Fictional prime ministers of Canada have been portrayed in television series, including Rideau Hall, South Park, Jacob Two-Two, The Best Laid Plans and The West Wing, televisions films such as H2O, and motion pictures such as Canadian Bacon, My Internship in Canada, Buried on Sunday, Long Shot and London Has Fallen.
Paul Martin and Stephen Harper have appeared as themselves as the sitting prime ministers on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas: Justin Trudeau also appeared as himself in the later spin-off series Corner Gas Animated, in season 2 episode 5 "Paper Sashay" airing 15 July 2019.
Trudeau also made a cameo appearance on the 25 November 2022 episode of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. the World (season 1, episode 2), as a special guest in the "werk room" segment of the show.
Commentators made note of the significance of Trudeau being the first national head of government to appear on the program[10] at a time of heightened concern for the well-being of LGBT communities;[11] the pre-taped episode aired a week after the attack on patrons at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
[12] Several sitting prime ministers have also appeared as themselves on the CBC sketch comedy series Royal Canadian Air Farce, while Harper, Martin, and Chretien have all appeared in at least one installment of the satirical CBC series The Rick Mercer Report.