Incumbents
- Monarch: Elizabeth II
- Governor General: Georges Vanier
- Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker
- Premier of Alberta: Ernest Manning
- Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba: Duff Roblin
- Premier of New Brunswick: Louis Robichaud
- Premier of Newfoundland: Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia: Robert Stanfield
- Premier of Ontario: Leslie Frost then John Robarts
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: Walter Shaw
- Premier of Quebec: Jean Lesage
- Premier of Saskatchewan: Tommy Douglas then Woodrow Lloyd
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