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List of current Canadian first ministers

List of current Canadian first ministers

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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.

List of premiers by province

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 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 April 21, 2024.

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Notes

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

References

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