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 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 Christine Fréchette of Quebec, who assumed office on April 15, 2026. The oldest first minister, Tony Wakeham of Newfoundland and Labrador, is ; the youngest first minister, Currie Dixon of Yukon, is . Of the current first ministers, three (Danielle Smith of Alberta, Susan Holt of New Brunswick, and Christine Fréchette of Quebec) are women and two (Wab Kinew of Manitoba and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are Indigenous.
Eight first ministers are from broadly right-leaning parties, while two are from both broadly centrist "Liberal" parties and 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
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 .
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| Canada
| 24th
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| Liberal Party of Canada
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| 2025 designation
| 2025 election
|Next election
| 45th
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| Ontario
| 26th
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| Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
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|2018 election
|2025 election
|2029 election
| 44th
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| Quebec
| 33rd
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| Coalition Avenir Québec
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|colspan="2"|2026 designation
|2026 election
| 43rd
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| Nova Scotia
| 30th
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| Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia
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| 2021 election
| 2024 election
|2028 election
| 65th
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| New Brunswick
| 35th
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| New Brunswick Liberal Association
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|colspan="2"|2024 election
| 2028 election
| 61st
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| Manitoba
| 25th
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| New Democratic Party of Manitoba
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|colspan="2"|2023 election
| 2027 election
| 43rd
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| 100px
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| British Columbia
| 37th
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| British Columbia New Democratic Party
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| 2022 designation
| 2024 election
|2028 election
| 43rd
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| 100px
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| Prince Edward Island
| 34th
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| Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
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|colspan="2"|2026 designation
|2027 election
| 67th
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| 100px
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| Saskatchewan
| 15th
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| Saskatchewan Party
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| 2018 designation
| 2024 election
|2028 election
| 30th
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| Alberta
| 19th
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| United Conservative Party
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| 2022 designation
| 2023 election
|2027 election
| 31st
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| Newfoundland and Labrador
| 16th
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| Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
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|colspan="2"|2025 election
|2029 election
| 51st
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| Northwest Territories
| 14th
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| N/A (consensus government)
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|colspan="2"|2023 designation
|2027 election
| 20th
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| Yukon
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| Yukon Party
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|colspan="2"| 2025 election
|2029 election
| 36th
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| John Main
| Nunavut
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| N/A (consensus government)
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|colspan="2"|2025 designation
|2029 election
| 7th
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See also
- Lists of Canadian senators
- Lists of members of the Canadian House of Commons
- Timeline of Canadian elections
- List of Asian-Canadian first ministers
- List of female first ministers in Canada
- Deputy Premier (Canada)
- Premier (Canada)
Notes
References
External links
- Prime Minister of Canada