The Twenty-Ninth Canadian Ministry is the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that began governing Canada shortly before the opening of the 42nd Parliament. The original members were sworn in during a ceremony held at Rideau Hall on November 4, 2015. Those who were not already members of the privy council were sworn into it in the same ceremony. The Cabinet currently consists of 35 members including Trudeau, with 17 women and 18 men.[1] When the ministry was first sworn in, with 15 men and 15 women (aside from Trudeau), it became the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history.[2]
29th Canadian Ministry
29e conseil des ministres du Canada | |
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 29th ministry of Canada | |
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| Date formed | November 4, 2015 |
| People and organizations | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Governor General |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Prime Minister's history | Premiership of Justin Trudeau |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Chrystia Freeland (2019–present) |
| No. of ministers | 39 |
| Ministers removed | 29 |
| Member party | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Status in legislature |
with NDP confidence & supply (2022–present) |
| Opposition cabinet |
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| Opposition party |
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| Opposition leader |
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| History | |
| Elections | 2015, 2019, 2021 |
| Legislature terms |
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| Budgets | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Predecessor | 28th Canadian Ministry |
Trudeau has carried out three major cabinet shuffles: one in 2018, one in 2021, and another in 2023.
On October 26, 2021, one month after the 2021 Canadian federal election that gave the governing Liberal Party a second minority mandate; the ministry underwent a cabinet shuffle, resulting in many promotions, demotions, and removals from cabinet.
The list below follows the Canadian order of precedence, which is established by the chronological order of appointment to the King's Privy Council for Canada, with former ministers being listed last in order of appointment to the Privy Council.[3]
| Portfolio | Minister | Tenure |
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| Prime Minister of Canada | Justin Trudeau | November 4, 2015 – present |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | Chrystia Freeland | November 20, 2019 – present |
| Associate Minister of Finance | Mona Fortier | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 |
| Randy Boissonnault | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Associate Minister of Health | Carolyn Bennett | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Ya'ara Saks | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Associate Minister of National Defence | Kent Hehr | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
| Seamus O'Regan | August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 | |
| Jody Wilson-Raybould | January 14, 2019 – February 12, 2019 | |
| Harjit Sajjan (acting) | February 12, 2019 – March 1, 2019 | |
| Lawrence MacAulay | March 1, 2019 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Ginette Petitpas Taylor | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | Dominic LeBlanc | November 4, 2015 – August 19, 2016 |
| Bardish Chagger | August 19, 2016 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Pablo Rodriguez | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Mark Holland | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Karina Gould | July 26, 2023 – January 8, 2024 | |
| Steven MacKinnon (interim) | January 8, 2024 – July 19, 2024 | |
| Karina Gould | July 19, 2024 – present | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | Lawrence MacAulay | November 4, 2015 – March 1, 2019 |
| Marie-Claude Bibeau | March 1, 2019 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Lawrence MacAulay | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | Ginette Petitpas Taylor | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Gudie Hutchings | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction | Bill Blair | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
| Minister of Canadian Heritage[j] | Mélanie Joly | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
| Pablo Rodriguez | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Steven Guilbeault | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Pablo Rodriguez | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Pascale St-Onge | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency | Dan Vandal | October 26, 2021 – present |
| Minister of Citizens' Services | Terry Beech | July 26, 2023 – present |
| Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations[i] | Carolyn Bennett | November 4, 2015 – October 26, 2021 |
| Marc Miller | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Gary Anandasangaree | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Democratic Institutions | Maryam Monsef | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
| Karina Gould | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec | Pascale St-Onge | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Soraya Martinez Ferrada | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages | Mélanie Joly | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 |
| Minister of Emergency Preparedness | Bill Blair | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Harjit Sajjan | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages[k] | MaryAnn Mihychuk | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
| Patty Hajdu | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Carla Qualtrough | November 20, 2019 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Randy Boissonnault | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Energy and Natural Resources[f] | Jim Carr | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
| Amarjeet Sohi | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Seamus O'Regan | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Jonathan Wilkinson | October 26, 2021 – present | |
| Minister of Environment and Climate Change | Catherine McKenna | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
| Jonathan Wilkinson | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Steven Guilbeault | October 26, 2021 – present | |
| Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development[e] | Mary Ng | November 20, 2019 – present |
| Minister of Digital Government | Scott Brison | July 18, 2018 – January 14, 2019 |
| Jane Philpott | January 14, 2019 – March 4, 2019 | |
| Carla Qualtrough (acting) | March 4, 2019 – March 18, 2019 | |
| Joyce Murray | March 18, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities | Kamal Khera | July 26, 2023 – present |
| Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth | Bardish Chagger | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 |
| Minister of Families, Children and Social Development | Jean-Yves Duclos | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
