Matthew Ryan (December 24, 1810 – June 12, 1888) was a Canadian politician.
Ryan was a member of the bar of Lower Canada, and practiced in Montreal.
He was a secretary to Sir Francis Hincks and also served in the government of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin as a clerk.
Ryan came to the North West Territories in 1873 where he was to adjudicate claims of local First Nations tribes.
During his time he was appointed to the North West Territories Council as Stipendiary Magistrate in 1876, and he served until his retirement in 1883.