List of current Canadian first ministers

Canada is a federation that comprises ten provinces and three territories. Its government is structured as a parliamentary democracy, with a Prime Minister as its head of government; and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its sovereign. Each of the country's provinces and territories has a head of government, called premier in English and premier ministre—the same term used for the federal leader—in French. Collectively, the federal Prime Minister and provincial and territorial premiers are referred to as first ministers.

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 P. J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, who assumed office on November 19, 2021. The oldest first minister, Blaine Higgs of New Brunswick, was born in March 1954; the youngest first minister, P. J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, was born in November 1984. Of the current first ministers, two (Caroline Cochrane of the Northwest Territories and Heather Stefanson of Manitoba) are women and two (P. J. Akeeagok of Nunavut and Caroline Cochrane of the Northwest Territories) are Indigenous.[note 2]

Of the current first ministers, three are from a Liberal Party, five are from a Progressive Conservative Party, and one is from a New Democratic Party - however, 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 May 6, 2022.

First minister Jurisdiction Order Party Incumbency First mandate began Current mandate began Parlia-
ment		 Refer-
ence
Federation – Prime Minister of Canada
Justin Trudeau Canada 23rd Liberal Party of Canada 6 years, 183 days 2015 election 2021 election 44th [1]
Provinces – Provincial premiers
Doug Ford Ontario 26th Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 3 years, 311 days 2018 election 2018 election 42nd [2]
François Legault Quebec 32nd Coalition Avenir Québec 3 years, 200 days 2018 election 2018 election 42nd
Tim Houston Nova Scotia 30th Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 248 days 2021 election 2021 election 64th [3]
Blaine Higgs New Brunswick 34th Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick 3 years, 178 days 2018 designation 2020 election 60th [4]
Heather Stefanson Manitoba 24th Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba 185 days 2021 designation 2021 designation 42nd [5]
John Horgan British Columbia 36th British Columbia New Democratic Party 4 years, 292 days 2017 designation 2020 election 42nd [6]
Dennis King Prince Edward Island 33rd Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island 2 years, 362 days 2019 election 2019 election 66th [7]
Scott Moe Saskatchewan 15th Saskatchewan Party 4 years, 93 days 2018 designation 2020 election 29th [8]
Jason Kenney Alberta 18th United Conservative Party 3 years, 6 days 2019 election 2019 election 30th [9]
Andrew Furey Newfoundland and Labrador 14th Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 1 year, 260 days 2020 designation 2021 election 50th [10]
Territories – Territorial premiers
Caroline Cochrane Northwest Territories 13th N/A (consensus government) 2 years, 194 days 2019 election 2019 election 19th
Sandy Silver Yukon 9th Yukon Liberal Party 5 years, 154 days 2016 election 2021 election 35th [11]
P. J. Akeeagok Nunavut 6th N/A (consensus government) 168 days 2021 designation 2021 election 6th [12]

See also

Notes
  1. The longest-serving provincial or territorial premier is Sandy Silver of Yukon, who assumed office on December 3, 2016.
  2. Akeeagok is Inuit and Cochrane is Métis.

References
  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. "Higgs sworn in as 34th premier of New Brunswick". Government of New Brunswick. November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  5. "Office of the Premier". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  6. "Office of the Premier". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  7. "Office of the Premier of Prince Edward Island". Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  8. "SCOTT MOE SWORN IN AS PREMIER OF SASKATCHEWAN, APPOINTS FIRST CABINET". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  9. "Premier". Government of Alberta. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  10. "Office of the Premier". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  11. "Office of the Premier". Government of Yukon. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  12. "Longtime politician Paul Quassa chosen new premier of Nunavut". CTV News, November 17, 2017.

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