The governor of the Bank of Canada () is the chief executive officer of the Bank of Canada and acts as chair of its board of directors. The Bank of Canada Act, 1985, S. 6(1), provides that the governor and deputy governor shall be appointed by the directors with the approval of the Governor-General-in-Council.
Tiff Macklem serves as the current governor. He assumed office on June 3, 2020.
Roles and responsibilities
The governor and deputy governor sign each series of Canadian banknotes and the governor is the ex-officio alternate voter on the International Monetary Fund.
Lists
{| class="wikitable"
|+Governors
!No.
!Name
!Term
|-
|1
|Graham Towers
|19341954
|-
|2
|James Coyne
|19551961
|-
|3
|Louis Rasminsky
|19611973
|-
|4
|Gerald Bouey
|19731987
|-
|5
|John Crow
|19871994
|-
|6
|Gordon Thiessen
|19942001
|-
|7
|David A. Dodge
|20012008
|-
|8
|Mark Carney
|20082013
|-
|9
|Stephen Poloz
|20132020
|-
|10
|Tiff Macklem
|2020present
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Senior deputy governors
|2021present
|-
|}
The position of Senior Deputy Governor was created in 1970, with its responsibilities previously divested in one or more deputy governors.