**Exhibit      31.1**

**Certification      of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act      of      2002**

| 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB              of              CN Bancorp, Inc. |
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| 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; |
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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                small                business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this                report: |
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| 4. | The                small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) 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)) for the small                business issuer 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 small business 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; |
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|   | b) | [Paragraph                omitted pursuant to SEC Release No. 33-8238 and                34-47986] |
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| 5. | The                small business issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,                based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial                reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee                of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing                the equivalent functions): |
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| Date:                November 4, 2005 |   | By:                /s/                Jan W. Clark        |
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|                                  |   | Name:                Jan W. Clark                         |
|                                  |   | Title:                Chairman of the Board of Directors, |
|                                  |   | President,                Chief Executive Officer         |

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