# List of prime ministers of Canada by birthdate, birthplace, and age

This is a list of the prime ministers of Canada by date, birthplace, and age. Twenty-three people have served as Prime Minister of Canada since the office came into existence in 1867.
Twenty of Canada's prime ministers have been born in Canada. Four of Canada's prime ministers have been born outside Canada: John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, Mackenzie Bowell, and John Turner.

## Statistics
### Birthplaces

Names sort by order of birth    Birth dates sort by day and month :
| Prime Minister | Birth date | Birthplace | Province/country | In office | Age taking office | Age leaving office | Post-premiership time | Death date | Age |
| Sir John A. Macdonald | January 11, 1815 | Glasgow | Scotland | July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873 | 52 years, 171 days | 58 years, 298 days | 4 years, 346 days | June 6, 1891 | 76 years, 146 days |
| Sir John A. Macdonald | January 11, 1815 | Glasgow | Scotland | October 17, 1878 – June 6, 1891 | 63 years, 279 days | 76 years, 146 days | 0 days | June 6, 1891 | 76 years, 146 days |
| Sir John Abbott | March 12, 1821 | St. Andrews (now Saint-André-d'Argenteuil) | Lower Canada now Quebec | June 16, 1891 – November 24, 1892 | 70 years, 96 days | 71 years, 257 days | 340 days | October 30, 1893 | 72 years, 232 days |
| Sir Charles Tupper | July 2, 1821 | Amherst | Nova Scotia | May 1 – July 8, 1896 | 74 years, 304 days | 75 years, 6 days | 19 years, 114 days | October 30, 1915 | 94 years, 120 days |
| Alexander Mackenzie | January 28, 1822 | Logierait | Scotland | November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878 | 51 years, 283 days | 56 years, 253 days | 13 years, 192 days | April 17, 1892 | 70 years, 80 days |
| Sir Mackenzie Bowell | December 27, 1823 | Rickinghall | England | December 21, 1894 – April 27, 1896 | 70 years, 359 days | 72 years, 122 days | 21 years, 227 days | December 10, 1917 | 93 years, 348 days |
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier | November 20, 1841 | Saint-Lin (now Saint-Lin-Laurentides) | Canada East now Quebec | July 11, 1896 – October 6, 1911 | 54 years, 234 days | 69 years, 320 days | 7 years, 134 days | February 17, 1919 | 77 years, 120 days |
| Sir John Sparrow David Thompson | November 10, 1845 | Halifax | Nova Scotia | December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894 | 47 years, 25 days | 49 years, 32 days | 0 days | December 12, 1894 | 49 years, 32 days |
| Sir Robert Borden | June 26, 1854 | Grand-Pré | Nova Scotia | October 10, 1911 – July 10, 1920 | 57 years, 106 days | 66 years, 14 days | 16 years, 335 days | June 10, 1937 | 82 years, 349 days |
| R. B. Bennett | July 3, 1870 | Hopewell Hill | New Brunswick | August 7, 1930 – October 23, 1935 | 60 years, 35 days | 65 years, 112 days | 11 years, 246 days | June 26, 1947 | 76 years, 358 days |
| Arthur Meighen | June 16, 1874 | Anderson (now Perth South) | Ontario | July 10, 1920 – December 29, 1921 | 46 years, 24 days | 47 years, 196 days | 4 years, 182 days | August 5, 1960 | 86 years, 50 days |
| Arthur Meighen | June 16, 1874 | Anderson (now Perth South) | Ontario | June 29 – September 25, 1926 | 52 years, 13 days | 52 years, 101 days | 33 years, 315 days | August 5, 1960 | 86 years, 50 days |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King | December 17, 1874 | Berlin (now Kitchener) | Ontario | December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926 | 47 years, 12 days | 51 years, 193 days | 89 days | July 22, 1950 | 75 years, 217 days |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King | December 17, 1874 | Berlin (now Kitchener) | Ontario | September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930 | 51 years, 282 days | 55 years, 233 days | 5 years, 77 days | July 22, 1950 | 75 years, 217 days |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King | December 17, 1874 | Berlin (now Kitchener) | Ontario | October 23, 1935 – November 15, 1948 | 60 years, 310 days | 73 years, 334 days | 1 year, 249 days | July 22, 1950 | 75 years, 217 days |