| Ahmed Hussen | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Karina Gould | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Jenna Sudds | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario | Patty Hajdu | October 26, 2021 – present |
| Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Helena Jaczek | October 26, 2021 – August 31, 2022 |
| Filomena Tassi | August 31, 2022 – present | |
| Minister of Finance | Bill Morneau | November 4, 2015 – August 18, 2020 |
| Chrystia Freeland | August 18, 2020 – present | |
| Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard | Hunter Tootoo | November 4, 2015 – May 31, 2016 |
| Dominic LeBlanc | May 31, 2016 – July 18, 2018 | |
| Jonathan Wilkinson | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Bernadette Jordan | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Joyce Murray | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Diane Lebouthillier | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Stéphane Dion | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
| Chrystia Freeland | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
| François-Philippe Champagne | November 20, 2019 – January 12, 2021 | |
| Marc Garneau | January 12, 2021 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Mélanie Joly | October 26, 2021 – present | |
| Minister of Health | Jane Philpott | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
| Ginette Petitpas Taylor | August 28, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Patty Hajdu | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Jean-Yves Duclos | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Mark Holland | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion | Ahmed Hussen | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities | Sean Fraser | July 26, 2023 – present |
| Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | John McCallum | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
| Ahmed Hussen | January 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Marco Mendicino | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Sean Fraser | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Marc Miller | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Indigenous Services | Jane Philpott | August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 |
| Seamus O'Regan | January 14, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Marc Miller | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Patty Hajdu | October 26, 2021 – present | |
| Minister of Infrastructure and Communities | Amarjeet Sohi | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
| François-Philippe Champagne | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Catherine McKenna | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry[g] | Navdeep Bains | November 4, 2015 – January 12, 2021 |
| François-Philippe Champagne | January 12, 2021 – present | |
| Minister of International Development[b] | Marie-Claude Bibeau | November 4, 2015 – March 1, 2019 |
| Maryam Monsef | March 1, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Karina Gould | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Harjit Sajjan | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Ahmed Hussen | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of International Trade | Chrystia Freeland | November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
| François-Philippe Champagne | January 10, 2017 – July 18, 2018 | |
| Minister of International Trade Diversification | Jim Carr | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
| Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth | Justin Trudeau | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
| Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade | Dominic LeBlanc | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
| Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | Chrystia Freeland | November 20, 2019 – August 18, 2020 |
| Dominic LeBlanc | August 18, 2020 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities | Dominic LeBlanc | October 26, 2021 –present |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | Jody Wilson-Raybould | November 4, 2015 – January 14, 2019 |
| David Lametti | January 14, 2019 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Arif Virani | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Labour | Filomena Tassi | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 |
| Seamus O'Regan | October 26, 2021 – July 19, 2024 | |
| Steven MacKinnon | July 19, 2024 – present | |
| Minister of Mental Health and Addictions | Carolyn Bennett | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Ya'ara Saks | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Middle Class Prosperity | Mona Fortier | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 |
| Minister of National Defence | Harjit Sajjan | November 4, 2015 – October 26, 2021 |
| Anita Anand | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Bill Blair | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of National Revenue | Diane Lebouthillier | November 4, 2015 – July 26, 2023 |
| Marie-Claude Bibeau | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Northern Affairs | Dan Vandal | November 20, 2019 – present |
| Minister of Official Languages | Ginette Petitpas Taylor | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada | Harjit Sajjan | October 26, 2021 – present |
| Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada | Dan Vandal | October 26, 2021 – present |
| Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | Ralph Goodale | November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 |
| Bill Blair | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Minister of Public Safety | Marco Mendicino | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs | Dominic LeBlanc | July 26, 2023 – present |
| Minister of Public Services and Procurement[l] | Judy Foote | November 4, 2015 – August 24, 2017 |
| Jim Carr (acting) | August 24, 2017 – August 28, 2017 | |
| Carla Qualtrough | August 28, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Anita Anand | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Filomena Tassi | October 26, 2021 – August 31, 2022 | |
| Helena Jaczek | August 31, 2022 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Jean-Yves Duclos | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Rural Economic Development | Bernadette Jordan | January 14, 2019 – November 20, 2019 |
| Maryam Monsef | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Gudie Hutchings | October 26, 2021 – present | |
| Minister of Science | Kirsty Duncan | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
| Minister of Science and Sport | Kirsty Duncan | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
| Minister of Seniors | Filomena Tassi | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
| Deb Schulte | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Kamal Khera | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Seamus O'Regan | July 26, 2023 – July 19, 2024 | |
| Steven MacKinnon | July 19, 2024 – present | |
| Minister of Small Business and Tourism | Bardish Chagger | November 4, 2015 – July 18, 2018 |
| Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion | Mary Ng | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 |
| Minister of Small Business | Rechie Valdez | July 26, 2023 – present |
| Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities | Carla Qualtrough | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
| Kent Hehr | August 28, 2017 – January 25, 2018 | |
| Kirsty Duncan | January 25, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Minister of Sport | Pascale St-Onge | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Minister of Sport and Physical Activity | Carla Qualtrough | July 26, 2023 – present |
| Minister of Status of Women | Patty Hajdu | November 4, 2015 – February 1, 2017 |
| Maryam Monsef | February 1, 2017 – December 13, 2018 | |
| Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie | Mélanie Joly | July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2021 |
| Minister of Tourism | Randy Boissonnault | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 |
| Soraya Martinez Ferrada | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Transport | Marc Garneau | November 4, 2015 – January 12, 2021 |
| Omar Alghabra | January 12, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Pablo Rodriguez | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | Kent Hehr | November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 |
| Seamus O'Regan | August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 | |
| Jody Wilson-Raybould | January 14, 2019 – February 12, 2019 | |
| Harjit Sajjan (acting) | February 12, 2019 – March 1, 2019 | |
| Lawrence MacAulay | March 1, 2019 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Ginette Petitpas Taylor | July 26, 2023 – present | |
| Minister without Portfolio | Jim Carr | January 12, 2021 – December 12, 2022 |
| Minister for Women and Gender Equality | Maryam Monsef | December 13, 2018 – October 26, 2021 |
| Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth | Marci Ien | October 26, 2021 – present |
| President of the Treasury Board | Scott Brison | November 4, 2015 – January 14, 2019 |
| Jane Philpott | January 14, 2019 – March 4, 2019 | |
| Carla Qualtrough (acting) | March 4, 2019 – March 18, 2019 | |
| Joyce Murray | March 18, 2019 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Jean-Yves Duclos | November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
| Mona Fortier | October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023 | |
| Anita Anand | July 26, 2023 – present |
| Name at the end of the Twenty-Eighth Ministry | Name in the Twenty-Ninth Ministry |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister for the Arctic Council |
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister of Indigenous Services |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | |
| Minister of Health | |
| Minister of Public Works and Government Services | Minister of Public Services and Procurement |
| President of the Treasury Board | |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism, and Agriculture) |
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister of Small Business and Tourism |
| Minister of International Development Minister for La Francophonie |
Minister of International Development and La Francophonie |
| Minister of Industry Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) |
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development |
| Minister of Infrastructure, Communities, and Intergovernmental Affairs | Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth |
| Minister of the Environment | Minister of Environment and Climate Change |
| Minister of Transport | |
| Minister of Fisheries and Oceans | Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard |
| Associate Minister of National Defence | |
| Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | |
| Minister of International Trade | |
| Minister of Finance Minister of State (Finance) |
Minister of Finance |
| Minister of National Revenue | |
| Minister of Employment and Social Development Minister of Labour Minister of State (Social Development) |
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development |
| Minister for Democratic Reform President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada |
Minister of Democratic Institutions |
| Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages Minister for Multiculturalism Minister of State (Multiculturalism) |
Minister of Canadian Heritage |
| Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship |
| Minister responsible for Status of Women | Minister of Status of Women |
| Minister of Natural Resources | |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
| Minister of State (Seniors) | Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development |
| Minister of State (Sport) | Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities |
| Minister of State (Science and Technology) | Minister of Science |
On 18 July 2018, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau carried out a significant reshuffle of his ministry. This included the adding of 5 new ministry positions, expanding the previous size of cabinet from 30 to 35. The cabinet remained gender balanced.[7][8]
The appointment of Bill Blair as the new Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction was praised by Opposition Immigration Critic Michelle Rempel, in response to an increase of illegal crossings of the Canada–United States border.[9] The Deputy Leader of the Opposition Lisa Raitt called the reshuffle a "desperate attempt to hit the reset button before the next election".[7]
The reshuffle was labeled by CBC News as Trudeau's re-election kickoff for the 2019 federal election.[10]
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On 12 January 2021, Trudeau carried out a shuffle of his ministry.[14][15] It came shortly after Innovation minister Navdeep Bains announced he intended to stand down from the government and not seek re-election at the 2021 Canadian federal election.[16] The shuffle spurred speculation of a snap election.[14][15]
| Minister | Position before reshuffle | Result of reshuffle |
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| Navdeep Bains | Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and Registrar General of Canada | Left the government (intention to stand down announced in January 2021) |
| François-Philippe Champagne | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Became Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and Registrar General of Canada |
| Marc Garneau | Minister of Transport | Became Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Omar Alghabra | Parliament Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | Became Minister of Transport |
| Jim Carr | Special Representative for the Prairies | Given additional role as Minister without Portfolio |
After a difficult parliamentary term, Trudeau announced the third major re-shuffle of his ministry and the first re-shuffle since the 2021 election, with the exception of ministers Tassi and Jaczek swapping roles in 2022.[17]
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| Preceded by | 29th Canadian Ministry 2015–present |
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