List of prime ministers of Canada by academic degrees

This is a list of the prime ministers of Canada by their academic degrees. The following list does not include honorary degrees conferred to the prime minister. Four prime ministers attended the University of Toronto, and three attended McGill University, the University of British Columbia, or Université Laval.

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#	Prime Minister	Degree	University	Year
1	John A. Macdonald	none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer
2	Alexander Mackenzie	none
3	John Abbott	B.C.L.	McGill University	1854
3	John Abbott	D.C.L.	McGill University	1867
4	John Sparrow Thompson	none - apprenticeship towards becoming a lawyer
5	Mackenzie Bowell	none
6	Charles Tupper	D.C.L.
		LL.D
		M.D.^[1]	University of Edinburgh	1843
7	Wilfrid Laurier	LL.L.	McGill University	1864
		D.C.L.
		LL.D.
		D.Litt.
8	Robert Borden	none - articled in law firm towards becoming a lawyer
9	Arthur Meighen	B.A. in Mathematics^[2]	University College at the University of Toronto	1896
		Law graduate	Osgoode Hall Law School	1902?
		LL.D.
10	William Lyon Mackenzie King	B.A.^[3]	University of Toronto	1895
		LL.B.^[3]	University of Toronto	1896
		M.A.^[3]	University of Toronto	1897
		M.A. in political economy	Harvard University	1898
		Ph.D.	Harvard University	1909
11	Richard Bedford Bennett	LL.B.	Dalhousie University	1893
12	Louis St. Laurent	B.A.^[4]	Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée	1902
		LL.L.	Université Laval	1905
		D.C.L.
		LL.D.
13	John Diefenbaker	B.A.^[5]	University of Saskatchewan	1915
		M.A.^[5] in Political Science and Economics	University of Saskatchewan	1916
		LL.B	University of Saskatchewan	1919
		LL.D.
		D.C.L.
		D.Litt
		D.S.L.
14	Lester B. Pearson	B.A.^[6] in history and sociology	Victoria College at the University of Toronto	1919
		B.A. in modern history	St John's College, University of Oxford	1923
		M.A. in history	St John's College, University of Oxford	1925
		LL.D.
15	Pierre Trudeau	LL.L.	Université de Montréal	1943
		M.A. in political economy	Harvard University	1945
		incomplete doctorate studies	London School of Economics
16	Joe Clark	B.A. in political science^[7]	University of Alberta
16	Joe Clark	M.A. in political science^[7]	University of Alberta
17	John Turner	B.A.h.^[8]	The University of British Columbia	1949
		B.A. in Jurisprudence	Magdalen College, University of Oxford	1951
		B.C.L.	Magdalen College, University of Oxford	1952
		M.A.	Magdalen College, University of Oxford	1957
		LL.D.
18	Brian Mulroney	B.A. in Political Science	St. Francis Xavier University	1959
		LL.L.	Université Laval	1964
		LL.D.	Université Laval
19	Kim Campbell	B.A. in Political Science	The University of British Columbia	1969
19	Kim Campbell	LL.B.	The University of British Columbia	1983
20	Jean Chrétien	B.A.	Séminaire Sainte-Marie	1955
20	Jean Chrétien	LL.L.	Université Laval	1958
21	Paul Martin	B.A. in history and philosophy^[9]	St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto	1961
21	Paul Martin	LL.B.	University of Toronto	1965
22	Stephen Harper	B.A. in economics	University of Calgary	1985
22	Stephen Harper	M.A. in economics^[10]	University of Calgary	1991
23	Justin Trudeau	B.A. in English^[11]^{[non-primary source needed]}	McGill University	1994
23	Justin Trudeau	B.Ed.^[12]^{[non-primary source needed]}	University of British Columbia	1998
24	Mark Carney	B.A. in economics^[13]	Harvard University	1988
		M.Phil. in economics^[13]	St Peter's College, University of Oxford	1993
		D.Phil. in economics^[13]	Nuffield College, University of Oxford	1995

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