December 3)
- Kathy Dunderdale (from December 3)
- Premier of Nova Scotia – 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
- Calgary – Dave Bronconnier
- Charlottetown – Clifford J. Lee
- Edmonton – Stephen Mandel
- Fredericton – Brad Woodside
- Halifax – Peter J. Kelly
- Iqaluit – Elisapee Sheutiapik then Madeleine Redfern
- Ottawa – Larry O'Brien then Jim Watson
- Quebec City – Régis Labeaume
- Regina – Pat Fiacco
- St. John's – Dennis O'Keefe
- Toronto – David Miller then Rob Ford
- Vancouver – Gregor Robertson
- Victoria – Dean Fortin
- Whitehorse – Bev Buckway
- Winnipeg – Sam Katz
- 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