Question 1 The first 2 prime ministers of Canada were born in Scotland. True. The first 2 Canadian prime ministers immigrated from Scotland. Sir John A. Macdonald was Canada's first prime minister from 1867-1873 and 1878-1891. His parents brought him to Kingston, Upper Canada in 1820 when he was five years old. Alexander Mackenzie was Canada's second prime minister from 1873-1878. He immigrated in 1842 at the age of twenty. Next Top of Page