See also: 1997 Canadian incumbents, 1999 Canadian incumbents
Crown
- Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
Federal government
Cabinet
- Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien
- Deputy Prime Minister - Herb Gray
- Minister of Finance - Paul Martin
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Lloyd Axworthy
- Minister of National Defence - Art Eggleton
- Minister of Health - Allan Rock
- Minister of Industry - John Manley
- Minister of Heritage - Sheila Copps
- Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Stéphane Dion
- Minister of the Environment - Christine Stewart
- Minister of Justice - Anne McLellan
- Minister of Transport - David Collenette
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Lucienne Robillard
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - David Anderson
- Minister of Agriculture - Lyle Vanclief
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Alfonso Gagliano
- Minister of Human Resources Development - Pierre Pettigrew
- Minister of Natural Resources - Ralph Goodale
Members of Parliament
Party leaders
- Liberal Party of Canada - Jean Chrétien
- Bloc Québécois - Gilles Duceppe
- New Democratic Party- Alexa McDonough
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - Jean Charest then Elsie Wayne (interim) then Joe Clark
- Reform Party of Canada - Preston Manning
Supreme Court Justices
- Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer
- Beverley McLachlin
- Frank Iacobucci
- John C. Major
- Michel Bastarache
- William Ian Corneil Binnie (appointed January 8)
- Peter deCarteret Cory
- Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
- Charles D. Gonthier
Other
- Speaker of the House of Commons - Gilbert Parent
- Governor of the Bank of Canada - Gordon Thiessen
- Chief of the Defence Staff - General Maurice Baril
Provinces
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
- Premier of British Columbia - Glen Clark
- Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon
- Premier of New Brunswick - Raymond Frenette then Camille Thériault
- Premier of Newfoundland - Brian Tobin
- Premier of Nova Scotia - Russell MacLellan
- Premier of Ontario - Mike Harris
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Pat Binns
- Premier of Quebec - Lucien Bouchard
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow
- Premier of the Northwest Territories - Don Morin then James Antoine
- Premier of Yukon - Piers McDonald
Lieutenant-governors
- Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta - Bud Olson
- Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia - Garde Gardom
- Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba - Yvon Dumont
- Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick - Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
- Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador - Arthur Maxwell House
- Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia - James Kinley
- Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario - Hilary Weston
- Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island - Gilbert Clements
- Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec - Lise Thibault
- Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan - Jack Wiebe
Mayors
- Toronto - Mel Lastman
- Montreal - Pierre Bourque
- Vancouver - Philip Owen
- Ottawa - Jim Watson
Religious leaders
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec - Archbishop Maurice Couture
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal - Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
- Roman Catholic Bishops of London - Bishop John Michael Sherlock
- Moderator of the United Church of Canada - Bill Phipps