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Photo credits
- Portraits come from Wikimedia Commons. The photographers are:
- Canada Jack (Joe Clark) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gage Skidmore (John Turner) · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Simon Fraser University (Kim Campbell) · CC BY 2.0
- Michael Ignatieff (Jean Chrétien) · CC BY 2.0
- Kate Gottli (Paul Martin) · CC BY-SA 2.0
- World Economic Forum / Remy Steinegger (Stephen Harper) · CC BY-SA 2.0
- European Union (Justin Trudeau) · Attribution
- Bryan Berlin (Mark Carney) · CC BY-SA 4.0
- The other 16 portraits are in the public domain.
Rules & what counts
Canadian Prime Ministers Quiz: Rules & What Counts
Canada has had a prime minister since Confederation in 1867. This quiz shows a portrait of each one: 24 in all, from John A. Macdonald to Mark Carney.
The grid has 24 cards, in order. Each card wears the party up front, and solving it reveals the name and the years in office.
Most players land the leaders since Pierre Trudeau. The run-killer is the 1890s: four Conservative prime ministers in five years.
How to play
- Just start typing. The quiz checks your answer at every keystroke. There is no submit button.
- The surname alone works where it names one prime minister: "laurier", "pearson" and "harper" each solve a card.
- Two Trudeaus share the board, so "trudeau" alone solves nothing. Type "pierre trudeau" or "justin trudeau".
- Three cards carry the name Mackenzie: Alexander Mackenzie, Mackenzie Bowell and Mackenzie King. Alexander Mackenzie needs his first name. "Bowell" and "king" work alone.
- Common misspellings and short forms count: "Dief", "John A Macdonald", "Chretien" without the accent and "Mulrooney" all solve their card.
- The timer starts at your first keystroke and counts up. Give Up ends the run and shows every portrait you missed. Progress saves automatically.
What counts in this quiz
- All 24 people who have held the office since 1867.
- A prime minister with split terms has one card. Macdonald, Meighen and King each served non-consecutive terms, and the card names every term.
- Mark Carney's card says 2025 to present. The quiz updates when the office changes hands.
What's not included, and why
- Opposition leaders who never held the office have no card. Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh are not on the board.
- Deputy prime ministers have no card. Chrystia Freeland is not on the board.
- Provincial premiers have no card, however famous. Tommy Douglas and René Lévesque are not on the board.
Good to know
- Mackenzie King served 21 years across three stretches, the longest of any Canadian prime minister.
- Kim Campbell was the first woman in the office. She served 132 days in 1993.
- Charles Tupper served 68 days in 1896, the shortest term. Parliament never sat while he was in office.
- John A. Macdonald is on the Canadian $10 bill.
- Mark Carney led two central banks before the office: the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England.