1996 Canadian incumbents
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See also: 1995 Canadian incumbents, Events in Canada in 1996, 1997 Canadian incumbents, Governmental leaders in 1996, Canadian incumbents by year
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Federal Government
Cabinet
- Deputy Prime Minister - Sheila Copps
- Minister of Finance - Paul Martin
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - André Ouellet then Lloyd Axworthy
- Minister of National Defence - David Collenette then Doug Young
- Minister of Health - Diane Marleau then David Dingwall
- Minister of Industry - John Manley
- Minister of Heritage - Sheila Copps (position was only created on July 12 of 1996)
- Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Marcel Massé then Stéphane Dion
- Minister of the Environment - Sheila Copps then Sergio Marchi
- Minister of Justice - Allan Rock
- Minister of Transport - Doug Young then David Anderson
- Minister of Communications - Michel Dupuy then Sheila Copps (poistion merged into that of Heritage Minister on July 11, 1996)
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Sergio Marchi then Lucienne Robillard
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Brian Tobin then Fred Mifflin
- Minister of Agriculture - Ralph Goodale
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Diane Marleau (position created on July 12.)
- Minister of Employment and Immigration - Lloyd Axworthy then Doug Young then Pierre Pettigrew (position was renamed Minister of Human Resources Development on July 11)
- Minister of Natural Resources - Anne McLellan
- Minister of Public Works - David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11)
- Minister of Supply and Services - David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11)
Members of Parliament
Opposition leaders
- Bloc Québécois - Lucien Bouchard then Gilles Duceppe (interim) then Michel Gauthier
- New Democratic Party- Alexa McDonough
- Progressive Conservative Party - Jean Charest
- Reform Party of Canada - Preston Manning
Supreme Court Justices
- Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer
- Beverley McLachlin
- Frank Iacobucci
- John C. Major
- Gérard V. La Forest
- John Sopinka
- Peter deCarteret Cory
- Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
- Charles D. Gonthier
Other
- Speaker of the House of Commons - Gilbert Parent
- Governor of the Bank of Canada - Gordon Thiessen
- Chief of the Defence Staff - General Jean Boyle then Vice-Admiral Larry Murray
Provinces
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
- Premier of British Columbia - Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark
- Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon
- Premier of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna then Raymond Frenette
- Premier of Newfoundland - Clyde Wells then Brian Tobin
- Premier of Nova Scotia - John Savage then Russell MacLellan
- Premier of Ontario - Mike Harris
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Catherine Callbeck then Keith Milligan then Pat Binns
- Premier of Quebec - Jacques Parizeau then Lucien Bouchard
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow
- Premier of the Northwest Territories - Don Morin
- Premier of Yukon - John Ostashek then Piers McDonald
Lieutenant Governors
- Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta - Gordon Towers then Bud Olson
- Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia - Garde Gardom
- Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba - W. Yvon Dumont
- Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick - Margaret Norrie McCain
- Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador - Frederick Russell
- Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia - James Kinley
- Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario - Henry N. R. Jackman
- Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island - Gilbert Ralph Clements
- Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec - Martial Asselin then Jean-Louis Roux
- Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan - John E. N. Wiebe
Mayors
Religious Leaders
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec - Archbishop Maurice Couture
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal - Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
- Roman Catholic Bishops of London - Bishop John Michael Sherlock
- Moderator of the United Church of Canada - Marion Best