Governors General of Canada
Governors of New France, 1627-1663
Governors under Louis XIII (1627 – 1643):
1 - Samuel de Champlain - 1627-1635
2 - Charles de Montmagny - 1635
Governors under Louis XIV (1643 – 1663):
2 - Charles de Montmagny - - 1648
3 - Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge - 1648 - 1651
4 - Jean de Lauson - 1651 - 1657
5 - Le vicomte de Mouzay - 1658 - 1661
6 - Le baron d'Avaugour - 1661 - 1663
Governors General of New France, 1663-1760
Governors under Louis XIV (1663 – 1715):
7 - Augustin de Saffray de Mésy - 1663 - 1665
8 - Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle - 1665 - 1672
9 - Le comte de Frontenac et de Palluau - 1672 - 1682
10 - Joseph-Antoine de la Barre - 1682 - 1685
11 - Le marquis de Denonville - 1685 - 1689
9 - Le comte de Frontenac - 1689 - 1698
12 - Louis-Hector de Callière - 1698 - 1703
13 - Le marquis de Vaudreuil - 1703
Governors under Louis XV (1715 – 1760):
13 - Le marquis de Vaudreuil - - 1725
14 - Le marquis de Beauharnois - 1725 - 1747
15 - Le comte de la Galissonnière - 1747 - 1749
16 - Le marquis de la Jonquière - 1749 - 1752
17 - Le marquis du Quesne - 1752 - 1755
18 - Le marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal - 1755 - 1760
Governors of the Province of Quebec, 1760-1786
Governors under King George III (1760 – 1786):
19 - Jeffrey Amherst - 1760 - 1763
20 - James Murray - 1764 - 1768
21 - Guy Carleton - 1768 - 1778
22 - Frederick Haldimand - 1778 - 1786
Governors-in-Chief/Governors General of The Canadas, 1786-1840
Governors under King George III (1786 – 1820):
23 - Lord Dorchester - 1786 - 1796
24 - Robert Prescott - 1796 - 1799
25 - Robert Milnes - 1799 - 1805
26 - Thomas Dunn - 1805 - 1807
27 - James Henry Craig - 1807 - 1811
28 - George Prévost - 1811 - 1815
29 - Gordon Drummond - 1815 - 1816
30 - John Coape Sherbrooke - 1816 - 1818
31 - The Duke of Richmond - 1818 - 1820
32 - The Earl of Dalhousie - 1820
Governors under King George IV (1820 – 1830):
32 - The Earl of Dalhousie - - 1828
33 - James Kempt - 1828 - 1830
Governors under King William IV (1830 – 1837):
34 - Lord Aylmer - 1830 - 1835
35 - The Earl of Gosford - 1835
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837 – 1840):
35 - The Earl of Gosford - - 1837
36 - John Colborne - 1837 - 1838
37 - The Earl of Durham - 1838 - 1839
38 - Lord Sydenham - 1839 - 1840
Governors General of the Province of Canada, 1840-1867
Governors under Queen Victoria (1840 – 1867):
38 - Lord Sydenham - 1840 - 1841
39 - Charles Bagot - 1842 - 1843
40 - Charles Metcalfe - 1843 - 1845
41 - The Earl Cathcart - 1846 - 1847
42 - The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine - 1847 - 1854
43 - Edmund Walker Head - 1854 - 1861
44 - Viscount Monck - 1861 - 1867
Governors General of Canada, 1867-present
Governors under Queen Victoria (1867 – 1901):
44 - Viscount Monck - 1 July 1867 - 2 February 1869
45 - Lord Lisgar - 2 February 1869 - 25 June 1872
46 - The Earl of Dufferin - 25 June 1872 - 25 November 1878
47 - The Marquess of Lorne - 25 November 1878 - 23 October 1883
48 - The Marquess of Lansdowne - 23 October 1883 - 11 June 1888
49 - Lord Stanley of Preston - 11 June 1888 - 18 September 1893
50 - The Earl of Aberdeen - 18 September 1893 - 12 November 1898
51 - The Earl of Minto - 12 November 1898
Governors under King
Edward VII (1901 – 1910):
51 - The Earl of Minto - - 10 December 1904
52 - The Earl Grey - 10 December 1904
Governors under King George V (1910 – 1936):
52 - The Earl Grey - - 13 October 1911
53 - HRH The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn - 13 October 1911 - 11 November 1916
54 - The Duke of Devonshire - 11 November 1916 - 11 August 1921
55 - Lord Byng of Vimy - 11 August 1921 - 2 October 1926
56 - The Marquess of Willingdon - 2 October 1926 - 4 April 1931
57 - The Earl of Bessborough - 4 April 1931 - 2 November 1935
58 - Lord Tweedsmuir - 2 November 1935
Governors under King Edward VIII (1936):
58 - Lord Tweedsmuir -
Governors under King
George VI (1936 – 1952):
58 - Lord Tweedsmuir - - 11 February 1940
59 - The Earl of Athlone - 21 June 1940 - 12 April 1946
60 - Viscount Alexander of Tunis - 12 April 1946
Governors under Queen
Elizabeth II (1952 – Present):
60 - Viscount Alexander of Tunis - - 28 February 1952
61 - Vincent Massey - 28 February 1952 - 15 September 1959
62 - Georges Vanier - 15 September 1959 - 5 March 1967
63 - Roland Michener - 17 April 1967 - 14 January 1974
64 - Jules Léger - 14 January 1974 - 22 January 1979
65 - Edward Schreyer - 22 January 1979 - 14 May 1984
66 - Jeanne Sauvé - 14 May 1984 - 29 January 1990
67 - Ray Hnatyshyn - 29 January 1990 - 8 February 1995
68 - Roméo LeBlanc - 8 February 1995 - 7 October 1999
69 - Adrienne Clarkson - 7 October 1999 - 27 September 2005
70 - Michaëlle Jean - 27 September 2005