Federal
- Pacific Scandal - allegations of bribes being taken by the government of Sir John A. Macdonald (1870s)
- Scandal in the Department of Customs and Excise that led to the King-Byng Affair, 1926
- Munsinger Affair - Canada's first national political sex scandal (1960s)
- Tunagate - tainted tuna (1985)
- Grant Bristow - Canadian Security Intelligence Service infiltration of Reform Party of Canada and covert founding of Heritage Front
- Airbus affair - 1995 - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was implicated in a kickback scheme to purchase Airbus planes for Air Canada
- APEC Inquiry - 1997 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police conduct at the APEC summit in Vancouver.
- Shawinigate - 1999 - An alleged conflict of interest lobbying effort by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
- Sponsorship scandal - 2004 - misuse and misdirection of funds disbursed through the Liberal government's 1990s sponsorship program. Investigated by the Gomery Commission.
- Shoe Store Project - 2007 - Prime Minister's Office under Stephen Harper plans $2M, government-controlled media centre to replace current National Press Theatre (which is run by press gallery staff, instead of those from the PMO).
- Julie Couillard scandal - 2007 - Conservative Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier resigned after leaving sensitive NATO documents in the home of Julie Couillard, an ex-girlfriend with links to the Hells Angels biker gang.
- In and Out scandal - 2007 - alleged circumvention of election finance rules by the Conservatives in the 2006 election campaign.
- Robocall scandal - 2012 - Allegations of widespread voter fraud occurring during the 2011 Canadian federal election. Robotic and live calls to voters are claimed to have been made in 38 ridings. Currently under investigation by the RCMP and Elections Canada.
- The ETS Scandal - An ongoing Canadian political scandal involving alleged wrongdoing by Canadian government officials in the award of a $400-million information technology services contract and allegations of political interference in the ensuing cover-up.
- CFIA Scandal - 2012 - is an ongoing scandal involving food inspection services being insufficient to the Canadian public this comes after the budget cuts to Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the temporary closure of XL Meats due to a wide spread E-coli out break in Alberta
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—C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)
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—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
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