David Owen (1754 – December 10, 1829) was a judge, land owner and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada.
He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was Senior Wrangler in 1777 and received his M.A.
In 1787, some time after the death of his uncle, Owen came to the island to manage the family's interests.
Owen, who served as a justice of the peace, wrote to judge Edward Winslow in 1802, noting his concern that "the influx of strangers...on Deer Island they have actually defied the proprieter Capt.
On one or two islands are houses erected by these aliens...[we may] prevent their smuggling to our great injury".