# List of prime ministers of Canada by academic degrees

This is a list of the prime ministers of Canada by their academic degrees. The following list does not include honorary degrees conferred to the prime minister. Four future prime ministers attended the University of Toronto, three prime ministers the University of British Columbia, Université Laval or McGill University.
| # | Prime Minister | Degree | University | Year |
| 1 | John A. Macdonald | none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer | none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer | none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer |
| 2 | Alexander Mackenzie | none | none | none |
| 3 | John Abbott | B.C.L. | McGill University | 1854 |
| 3 | John Abbott | D.C.L. | McGill University | 1867 |
| 4 | John Sparrow Thompson | none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer | none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer | none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer |
| 5 | Mackenzie Bowell | none |
| 6 | Dr. Charles Tupper | D.C.L. |
| 6 | Dr. Charles Tupper | LL.D |
| 6 | Dr. Charles Tupper | M.D. | University of Edinburgh | 1843 |
| 7 | Wilfrid Laurier | B.C.L. | McGill University | 1864 |
| 7 | Wilfrid Laurier | D.C.L. |
| 7 | Wilfrid Laurier | LL.D. |
| 7 | Wilfrid Laurier | D.Litt. |
| 8 | Robert Borden | none - articled in law firm towards becoming a lawyer | none - articled in law firm towards becoming a lawyer | none - articled in law firm towards becoming a lawyer |
| 9 | Arthur Meighen | B.A. in Mathematics | University College at the University of Toronto | 1896 |
| 9 | Arthur Meighen | Law graduate | Osgoode Hall Law School | 1902? |
| 9 | Arthur Meighen | LL.D. |
| 10 | Dr. William Lyon Mackenzie King | B.A. | University of Toronto | 1895 |
| 10 | Dr. William Lyon Mackenzie King | LL.B. | University of Toronto | 1896 |
| 10 | Dr. William Lyon Mackenzie King | M.A. | University of Toronto | 1897 |
| 10 | Dr. William Lyon Mackenzie King | M.A. in political economy | Harvard University | 1898 |
| 10 | Dr. William Lyon Mackenzie King | Ph.D. | Harvard University | 1909 |
| 11 | Richard Bedford Bennett | LL.B. | Dalhousie University | 1893 |
| 12 | Louis St. Laurent | B.A. | Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée | 1902 |
| 12 | Louis St. Laurent | LL.L. | Université Laval | 1905 |
| 12 | Louis St. Laurent | D.C.L. |
| 12 | Louis St. Laurent | LL.D. |
| 13 | John Diefenbaker | B.A. | University of Saskatchewan | 1915 |
| 13 | John Diefenbaker | M.A. in Political Science and Economics | University of Saskatchewan | 1916 |
| 13 | John Diefenbaker | LL.B | University of Saskatchewan | 1919 |
| 13 | John Diefenbaker | LL.D. |
| 13 | John Diefenbaker | D.C.L. |
| 13 | John Diefenbaker | D.Litt |
| 13 | John Diefenbaker | D.S.L. |
| 14 | Lester B. Pearson | B.A. in history and sociology | Victoria College at the University of Toronto | 1919 |
| 14 | Lester B. Pearson | B.A. in modern history | St John's College, University of Oxford | 1923 |
| 14 | Lester B. Pearson | M.A. in history | St John's College, University of Oxford | 1925 |
| 14 | Lester B. Pearson | LL.D. |
| 15 | Pierre Trudeau | L.L.B. | Université de Montréal | 1943 |
| 15 | Pierre Trudeau | M.A. in political economy | Harvard University | 1945 |
| 15 | Pierre Trudeau | incomplete doctorate studies | London School of Economics |
| 16 | Joe Clark | B.A. in political science | University of Alberta |
| 16 | Joe Clark | M.A. in political science | University of Alberta |
| 17 | John Turner | B.A.h. | The University of British Columbia | 1949 |
| 17 | John Turner | B.A. in Jurisprudence | Magdalen College, University of Oxford | 1951 |
| 17 | John Turner | B.C.L. | Magdalen College, University of Oxford | 1952 |
| 17 | John Turner | M.A. | Magdalen College, University of Oxford | 1957 |
| 17 | John Turner | LL.D. |
| 18 | Brian Mulroney | B.A. in Political Science | St. Francis Xavier University | 1959 |
| 18 | Brian Mulroney | LL.L. | Université Laval | 1964 |
| 18 | Brian Mulroney | LL.D. | Université Laval |
| 19 | Kim Campbell | B.A. in Political Science | The University of British Columbia | 1969 |
| 19 | Kim Campbell | LL.B. | The University of British Columbia | 1983 |
| 20 | Jean Chrétien | B.A. | Séminaire Sainte-Marie | 1955 |
| 20 | Jean Chrétien | LL.L. | Université Laval | 1958 |
| 21 | Paul Martin | B.A. in history and philosophy | St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto | 1961 |
| 21 | Paul Martin | LL.B. | University of Toronto | 1965 |
| 22 | Stephen Harper | B.A. in economics | University of Calgary | 1985 |
| 22 | Stephen Harper | M.A. in economics | University of Calgary | 1991 |
| 23 | Justin Trudeau | B.A. in English | McGill University | 1994 |
| 23 | Justin Trudeau | B.Ed. | University of British Columbia | 1998 |
| 24 | Mark Carney | B.A. in economics | Harvard University | 1988 |
| 24 | Mark Carney | M.Phil. in economics | St Peter's College, University of Oxford | 1993 |
| 24 | Mark Carney | D.Phil. in economics | Nuffield College, University of Oxford | 1995 |