To date there have been 17 Metropolitans of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land. The Province is the second oldest (of four) in the Anglican Church of Canada and was founded in 1875. The Province of Rupert’s Land is now comprised of 10 dioceses:
- Rupert’s Land (founded 1849)
- Athabasca (founded 1874)
- Saskatchewan (founded 1874)
- Qu’Appelle (founded as Assiniboia in 1884 and name changed to Qu’Appelle in 1887)
- Calgary (founded 1888)
- Edmonton (founded 1913)
- Brandon (founded 1913)
- Saskatoon (founded 1932)
- Arctic (founded 1933)
- Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh (founded 2014)
The diocese of Mackenzie River existed from 1884 to 1950 and included territory now part of the dioceses of the Yukon and the Arctic. Metropolitans are elected by provincial synod and are accorded the title of Archbishop (of their diocese) and addressed as “The Most Reverend”. Upon retirement, metropolitans in the Province of Rupert’s Land do NOT retain the title of “Archbishop” or form of address “Most Reverend”.
| Metropolitical No. | Dates as Metropolitan | Name |
| 1st | 1875-1904 | The Most Rev. Robert Machray (1831-1904)Archbishop of Rupert’s Land(Bishop of Rupert’s Land until 1893, Archbishop of Rupert’s Land from 1893-1904)(Position of Metropolitan and title of Archbishop not created until 1893) |
| 2nd | 1905-1931 | The Most Rev. Samuel Pritchard Matheson (1852-1942) Archbishop of Rupert’s Land |
| 3rd | 1931-1934 | The Most Rev. Isaac Stringer (1866-1934)Archbishop of Rupert’s Land |
| 4th | 1935-1942 | The Most Rev. Malcolm Taylor McAdam Harding (1864-1949) Archbishop of Rupert’s Land |
| 5th | 1943-1953 | The Most Rev. (Louis) Ralph Sherman (1886-1953) Archbishop of Rupert’s Land |
| 6th | 1954-1960 | The Most Rev. Walter Foster Barfoot (1893-1978) Archbishop of Rupert’s Land |
| 7th | 1961-1969 | The Most Rev. Howard Hewlett Clark(1903-1983) Archbishop of Rupert’s Land |
| 8th | 1970-1977 | The Most Rev. George Frederic Clarence Jackson (1907-1990) Archbishop of Qu’Appelle |
| 9th | 1977-1982 | The Most Rev. Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb (1915-2007) Archbishop of Athabasca |
| 10th | 1982-1986 | The Most Rev. Michael Geoffrey Peers Archbishop of Qu’Appelle |
| 11th | 1986-1987 | The Most Rev. (Edwin) Kent Clarke Archbishop of Edmonton |
| 12th | 1988-1993 | The Most Rev. Walter Heath Jones (1928-2003) Archbishop of Rupert’s Land |
| 13th | 1994-1999 | The Most Rev. (John) Barry Curtis Archbishop of Calgary |
| 14th | 2000-2003 | The Most Rev. Thomas Oliver Morgan Archbishop of Saskatoon |
| 15th | 2003-2009 | The Most Rev. John Robert Clark Archbishop of Athabasca |
| 16th | 2009-2014 | The Most Rev. David Norman Ashdown Archbishop of Keewatin |
| 17th | 2015- | The Most Rev. Gregory Kerr-Wilson Archbishop of Calgary |