List of Governors General of Canada

The following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada . This includes the territories and colonies on today's national territory.

New France (1627 to 1760)

See List of Governors of New France

Governors of the Province of Quebec (until 1791)

image	governor	Term of office
	Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst	1760-1763
	James Murray	1764-1768
	Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester	1768-1778
	Frederick Haldimand	1778-1786
	Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester	1786-1791

Governors of British North America (until 1838)

image	governor	Term of office
	Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester	1791-1796
	Robert Prescott	1796-1807
	James Henry Craig	1807-1811
	George Prevost	1812-1815
	John Coape Sherbrooke	1816-1818
	Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond	1818-1819
	George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie	1820-1828
	James Kempt	1828-1830
	Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer	1830-1835
	Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford	1835-1837
	John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton	1837-1838

Governors of the Province of Canada and Governors General of British North America (until 1867)

image	governor	Term of office
	John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham	1838-1839
	Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham	1839-1841
	Charles Bagot	1842-1843
	Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe	1843-1845
	Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart	1846-1847
	James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin	1847-1854
	Edmund Walker Head	1854-1861
	Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck	1861-1867

Governors General of Canada

image	governor	Term of office
	Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck	July 1, 1867 - November 14, 1868
	John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar	February 2, 1869 - June 21, 1872
	Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava	June 25, 1872 - October 22, 1878
	John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll	November 25, 1878 - October 22, 1883
	Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne	October 23, 1883 - May 25, 1888
	Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby	June 11, 1888 - July 15, 1893
	John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair	September 18, 1893 - November 11, 1898
	Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto	November 12, 1898 - November 18, 1904
	Albert Gray, 4th Earl Gray	December 10, 1904 - October 12, 1911
	Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	October 13, 1911 - October 11, 1916
	Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire	November 11, 1916 - July 19, 1921
	Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy	August 11, 1921 - September 29, 1926
	Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Viscount Willingdon	October 2, 1926 - January 16, 1931
	Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough	April 4, 1931 - September 29, 1935
	John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir	November 4, 1935 - February 11, 1940
	Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone	June 21, 1940 - March 16, 1946
	Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis	April 12, 1946 - January 28, 1952
	Vincent Massey	February 28, 1952 - September 14, 1959
	Georges Vanier	September 15, 1959 - March 5, 1967
	Roland Michener	April 17, 1967 - January 13, 1974
	Jules Leger	Jan. 14, 1974 - January 21, 1979
	Edward Schreyer	January 22, 1979 - May 13, 1984
	Jeanne Sauvé	May 14, 1984 - January 28, 1990
	Ray Hnatyshyn	January 29, 1990 - February 7, 1995
	Roméo LeBlanc	February 8, 1995 - October 7, 1999
	Adrienne Clarkson	October 8, 1999 - September 26, 2005
	Michaëlle Jean	September 27, 2005 - September 30, 2010
	David Johnston	October 1, 2010 - October 1, 2017
	Julie Payette	October 2, 2017 - acting

Administrators

Administrators were appointed as interim governors-general when the incumbent died or was absent for a longer period of time:

Lyman Poore Duff (1931 and 1940)
Thibaudeau Rinfret (1952)
Robert Taschereau (1966/67)
Beverley McLachlin (2005)

Remarks

↑ Lord Gosford resigned in November during the Lower Canada Rebellion . Colborne was named Commander in Chief of British Forces and Temporary Governor to quell the 1837 rebellions. After the restoration of order in Lower and Upper Canada, he remained in office until the arrival of Lord Durham.

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Governor General of Canada

[1] Lord Gosford resigned in November during the Lower Canada Rebellion . Colborne was named Commander in Chief of British Forces and Temporary Governor to quell the 1837 rebellions. After the restoration of order in Lower and Upper Canada, he remained in office until the arrival of Lord Durham.