Albert Wesley "Al" Johnson CC (October 18, 1923 – November 9, 2010) was a Canadian civil servant, a former president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, and an author.

He was one of the key figures in the development of universal medicare, first in Saskatchewan in the governments of Premiers Tommy Douglas and Woodrow Lloyd and subsequently at the national level.

[1] In 1980, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1996 in recognition of his "outstanding career as a public servant, university professor and consultant on post-secondary education, social policy and public management both nationally and internationally".

[4] After leaving the federal civil service he embarked on an international career:[5] Returning to Canada in 1999, Johnson became special chair in public policy to the Government of Saskatchewan.

He was survived by his wife, Ruth (née Hardy), whom he married in 1946, four children and one granddaughter.