List of prime ministers of Canada by date of death

This is a complete list of Canadian prime ministers by date of death. As of October 2021, there are six living former prime ministers (Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Brian Mulroney, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell and Stephen Harper, in order from oldest to youngest), as well as the incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Order of Death	Name	Date of death	Order of Office	Cause of death	Age at Death	Place of death Place of burial	Image
1	John A. Macdonald	June 6, 1891	1	Stroke	76	Ottawa, Ontario Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario
2	Alexander Mackenzie	April 17, 1892	2	Stroke from a fall hitting his head	70	Toronto, Ontario Lakeview Cemetery Sarnia, Ontario
3	John Abbott	October 30, 1893	3	Brain cancer	72	Montreal, Quebec Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec
4	John Thompson	December 12, 1894	4	Heart attack	49	Windsor Castle, England Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
5	Charles Tupper	October 30, 1915	6	Heart failure	94	Bexleyheath, Kent, England St. John's Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
6	Mackenzie Bowell	December 10, 1917	5	Pneumonia	93	Belleville, Ontario Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, Ontario
7	Wilfrid Laurier	February 17, 1919	7	Stroke	77	Ottawa, Ontario Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
8	Robert Borden	June 10, 1937	8	Heart failure	82	Ottawa, Ontario Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario
9	R. B. Bennett	June 26, 1947	11	Heart attack while taking a bath	76	Mickleham, England St. Michael's Churchyard, Mickleham, England
10	W. L. Mackenzie King	July 22, 1950	10	Pneumonia	75	Chelsea, Quebec Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
11	Arthur Meighen	August 5, 1960	9	Heart failure	86	Toronto, Ontario St. Marys Cemetery, St. Marys, Ontario
12	Lester B. Pearson	December 27, 1972	14	Cancer	75	Ottawa, Ontario MacLaren Cemetery, Wakefield, Quebec
13	Louis St. Laurent	July 25, 1973	12	Heart failure	91	Quebec City, Quebec St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Compton, Quebec
14	John Diefenbaker	August 16, 1979	13	Heart attack	83	Ottawa, Ontario Diefenbaker Centre, University of Saskatchewan
15	Pierre Trudeau	September 28, 2000	15	Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer	80	Montreal, Quebec St-Remi-de-Napierville Cemetery, Saint-Rémi, Quebec
16	John Turner	September 19, 2020	17		91	Toronto, Ontario Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Date of death by day in calendar year

Order	Prime Minister	Date of death
1	Wilfrid Laurier	February 17
2	Alexander Mackenzie	April 17
3	John A. Macdonald	June 6
4	Robert Borden	June 10
5	R.B. Bennett	June 26
6	W.L. Mackenzie King	July 22
7	Louis St. Laurent	July 25
8	Arthur Meighen	August 5
9	John Diefenbaker	August 16
10	John Turner	September 19
11	Pierre Trudeau	September 28
12/13	John Abbott	October 30
	Charles Tupper
14	Mackenzie Bowell	December 10
15	John Thompson	December 12
16	Lester B. Pearson	December 27

Number of deaths by century

19th century

4 (first John A. Macdonald; last John Thompson)

20th century

11 (first Charles Tupper; last Pierre Trudeau)

21st century

1 (John Turner)

Facts

• John A. Macdonald and John Thompson were the only prime ministers to die in office.
• Three prime ministers have died outside of Canada, all in Britain.
• Richard Bennett is the only PM to die and be buried outside of Canada.
• There has never been a year in which more than one prime minister has died.
• The closest time between the death of two prime ministers is the 210 days between the death of Lester B. Pearson on December 27, 1972, and Louis St. Laurent on July 25, 1973.
• The longest time between the death of two prime ministers is the 21 years and 43 days between the death of John Diefenbaker on August 16, 1979, and Pierre Trudeau on September 28, 2000.
• Only one day - October 30 - is the death day of more than one prime minister. John Abbott died October 30, 1893, and Charles Tupper died October 30, 1915.
• Wilfrid Laurier died earliest in the calendar year, on February 17, 1919. Lester B. Pearson died latest in the calendar year, on December 27, 1972.
• June and December have the largest amount of prime minister's death dates, with 3 each.
  • John A. Macdonald, Robert Borden and R.B. Bennett all died in June.
  • Mackenzie Bowell, John Thompson and Lester B. Pearson all died in December.
• Between the deaths of John A. Macdonald in 1891 and John Turner in 2020, a prime minister has died in every decade except for the 1900s, 1920s, 1980s, 1990s and 2010s.