From Wikipedia: Freemasonry in Canada traces its origins to the United Grand Lodge of England, the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland, as a result of Canada's history as a dominion within the British Empire At the time of confederation in 1867, eleven men of the 37 Fathers of Confederation were Freemasons. [3] Hewitt Bernard - Lawyer, Recording Secretary at the Charlottetown Conference Sir Alexander Campbell - Senator (1867-1887), Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1897-1892) Frederick Carter - First Premier of Newfoundland Edward Barron Chandler - Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1878-1880) Alexander Tilloch Galt - Minister of Finance (1867), Founder of the North Western Coal and Navigation Company and Lethbridge, AB John Hamilton Gray - Premier of New Brunswick (1856-1857) Thomas Heath Haviland - Senator (1873-1879), Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (1879-1884) William Alexander Henry - Mayor of Halifax (1870-1871), Supreme Court Justice (1875-1888) Sir John A. Macdonald [4] - First Prime Minister (1867-1873, 1878-1891) William Henry Pope - Lawyer, Newspaper Editor, Colonial Secretary Samuel Leonard Tilley - Pharmacist, Premier of New Brunswick (1861-1865), Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1885-1893 and 1873-1878), Originator of "Dominion" in Canada's name Other Notable Canadian Masons Sir John Abbott - Prime Minister (1891-1892) Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis - Governor General of Canada (1946-1952) Sir Allan Bristol Aylesworth Harold Ballard - Businessman and Sportsman Richard Bedford Bennett - Prime Minister (1930-1935) Sir Robert Laird Borden - Prime Minister (1911-1920) Sir MacKenzie Bowell - Prime Minister (1894-1896) Samuel Bronfman - Businessman and Philanthropist Captain Arthur Roy Brown Robert Butchart Henry Cockshutt - Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1921-1927) Francis Michael “King” Clancy Charles William "The Big Bomber" Conacher, Sr. Sir Arthur William Currie - Inspector-General of the Canadian Army and vice-chancellor of McGill University William Grenville "Bill" Davis John George Diefenbaker - Prime Minister (1957-1963) John Diefenbaker [5] Thomas C. Douglas - Premier of Saskatchewan (1944-1961), Leader of New Democratic Party (1961-1971), father of Universal Healthcare, voted as The Greatest Canadian George Alexander Drew - Premier of Ontario (1943-1948) Alexander Roberts Dunn [6] - Soldier, awarded the Victoria Cross Kenneth Jewell Colpoys Dunstan John David Eaton - Businessman, Member of the Eaton family Ezra Butler Eddy - Businessman, Mayor of Hull, Quebec, Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec George Howard Ferguson - Premier of Ontario (1923-1930) Donald Methuen Fleming - Minister of Finance (1957-1962), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1962-1963) Sir Sandford Fleming - Engineer, Inventor, Founding member of the Royal Society of Canada, Founder of the Canadian Institute, Inventor of Worldwide Time Zones Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford Leslie Miscampbell Frost - Premier of Ontario (1949-1961) Jake Gaudaur, Jr. Mitchell Frederick Hepburn - Youngest Premier of Ontario (1934-1942) at age 37 Tim Horton [7] - Hockey Player, Co-founder of Tim Hortons Alexander Keith - Mayor of Halifax (1853-1853), President of Legislative Council of Nova Scotia (1867-1873), Founder of Alexander Keith's Brewery James Kirkpatrick Kerr - Lawyer, Senator (1903-1916), Speaker of the Senate (1909-1911) Frederick Kingston - Bishop of Diocese of Algoma (1939-1944), Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (1947-1949) Henry Asbjorn Larsen Atholl Layton Herbert Allan Borden Leal John Ross Matheson - Lawyer, Judge, MP for Leeds (1961-1968), Helped develop the maple leaf flag and the Order of Canada. Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May John Bayne Maclean [8] - Publisher, Founder of Maclean's magazine, the Financial Post and the Maclean Publishing Company Lt. Col. John Keiller McKay Colonel Samuel McLaughlin - Businessman, Philanthropist, Founder of the McLaughlin Motor Car Company John Molson - Businessman, Founder of Molson Brewery Sir William Mulock - (Acting) Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1931–1932), Postmaster General (1896-1905) Dr. James Naismith - Inventor of Basketball Sir William Dillon Otter Most Rev. Derwyn Trevor Owen [9] - Bishop of Niagara (1925-1932), Bishop of Toronto (1932- 1934), Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (1934-1947) Nathan Phillips - Mayor of Toronto (1955-1962) The Hon. Dana H. Porter William "Billy" John Potts Dr. General George Ansel Sterling Ryerson Joseph Seagram - Founder of Seagram Distilleries Robert William Service - Writer, Author of Poems The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee Dr. Edward Earle Shouldice John Graves Simcoe - British Army general, Founder of York (Toronto), Introduced English common law, First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1791-1796) Gordon Sinclair - Journalist, Writer, Commentator, Known for The Americans Joseph Roberts "Joey" Smallwood Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby - Governor General of Canada (1888-1893), Namesake for the Stanley Cup Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele Frederick Wellington "Cyclone" Taylor - Hockey Player Chief Tecumseh Brown-Eagle Roy Thomson of Fleet Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet - Newspaper Proprietor, Fleet Street Mogul, Namesake for Roy Thomson Hall, Appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Kivas Tully - Chief Provincial Architect for Ontario (1868–1896), Imperial Service Order Recipient Angus James Walters General James Wolfe Clarendon Worrell [10] - Bishop of Nova Scotia (1904-1915), Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (1932-1934).