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Below are lists of the former Governors General of New France and British North America before Canada became an independant nation in 1867, and a list of the former Governors General of Canada since 1867. Two members of the Royal Family have held this post: the Duke of Connaught and the Earl of Athlone. The first Canadian born Governor General was Vincent Massey. |
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| Dates of Office | Governor | (Born - Died) |
| 1627 - 1635 | Samuel de Champlain | (b. 1567 - d. 1635) |
| 1635 - 1648 | Charles de Montmagny | (b. 1583 - d. 1651) |
| 1648 - 1651 | Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge | (b. 1612 - d. 1660) |
| 1651 - 1657 | Jean de Lauzon | (b. 1582 - d. 1666) |
| 1658 - 1661 | Le Vicomte d'Argenson | (b. 1625 - d. 1709) |
| 1661 - 1663 | Le Baron d'Avaugour | (b. 1620 - d. 1664) |
| 1663 - 1665 | Augustin de Mésy | (b. 1598 - d. 1665) |
| 1665 - 1665 | Alexandre De Prouville, Marquis de Tracy | (b. 1603 - d. 1670) |
| 1665 - 1672 | Daniel de Courcelle | (b. 1626 - d. 1698) |
| 1672 - 1682 | Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau | (b. 1622 - d. 1698) |
| 1682 - 1685 | Joseph-Antoine de LaBarre | (b. 1622 - d. 1688) |
| 1685 - 1689 | Le Marquis de Denonville | (b. 1638 - d. 1710) |
| 1689 - 1698 | Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau | (b. 1622 - d. 1698) |
| 1698 - 1703 | Louis-Hector de Callière | (b. 1648 - d. 1703) |
| 1703 - 1725 | Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil | (b. 1643 - d. 1725) |
| 1725 - 1726 | Charles Le Moyne, Baron de Longueuil | (b. 1656 - d. 1725) |
| 1726 - 1747 | Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois | (b. 1670 - d. 1749) |
| 1747 - 1749 | Le Comte de la Galissonnière | (b. 1693 - d. 1756) |
| 1749 - 1752 | Le Marquis de la Jonquière | (b. 1658 - d. 1752) |
| 1752 - 1755 | Le Marquis de Duquesne | (b. 1700 - d. 1778) |
| 1755 - 10 Feb 1763 | Pierre Francois de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal | (b. 1698 – d. 1778) |
| Dates of Office | Governor | (Born - Died) |
| 1763 - 1766 | General James Murray | (b. 1712 - d. 1794) |
| 1766 - 1778 | Sir Guy Carleton | (b. 1724 - d. 1808) |
| 1778 - 1778 | General Sir Frederick Haldimand | (b. 1718 - d. 1791) |
| 1778 - 1786 | Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester | (b. 1724 - d. 1808) |
| 1786 - 1808 | General Robert Prescott | (b. 1725 - d. 1816) |
| 1808 - 1811 | Lieutenant General Sir James Craig | (b. 1749 - d. 1812) |
| 1811 - 1815 | Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost | (b. 1767 - d. 1816) |
| 1815 - 1816 | Lieutenant General Gordon Drummond | (b. 1771 - d. 1854) |
| 1816 - 1818 | Sir John Coape Sherbrooke | (b. 1764 - d. 1830) |
| 1818 - 1820 | Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond | (b. 1764 - d. 1819) |
| 1820 - 1828 | George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie | (b. 1770 - d. 1838) |
| 1828 - 1830 | Major General Sir James Kempt | (b. 1764 - d. 1854) |
| 1830 - 1835 | Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer | (b. 1775 - d. 1850) |
| 1835 - 1838 | Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford | (b. 1776 - d. 1849) |
| 1838 - 1839 | John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham | (b. 1792 - d. 1840) |
| 1839 - 05 Feb 1841 | Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron Sydenham | (b. 1799 - d. 1841) |
| Dates of Office | Governor | (Born - Died) |
