Below is a list of the Canadian Prime Ministers starting from the first Prime Minister – John A. Macdonald – to the current Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney.
1️⃣ First I’ll provide a table with the names and years in office.
2️⃣ Then, at the bottom of the page, I’ll provide the list of names separated by commas so you can easily copy the list, go to our Bingo Card Generator and make your own Canadian Prime Minister bingo cards.
3️⃣ And I’ve provided a link to a free PDF that will allow you to play Trivia Bingo with the bingo cards you make with our bingo generator.
4️⃣ Plus, I’ve provided some interesting facts about some Canadian PM’s.
List of Canadian Prime Ministers and the Year(s) of their Terms
Below is a list of Canada’s 24 Prime Ministers and the years in which they held office. (Current to February 2026.)
Note: Years listed represent the period during which the individual held the office of Prime Minister, regardless of the duration within that year. For instance, Charles Tupper – Canada’s 6th Prime Minister – held the office for only 69 days (May 01 – July 08/1896). He served the shortest term of any Prime Ministers.
| John A. Macdonald | 1867–1873, 1878–1891 |
| Alexander Mackenzie | 1873–1878 |
| John Abbott | 1891–1892 |
| John Thompson | 1892–1894 |
| Mackenzie Bowell | 1894–1896 |
| Charles Tupper | 1896 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 1896–1911 |
| Robert Borden | 1911–1920 |
| Arthur Meighen | 1920–1921, 1926 |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King | 1921–1926, 1926–1930, 1935–1948 |
| R. B. Bennett | 1930–1935 |
| Louis St. Laurent | 1948–1957 |
| John Diefenbaker | 1957–1963 |
| Lester B. Pearson | 1963–1968 |
| Pierre Trudeau | 1968–1979, 1980–1984 |
| Joe Clark | 1979–1980 |
| John Turner | 1984 |
| Brian Mulroney | 1984–1993 |
| Kim Campbell | 1993 |
| Jean Chrétien | 1993–2003 |
| Paul Martin | 2003–2006 |
| Stephen Harper | 2006–2015 |
| Justin Trudeau | 2015–2025 |
| Mark Carney | 2025–present |
If you want more details on the exact dates of the terms and more information on the Prime Ministers check out the Library of Parliament website.
🇨🇦 Canadian Prime Ministers – names separated by commas
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John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, Charles Tupper, Wilfrid Laurier, Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen, William Lyon Mackenzie King, R. B. Bennett, Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker, Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, Mark Carney
Canadian Prime Minister Trivia Bingo Questions
Once you’ve pasted the names of the Canadian Prime Ministers into our Bingo Card Maker and created your own bingo cards, you can “kick it up a notch” and turn your regular bingo game into a fun Canadian trivia game.
Once you print off the trivia bingo calling cards PDF (shown above), you cut out the rows, and start calling out the clues to your class or bingo party.
They’ll have to know who the clue is referring to before they can cross off any names from their bingo cards.
Interesting Facts about Canadian Prime Ministers
Shortest Term as Prime Minister – 69 Days – Charles Tupper
Charles Tupper had the shortest term as Prime Minister. According to the Library of Parliament website, he held the position for only 69 days back in 1896.
Longest Continuous Term as Prime Minister – 15 years – Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier held the office as Canadian Prime Minister for 15 straight years from July 1896 to October 1911. (This is the longest continuous term, but not the person who has been Prime Minister the longest. That title belongs to William Lyon Mackenzie King.)
Longest Serving Canadian Prime Minister – 21 years spread over 3 terms – William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada’s Prime Minister three times. His first term was from December 1921 to June 1926, then again from September 1926 to August 1930, then again from October 1935 to November 1948. (Reference: The Canadian Encyclopedia)
The Canadian Prime Minister Who Died Young – John Thompson
Canada’s 4th Prime Minister – John Thompson – was only 49 years old when he suddenly died of a heartache in Queen Victoria’s Windsor Castle in England. (Reference: Dictionary of Canadian Biography)
Canada’s Female Prime Minister – Kim Campbell – 1993
Canada’s first and so far only female Prime Minister was Kim Campbell who served from June 1993 until November 1993. (Reference)
The Canadian Prime Minister who Talked to Spirits (?)
Following his death, it was revealed in William Lyon Mackenzie King’s personal diaries that he participated in seances in attempts to communicate with the spirits of his deceased parents and even Wilfrid Laurier (Canada’s 7th Prime Minister). (Reference)
1984 – Quite the Year for Canadian Prime Ministers
Canada had 3 different Prime Ministers serve in 1984!
Pierre Trudeau left office in June 1984, then John Turner became Prime Minister for 79 days, then Brian Mulroney became the Prime Minister in September 1984.
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