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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 Scott Moe of Saskatchewan, who assumed office on February 2, 2018; the newest first minister is Prime Minister Mark Carney, who assumed office on March 14, 2025.[note 1] The oldest first minister, François Legault of Quebec, is 67; the youngest first minister, P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, is 40. Of the current first ministers, two (Danielle Smith of Alberta and Susan Holt of New Brunswick) are women and three (P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, Wab Kinew of Manitoba, and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are Indigenous.[note 2]

Six current first ministers are from broadly right-leaning parties,[note 3] while four are from broadly centrist "Liberal" parties and two are from broadly left-leaning "New Democratic" parties. The premiers of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are non-partisan within consensus government systems.

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 March 31, 2025.

Portrait First minister Jurisdiction Order Party Incumbency First mandate began Current mandate began Renewal of Mandate Parlia-
ment
Mark Carney[1] Canada 24th Liberal Party of Canada 17 days 2025 designation 2025 designation 2025 election 44th
Doug Ford[2] Ontario 26th Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 6 years, 275 days 2018 election 2025 election 2029 election 44th
François Legault Quebec 32nd Coalition Avenir Québec 6 years, 164 days 2018 election 2022 election 2026 election 43rd
Tim Houston[3] Nova Scotia 30th Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 3 years, 212 days 2021 election 2024 election 2028 election 65th
Susan Holt New Brunswick 35th New Brunswick Liberal Party 149 days 2024 election 2024 election 2028 election 61st
Wab Kinew[4] Manitoba 25th New Democratic Party of Manitoba 1 year, 164 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 43rd
David Eby[5] British Columbia 37th British Columbia New Democratic Party 2 years, 133 days 2022 designation 2024 election 2028 election 43rd
Rob Lantz[6] Prince Edward Island 34th Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island 38 days 2025 caucus interim leadership vote 2027 election 67th
Scott Moe[7] Saskatchewan 15th Saskatchewan Party 7 years, 57 days 2018 designation 2024 election 2028 election 30th
Danielle Smith Alberta 19th United Conservative Party 2 years, 171 days 2022 designation 2023 election 2027 election 31st
Andrew Furey[8] Newfoundland and Labrador 14th Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 4 years, 224 days 2020 designation 2021 election 2025 election 50th
R.J. Simpson Northwest Territories 14th N/A (consensus government) 1 year, 113 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 20th
Ranj Pillai[9] Yukon 10th Yukon Liberal Party 2 years, 76 days 2023 designation 2023 designation 2025 election 35th
P.J. Akeeagok[10] Nunavut 6th N/A (consensus government) 3 years, 132 days 2021 designation 2021 election 2025 election 6th

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The newest provincial or territorial premier is Rob Lantz of Prince Edward Island, who assumed office on February 21, 2025.
  2. ^ Akeeagok is Inuit, Kinew is Ojibwe from Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, and Simpson is Métis.
  3. ^ "Progressive Conservative" parties in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island, as well as the Coalition Avenir Québec in Quebec, the Saskatchewan Party in Saskatchewan, and the United Conservative Party in Alberta.

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. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  5. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "Office of the Premier of Prince Edward Island". Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "SCOTT MOE SWORN IN AS PREMIER OF SASKATCHEWAN, APPOINTS FIRST CABINET". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  8. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  9. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Yukon. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  10. ^ "Longtime politician Paul Quassa chosen new premier of Nunavut". CTV News, November 17, 2017.
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