Prime Minister of Canada, former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Governor of the Bank of England

A Canadian economist and banker, Mark Carney was born in Fort Smith in 1965.

He served as the Governor of the Bank of Canada, the Governor of the Bank of England. In 2025, Carney was sworn in as Canada’s 24th Prime Minister — the first ever born in a Canadian territory rather than a province.

Carney was born on March 16, 1965, at St. Ann’s General Hospital in Fort Smith, a small town on the Slave River near the Alberta border.

Both of his parents were teachers — his father Robert was a school principal in Fort Smith, his mother Verlie an elementary school teacher. The family lived in Fort Smith until Mark was six, when they moved to Edmonton.

In July 2025, he returned to Fort Smith as Prime Minister, visiting the community centre, speaking with families about affordability, and stopping by Berro’s Pizza, where a meat-topped pizza had been renamed the “Carneyvore” in his honour.