Samuel Edward Dawson, CMG FRSC (June 1, 1833 – February 9, 1916) was a Canadian businessman, publisher, author, and civil servant.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Benjamin Dawson and Elizabeth Gardner, Dawson moved with his family to Montreal in 1847.
In 1891, he was appointed Queen's Printer which was equivalent as a deputy minister.
In 1893, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and served as its president from 1907 to 1908.
He died at his home in Westmont on February 9, 1916.