| Louis St. Laurent | February 1, 1882 | Compton | Quebec | November 15, 1948 – June 21, 1957 | 66 years, 288 days | 75 years, 140 days | 16 years, 34 days | July 25, 1973 | 91 years, 174 days |
| John Diefenbaker | September 18, 1895 | Neustadt | Ontario | June 21, 1957 – April 22, 1963 | 61 years, 276 days | 67 years, 216 days | 16 years, 116 days | August 16, 1979 | 83 years, 332 days |
| Lester B. Pearson | April 23, 1897 | Newtonbrook (now a part of Toronto) | Ontario | April 22, 1963 – April 20, 1968 | 65 years, 364 days | 70 years, 363 days | 4 years, 251 days | December 27, 1972 | 75 years, 248 days |
| Pierre Trudeau | October 18, 1919 | Montreal | Quebec | April 20, 1968 – June 4, 1979 | 48 years, 185 days | 59 years, 229 days | 273 days | September 28, 2000 | 80 years, 346 days |
| Pierre Trudeau | October 18, 1919 | Montreal | Quebec | March 3, 1980 – June 30, 1984 | 60 years, 137 days | 64 years, 256 days | 16 years, 90 days | September 28, 2000 | 80 years, 346 days |
| John Turner | June 7, 1929 | Richmond | England | June 30 – September 17, 1984 | 55 years, 23 days | 55 years, 102 days | 36 years, 2 days | September 19, 2020 | 91 years, 74 days |
| Jean Chrétien | January 11, 1934 | Shawinigan | Quebec | November 4, 1993 – December 12, 2003 | 59 years, 297 days | 69 years, 335 days | 21 years, 96 days | living | 91 years, 66 days |
| Paul Martin | August 28, 1938 | Windsor | Ontario | December 12, 2003 – February 6, 2006 | 65 years, 106 days | 67 years, 162 days | 19 years, 40 days | living | 86 years, 202 days |
| Brian Mulroney | March 20, 1939 | Baie-Comeau | Quebec | September 17, 1984 – June 25, 1993 | 45 years, 181 days | 54 years, 97 days | 30 years, 249 days | February 29, 2024 | 84 years, 346 days |
| Joe Clark | June 5, 1939 | High River | Alberta | June 4, 1979 – March 3, 1980 | 39 years, 364 days | 40 years, 272 days | 45 years, 15 days | living | 85 years, 286 days |
| Kim Campbell | March 10, 1947 | Port Alberni | British Columbia | June 25 – November 4, 1993 | 46 years, 107 days | 46 years, 239 days | 31 years, 134 days | living | 78 years, 8 days |
| Stephen Harper | April 30, 1959 | Toronto | Ontario | February 6, 2006 – November 4, 2015 | 46 years, 282 days | 56 years, 188 days | 9 years, 134 days | living | 1959|4|30 |
| Justin Trudeau | December 25, 1971 | Ottawa | Ontario | November 4, 2015 – March 14, 2025 | 43 years, 314 days | 53 years, 79 days | 4 days | living | 53 years, 83 days |
| Mark Carney | March 16, 1965 | Fort Smith, Northwest Territories | Template:Country data NorthwestTerriories | March 14, 2025- | −2 days | Error: Need valid year, month, day | | Error: Need valid year, month, day | living | 60 years, 2 days |
Prime ministers of Canada by place of birth :
| Province/territory/country | Number |
| Ontario | 7 |
| Quebec | 6 |
| Nova Scotia | 3 |
| England | 2 |
| Scotland | 2 |
| Alberta | 1 |
| British Columbia | 1 |
| New Brunswick | 1 |
| Northwest Territories | 1 |
* 1 2 Died in office
* ↑ Borden headed a Conservative government until October 11, 1917 and then a Unionist government for the remainder of his term as prime minister.
* ↑ Includes Lower Canada and Canada East

### Birth dates

Prime ministers of Canada by month of birth :
| Month | Number |
| January | 3 |
| February | 1 |
| March | 4 |
| April | 2 |
| May | 0 |
| June | 4 |
| July | 2 |
| August | 1 |
| September | 1 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 2 |
| December | 3 |

#### Prime ministers by season of birth

* Winter: 10
* Spring: 5
* Summer: 5
* Autumn: 4

## Map of birthplaces

| AbbottTupperLaurierThompsonBordenBennettMeighenKingSt. LaurentDiefenbakerPearsonPierre TrudeauChrétienMartinMulroneyClarkCampbellHarperJustin TrudeauMark Carneyclass=notpageimage| Birthplaces of prime ministers of Canada born in Canada | MacdonaldMackenzieBowellTurnerclass=notpageimage| Birthplaces of prime ministers of Canada born abroad |