List of people on the postage stamps of the Canadian provinces

This is a list of people on the postage stamps of the Canadian provinces prior to 1867. Before joining confederation six provinces issued their own stamps. All of them adopted the stamps of Canada from the date of joining. The listings below are believed to be reasonably complete.

British Columbia and Vancouver Island

(1860-1871)

  • Victoria of the United Kingdom (1860)

Although British Columbia is now a single province, it and Vancouver Island were in fact separate colonies for some of the short stamp issuing period.

Province of Canada (present-day Ontario and Quebec)
Cartier

(1851-1867)

  • Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1851)
  • Jacques Cartier (1855)
  • Victoria of the United Kingdom (1851)

New Brunswick
Charles Connell

(1851-1867)

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

Newfoundland
Sir Humphrey Gilbert Stamp
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
John Cabot

(1857-1949)

Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia stamp with the head of Queen Victoria.

(1851-1867)

  • Victoria of the United Kingdom (1851)

Prince Edward Island

(1861-1873)

  • Victoria of the United Kingdom (1861)
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See also
  • List of people on stamps of Canada (after 1867)
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