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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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List Of Current Canadian First Ministers
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; 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.

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 Canadian first ministers

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 July 6, 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 Canada 23rd Liberal Party of Canada 8 years, 245 days 2015 election 2021 election 2025 federal election 44th
Provinces – Provincial premiers
Doug Ford Ontario 26th Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 6 years, 7 days 2018 election 2022 election 2026 election 43rd
François Legault Quebec 32nd Coalition Avenir Québec 5 years, 262 days 2018 election 2022 election 2026 election 43rd
Tim Houston Nova Scotia 30th Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 2 years, 310 days 2021 election 2021 election 2025 election 64th
Blaine Higgs New Brunswick 34th Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick 5 years, 240 days 2018 designation 2020 election 2024 election 60th
Wab Kinew

Manitoba 25th New Democratic Party of Manitoba 262 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 43rd
David Eby British Columbia 37th British Columbia New Democratic Party 1 year, 231 days 2022 designation 2022 designation 2024 election 42nd
Dennis King Prince Edward Island 33rd Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island 5 years, 58 days 2019 election 2023 election 2027 election 67th
Scott Moe

Saskatchewan 15th Saskatchewan Party 6 years, 155 days 2018 designation 2020 election 2024 election 29th
Danielle Smith Alberta 19th United Conservative Party 1 year, 269 days 2022 designation 2023 election 2027 election 31st
Andrew Furey Newfoundland and Labrador 14th Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 3 years, 322 days 2020 designation 2021 election 2025 election 50th
Territories – Territorial premiers
R.J. Simpson Northwest Territories 14th N/A (consensus government) 211 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 20th
Ranj Pillai

Yukon 10th Yukon Liberal Party 1 year, 174 days 2023 designation 2023 designation 2025 election 35th
P.J. Akeeagok

Nunavut 6th N/A (consensus government) 2 years, 230 days 2021 designation 2021 election 2025 election 6th

See also