Editing 1981 in Canada (section)

==Incumbents==
{{Main|1981 Canadian incumbents}}

=== Crown ===
* [[List of Canadian monarchs|Monarch]] – [[Elizabeth II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth II {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/queen-elizabeth-ii |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref>

=== Federal government ===
* [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] – [[Edward Schreyer]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |date=4 February 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-26490-2 |page=144 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA144 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] – [[Pierre Trudeau]]
* [[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] – [[Bora Laskin]] ([[Ontario]])
* [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] – [[32nd Canadian Parliament|32nd]]

=== Provincial governments ===

==== Lieutenant governors ====
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]] – [[Frank C. Lynch-Staunton|Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton]]  
*[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] – [[Henry Pybus Bell-Irving]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] – [[Francis Lawrence Jobin]] (until October 23) then [[Pearl McGonigal]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] – [[Hédard Robichaud]] (until December 23) then [[George Stanley]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland]] – [[Gordon Arnaud Winter]] (until July 10) then [[William Anthony Paddon]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] – [[John Elvin Shaffner]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] – [[John Black Aird]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Joseph Aubin Doiron]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] – [[Jean-Pierre Côté]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] – [[Irwin McIntosh]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of Alberta]] – [[Peter Lougheed]]  
*[[Premier of British Columbia]] – [[Bill Bennett]] 
*[[Premier of Manitoba]] – [[Sterling Lyon]] (until November 30) then [[Howard Pawley]] 
*[[Premier of New Brunswick]] – [[Richard Hatfield]]
*[[Premier of Newfoundland]] – [[Brian Peckford]] 
*[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] – [[John Buchanan (Canadian politician)|John Buchanan]] 
*[[Premier of Ontario]] – [[Bill Davis]] 
*[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Angus MacLean]] (until November 17) then [[James Lee (Canadian politician)|James Lee]] 
*[[Premier of Quebec]] – [[René Lévesque]]
*[[Premier of Saskatchewan]] – [[Allan Blakeney]]

=== Territorial governments ===

==== Commissioners ====
* [[Commissioner of Yukon]] –  [[Douglas Bell (politician)|Douglas Bell]]
* [[Commissioner of Northwest Territories]] – [[John Havelock Parker]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of the Northwest Territories]] – [[George Braden]]
*[[Premier of Yukon]] – [[Chris Pearson (politician)|Chris Pearson]]