|Form 20-F | EXHIBIT 12.1 | July 29, 2013
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CERTIFICATIONS

I, Peter Dasler, certify that:



1.	I have reviewed this annual report on
Form 20-F of CanAlaska Uranium Ltd.;



| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report;
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| | 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 Company as
of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;
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| | 4. | The Company’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures for the company (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 Company and have:
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| | (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 Company, 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;
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| | (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under 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;
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| | (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’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
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| | (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’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 Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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| | 5. | The Company’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our more recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | (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 Company’s ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial information; and
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| | (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: July 29, 2013



CANALASKA URANIUM LTD



“Peter Dasler”

Peter Dasler

Chief Executive Officer