List of people on the postage stamps of the Canadian provinces explained

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of the Canadian provinces prior to joining Canada. Six present day Canadian provinces, before each joined Canada over a period ranging from 1867 to 1949, issued their own stamps. All of them adopted the stamps of Canada when they joined the federation.

British Columbia

• Queen Victoria (1860), used by the two colonies that eventually became the province of British Columbia in 1871^[1]

Province of Canada (present-day Ontario and Quebec)

• Prince Albert (1851)^[2]
• Jacques Cartier (1855)^[3]
• Queen Victoria (1851)^[4]

New Brunswick

• Charles Connell (1860)
• Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1860)
• Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1860)

Newfoundland

• Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1865)
• John Alcock (1919)
• Alexandra of Denmark (1911)
• Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1911)
• Francis Bacon (1910)
• Italo Balbo (1933)
• Arthur Whitten Brown (1919)
• John Cabot (1947)
• Edward VII of the United Kingdom (1868)
• Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (1911)
• Elizabeth I of England (1933)
• Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1932)
• Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1932)
• Prince George (1911)
• George V of the United Kingdom (1910)
• George VI of the United Kingdom (1911) as Prince Albert
• Humphrey Gilbert (1933)
• Wilfred Grenfell (1941)
• John Guy (1910)
• Harry George Hawker (1919)
• Prince Henry (1911)
• Henry VII of England (1897)
• James I of England (1910)
• Prince John (1911)
• Princess Mary (1911)
• Mary of Teck (1911)
• John Mason (1933)
• Francesco de Pinedo (1927)
• Victoria of the United Kingdom (1865)

Nova Scotia

• Victoria of the United Kingdom (1851)

Prince Edward Island

• Victoria of the United Kingdom (1861)

Notes and References

1. The Victory "V" and the Colonial Stamps of 1865-71 . J. A. . Pearce . The British Columbia Historical Quarterly . 95 . VI . 2 . April 1942 . W. Kaye . Lamb . W. Kaye Lamb . . . 2022-09-08 . Captain W. D. Gossett, R.E., came to the colonies in 1859 ... he was appointed acting Postmaster-General from 1859 to 1860. He designed the first Colonial stamp—the 2½d.—which was used in 1860—65 both in British Columbia and in the adjacent colony of Vancouver Island. . University of British Columbia Library Open Collections.
2. Book: Treasures of the National Archives of Canada . 1992 . University of Toronto Press . 120 . 9780802050229 . 8 June 2022.
3. The American Philatelist. 82. 397.
4. Visible Language. University of California. 1980. 14. 44.