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List of current first ministers of Canada

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List of premiers by province

Canada is a federation that comprises ten provinces and three territories. Its government is structured as a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as its sovereign and a Prime Minister as its head of government. Each of the country's provinces and territories also has a head of government, called premier in English. Collectively, the federal Prime Minister and provincial and territorial premiers are referred to as first ministers. In French, the term premier ministre is used in both the federal and provincial/territorial contexts.

The longest-serving current first minister is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who assumed office on November 4, 2015;[note 1] the newest first minister is R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories, who assumed office on December 8, 2023. The oldest first minister, Blaine Higgs of New Brunswick, is 70; the youngest first minister, P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, is 39. Of the current first ministers, one (Danielle Smith of Alberta) is a woman and three (P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, Wab Kinew of Manitoba, and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are Indigenous.[note 2]

Of the current first ministers, four are from Progressive Conservative parties, three are from Liberal parties, and two are from New Democratic parties - however, note that federal and provincial/territorial parties that share common names are not necessarily affiliated with or politically analogous to one another. Three other first ministers are from locally-branded parties (the Coalition Avenir Québec, the Saskatchewan Party, and the United Conservative Party) and two are non-partisan.

Current first ministers of Canada

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Premiers are listed in accordance with the provincial order of precedence: provinces before territories, and by order of joining confederation within those categories; where multiple jurisdictions joined confederation in the same year, they are ordered by population at the time of joining. Incumbency is current as of October 29, 2024.

Portrait First minister Jurisdiction Order Party Incumbency First mandate began Current mandate began Renewal of Mandate Parlia-
ment
Federation – Prime Minister of Canada
Justin Trudeau [1] Canada 23rd Liberal Party of Canada 8 years, 360 days 2015 election 2021 election 2025 federal election 44th
Provinces – Provincial premiers
Doug Ford [2] Ontario 26th Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 6 years, 122 days 2018 election 2022 election 2026 election 43rd
François Legault Quebec 32nd Coalition Avenir Québec 6 years, 11 days 2018 election 2022 election 2026 election 43rd
Tim Houston [3] Nova Scotia 30th Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 3 years, 59 days 2021 election 2021 election 2024 election 64th
Blaine Higgs [4] New Brunswick 34th Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick 5 years, 355 days 2018 designation 2020 election N/A 60th
Wab Kinew

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Manitoba 25th New Democratic Party of Manitoba 1 year, 11 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 43rd
David Eby [6] British Columbia 37th British Columbia New Democratic Party 1 year, 346 days 2022 designation 2024 Election 2028 election 43rd
Dennis King [7] Prince Edward Island 33rd Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island 5 years, 173 days 2019 election 2023 election 2027 election 67th
Scott Moe

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Saskatchewan 15th Saskatchewan Party 6 years, 270 days 2018 designation 2024 Election 2028 Election 30th
Danielle Smith Alberta 19th United Conservative Party 2 years, 18 days 2022 designation 2023 election 2027 election 31st
Andrew Furey [9] Newfoundland and Labrador 14th Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 4 years, 71 days 2020 designation 2021 election 2025 election 50th
Territories – Territorial premiers
R.J. Simpson Northwest Territories 14th N/A (consensus government) 326 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 20th
Ranj Pillai

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Yukon 10th Yukon Liberal Party 1 year, 289 days 2023 designation 2023 designation 2025 election 35th
P.J. Akeeagok

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Nunavut 6th N/A (consensus government) 2 years, 345 days 2021 designation 2021 election 2025 election 6th

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The longest-serving provincial or territorial premier is Scott Moe of Saskatchewan, who assumed office on February 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Akeeagok is Inuit, Kinew is Ojibwe from Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, and Simpson is Métis.

References

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  1. ^ "Prime Minister of Canada". Government of Canada. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Ontario. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "Honourable Tim Houston". Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Higgs sworn in as 34th premier of New Brunswick". Government of New Brunswick. November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  6. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  7. ^ "Office of the Premier of Prince Edward Island". Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  8. ^ "SCOTT MOE SWORN IN AS PREMIER OF SASKATCHEWAN, APPOINTS FIRST CABINET". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  10. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Yukon. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  11. ^ "Longtime politician Paul Quassa chosen new premier of Nunavut". CTV News, November 17, 2017.
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