| 05 Feb 1841 - 19 Sep 1841 | Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron Sydenham | (b. 1799 - d. 1841) |
| 19 Sep 1841 - 12 Jan 1842 | Sir Richards Downes Jackson (Acting) | (b. 1777 - d. 1845) |
| 12 Jan 1842 - 19 May 1843 | Sir Charles Bagot | (b. 1781 - d. 1843) |
| 19 May 1843 - 30 May 1843 | Sir Richards Downes Jackson (Acting) | (b. 1777 - d. 1845) |
| 30 May 1843 - 26 Nov 1845 | Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe | (b. 1785 - d. 1846) |
| 26 Nov 1845 - 30 Jan 1847 | Charles Murray Cathcart, Earl of Cathcart | (b. 1783 - d. 1859) |
| 30 Jan 1847 - 19 Dec 1854 | James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine | (b. 1811 - d. 1863) |
| 19 Dec 1854 - 25 Oct 1861 | Sir Edmund Walker Head | (b. 1805 - d. 1868) |
| 25 Oct 1861 - 01 Jul 1867 | Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon | (b. 1819 - d. 1894) |
| Dates of Office | Governor General | (Born - Died) |
| 01 Jul 1867 - 02 Feb 1869 | The Viscount Monck | (b. 1819 - d. 1894) |
| 02 Feb 1869 - 25 Jun 1872 | Lord Lisgar | (b. 1807 - d. 1876) |
| 25 Jun 1872 - 25 Nov 1878 | The Earl of Dufferin | (b. 1826 - d. 1902) |
| 05 Nov 1878 - 23 Oct 1883 | The Duke of Argyll | (b. 1845 - d. 1914) |
| 23 Oct 1883 - 11 Jun 1888 | The Marquess of Lansdowne | (b. 1845 - d. 1927) |
| 11 Jun 1888 - 18 Sep 1893 | Lord Stanley | (b. 1841 - d. 1908) |
| 18 Sep 1893 - 12 Nov 1898 | The Earl of Aberdeen | (b. 1847 - d. 1934) |
| 12 Nov 1898 - 10 Dec 1904 | The Earl of Minto | (b. 1845 - d. 1914) |
| 10 Dec 1904 - 13 Oct 1911 | Earl Grey | (b. 1851 - d. 1917) |
| 13 Oct 1911 - 11 Nov 1916 | Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught | (b. 1850 - d. 1942) |
| 11 Nov 1916 - 11 Aug 1921 | The Duke of Devonshire | (b. 1868 - d. 1938) |
| 11 Aug 1921 - 02 Oct 1926 | General Lord Byng | (b. 1862 - d. 1935) |
| 02 Oct 1926 - 04 Apr 1931 | The Viscount Willingdon | (b. 1866 - d. 1941) |
| 04 Apr 1931 - 04 Nov 1935 | The Earl of Bessborough | (b. 1880 - d. 1956) |
| 04 Nov 1935 - 11 Feb 1940 | Lord Tweedsmuir | (b. 1875 - d. 1940) |
| 21 Jun 1940 - 12 Apr 1946 | Major General The Earl of Athlone | (b. 1874 - d. 1957) |
| 12 Apr 1946 - 28 Feb 1952 | Field Marshal The Viscount Alexander | (b. 1891 - d. 1969) |
| 28 Feb 1952 - 15 Sep 1959 | The Right Honourable Vincent Massey | (b. 1887 - d. 1967) |
| 15 Sep 1959 - 05 Mar 1967 | Major General The Right Honourable Georges Vanier | (b. 1888 - d. 1967) |
| 17 Apr 1967 - 14 Jan 1974 | The Right Honourable Roland Michener | (b. 1900 - d. 1991) |
| 14 Jan 1974 - 22 Jan 1979 | The Right Honourable Jules Léger | (b. 1913 - d. 1980) |
| 22 Jan 1979 - 14 May 1984 | The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer | (b. 1935) |
| 14 May 1984 - 29 Jan 1990 | The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé | (b. 1922 - d. 1993) |
| 29 Jan 1990 - 08 Feb 1995 | The Right Honourable Ray Hnatyshyn | (b. 1934 - d. 2002) |
| 08 Feb 1995 - 07 Oct 1999 | The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc | (b. 1927 - d. 2009) |
| 07 Oct 1999 - 27 Sep 2005 | The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson | (b. 1939) |
| 27 Sep 2005 - 01 Oct 2010 | The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean | (b. 1957) |
| 01 Oct 2010 - 02 Oct 2017 | The Right Honourable David Johnston | (b. 1941) |
| 02 Oct 2017 - 21 Jan 2021 | The Right Honourable Julie Payette | (b. 1963) |
| 26 Jul 2021 - | The Right Honourable Mary May Simon | (b. 1947) |
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