Exhibit 31.1  Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002  I, William J. Biggar, certify that:  1.I have reviewed
this annual report on Form 40-F of North American Palladium Ltd.;  2.Based on my
knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;  3.Based on my
knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;  4.The issuers other
certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the issuer and have:  (a)Designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared;  (b)Designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;  (c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuers
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and  (d)Disclosed
in this report any change in the issuers internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuers
internal control over financial reporting; and  5.The issuers other
certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the issuers auditors and the
audit committee of the issuers board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):  (a)All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the issuers
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and  (b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the issuers internal control over financial reporting.   Date: March 16, 2009
  (signed) William J. BiggarBy:
  William J. BiggarTitle:
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Director


I, G. Fraser B. Sinclair, certify that:  1.     I have reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F
of North American Palladium Ltd.;  2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;  3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial
statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;  4.     The issuers other certifying officer and I
are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) for the issuer and have:  (a)   Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;  (b)   Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;  (c)   Evaluated
the effectiveness of the issuers disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and  (d)   Disclosed
in this report any change in the issuers internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuers
internal control over financial reporting; and  5.     The issuers other certifying officer and I
have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the issuers auditors and the audit committee of the
issuers board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):  (a)   All significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theissuers ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in theissuers internal control over financial reporting.   Date: March 16, 2009
  (signed) G. Fraser B. SinclairBy:
  G. Fraser B. SinclairTitle:
  Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer