Incumbents
- Monarch: Elizabeth II
- Governor General: Roland Michener
- Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau
- Premier of Alberta: Harry Strom then Peter Lougheed
- Premier of British Columbia: W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba: Edward Schreyer
- Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield
- Premier of Newfoundland: Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia: Gerald Regan
- Premier of Ontario: John Robarts then Bill Davis
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: Alexander B. Campbell
- Premier of Quebec: Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan: Ross Thatcher then Allan Blakeney
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