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This is a list of the Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada, who were the leaders of the Province of Canada, from the 1841 unification of Upper Canada and Lower Canada until Confederation in 1867.

Each administration was led by two men, one from Canada West (now Ontario) and one from Canada East (now Quebec). Officially, one of them at any given time had the title of Premier while the other had the title of deputy.

Colour key:

• Green - reformers (Reform Party, Rouges Party, etc.)
• Yellow - conservatives (see Family Compact, Château Clique)
• Red - Liberal Party, Clear Grits
• Blue - Liberal-Conservative Party, Parti bleu

Canada West Premier		Canada East Premier		Took Office	Left Office
Image:WHDraper.jpg	William Draper (Deputy)		Samuel Harrison<ref>This was a coalition of the moderate wings of the conservative and reform factions, rather than a regionally-based one.</ref> (Premier)	February 5, 1841	January 12, 1842
Image:WHDraper.jpg	William Draper (Premier)		Charles Richard Ogden (Deputy)	January 12, 1842	September 14, 1842
Image:RobertBaldwin23.jpg	Robert Baldwin2 (Deputy)		Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine2 (Premier)	September 26, 1842	November 27, 1843
	Sir Dominick Daly (acting)<ref>All members of the governing Lafontaine-Baldwin coalition, except Daly, resigned in a protest over unapproved patronage appointments by the British-appointed governor: "the Metcalfe crisis". Daly would continue on as a member of the successor cabinet, headed by Draper.</ref> (Premier)			November 27, 1843	December 12, 1843
Image:WHDraper.jpg	William Draper (Premier) (2nd time)	Image:DBviger.jpg	Denis-Benjamin Viger (Deputy)	December 12, 1843	June 17, 1846
			Denis-Benjamin Papineau (Deputy)	June 17, 1846	May 28, 1847
	Henry Sherwood (Premier)		Denis-Benjamin Papineau (Deputy)	May 28, 1847	March 11, 1848
Responsible government<ref>In 1848, with the introduction of responsible government, Lafontaine and Baldwin became the first democratically elected leaders of Canada.</ref>
Image:RobertBaldwin23.jpg	Robert Baldwin (Deputy)		Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (Premier) (2nd time)	March 11, 1848	October 28, 1851
	Sir Francis Hincks (Premier)	Image:ANMorin.jpg	Augustin-Norbert Morin (Deputy)	October 28, 1851	September 11, 1854
Image:ANMacNab.jpg	Sir Allan Napier MacNab (Premier)	Image:ANMorin.jpg	Augustin-Norbert Morin (Deputy)	September 11, 1854	January 27, 1855
			Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (Deputy)	January 27, 1855	May 24, 1856
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Deputy)		Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (Premier)	May 24, 1856	November 26, 1857
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Premier)	Image:George etiene cartier.jpg	Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Deputy)	November 26, 1857	August 2, 1858
	George Brown (Premier) Clear Grit Party	Image:AntoineAimeDorion23.jpg	Antoine-Aimé Dorion (Deputy) Rouge Party	August 2, 1858	August 6, 1858
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Deputy)	Image:George etiene cartier.jpg	Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Premier)	August 6, 1858	May 24, 1862
	John Sandfield MacDonald (Premier) Liberal Party	Image:LVSicotte.jpg	Louis-Victor Sicotte (Deputy) Liberal Party	May 24, 1862	May 15, 1863
		Image:AntoineAimeDorion23.jpg	Antoine-Aimé Dorion (Deputy) Liberal Party	May 15, 1863	May 30, 1864
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Deputy) Liberal-Conservative Party		Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché (Premier) Liberal-Conservative Party (2nd time)	May 30, 1864	July 30, 1865
	Sir John A. Macdonald (Deputy) Liberal-Conservative Party	Image:NFBelleau.jpg	Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau (Premier) Liberal-Conservative Party	July 30, 1865	June 30, 1867

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