Crown Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
Federal government Governor General - Michaëlle Jean
Cabinet Prime Minister - Stephen Harper Minister of Finance - Jim Flaherty Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier (to May 26) David Emerson (October 20-October 30) Lawrence Cannon (from October 30) Minister of National Defence - Peter MacKay Minister of Health Tony Clement (to October 30) Leona Aglukkaq (from October 30) Minister of Industry - Maxime Bernier Minister of Heritage - Bev Oda Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Rona Ambrose Minister of the Environment - John Baird Minister of Justice - Rob Nicholson Minister of Transport - Lawrence Cannon Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Diane Finley Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Loyola Hearn Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food - Chuck Strahl Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Michael Fortier Minister of Natural Resources - Gary Lunn Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development - Monte Solberg
Members of Parliament See: 39th Canadian parliament, 40th Canadian parliament
Party leaders Liberal Party of Canada - Stéphane Dion to December 10 Michael Ignatieff 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 House of Commons - Peter Milliken Governor of the Bank of Canada - David Dodge Chief of the Defence Staff - General Rick Hillier to July 1 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 Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick - Herménégilde Chiasson Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador - Edward Roberts to 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 Premier of New Brunswick - Shawn Graham Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador - Danny Williams Premier of Nova Scotia - Rodney MacDonald 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 (January 1 – November 14), Eva Aariak (November 14 – ) Premier of Yukon - Dennis Fentie
Mayors see also list of mayors in Canada Toronto - David Miller Montreal - Gérald Tremblay Vancouver - Sam Sullivan → Gregor Robertson Ottawa - Larry O'Brien Winnipeg - Sam Katz Edmonton - Stephen Mandel Calgary - Dave Bronconnier Victoria - Alan Lowe
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
Peer Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil
See also 2007 Canadian incumbents Events in Canada in 2008 incumbents around the world in 2008 Canadian incumbents by year