List of current first ministers of Canada

Template:Short description Template:Canada provinces map 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 Template:Lang 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 and oldest-aged first minister is Tony Wakeham of Newfoundland and Labrador, who assumed office on October 29, 2025. The youngest first minister, P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, is Template:Age. Of the current first ministers, two (Danielle Smith of Alberta and Susan Holt of New Brunswick) are women and three (P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, Wab Kinew of Manitoba, and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are Indigenous.<ref group=note>Akeeagok is Inuit, Kinew is Ojibwe from Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, and Simpson is Métis.</ref>

Seven current first ministers are from broadly right-leaning parties,<ref group=note>"Progressive Conservative" parties in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island, as well as the Coalition Avenir Québec in Quebec, the Saskatchewan Party in Saskatchewan, and the United Conservative Party in Alberta.</ref> while three are from broadly centrist "Liberal" parties and two are from 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 Template:FULLDATE. Template:Sticky header

Portrait	First minister	Jurisdiction	Order	Party		Incumbency	First mandate began	Current mandate began	Renewal of Mandate	Parlia- ment
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname<ref name="canada">Template:Cite web</ref>	Canada	24th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsLiberal Party of Canada	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2025 designation	Template:Dts2025 election	Next election	45th
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname<ref name="ontario">Template:Cite web</ref>	Ontario	26th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario	Template:Ayd	2018 election	2025 election	2029 election	44th
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname	Quebec	32nd	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsCoalition Avenir Québec	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2018 election	Template:Dts2022 election	2026 election	43rd
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname<ref name="nova">Template:Cite web</ref>	Nova Scotia	30th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsProgressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2021 election	Template:Dts2024 election	2028 election	65th
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname	New Brunswick	35th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsNew Brunswick Liberal Association	Template:Ayd	[[2024 New Brunswick general election|Template:Dts2024 election]]	Template:Dts2024 election	2028 election	61st
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname<ref name="manitoba">Template:Cite web</ref>	Manitoba	25th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsNew Democratic Party of Manitoba	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2023 election	Template:Dts2023 election	2027 election	43rd
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname<ref name="Horgan">Template:Cite web</ref>	British Columbia	37th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsBritish Columbia New Democratic Party	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2022 designation	Template:Dts2024 election	2028 election	43rd
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname<ref name="prince">Template:Cite web</ref>	Prince Edward Island	34th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsProgressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2025 designation		2027 election	67th
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname<ref name="saskatchewan">Template:Cite web</ref>	Saskatchewan	15th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsSaskatchewan Party	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2018 designation	Template:Dts2024 election	2028 election	30th
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname	Alberta	19th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsUnited Conservative Party	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts 2022 designation	Template:Dts2023 election	2027 election	31st
Template:Hs File:Tony Wakeham 2022.jpg	Template:Sortname	Newfoundland and Labrador	16th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsProgressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2025 election	Template:Dts2025 election	2029 election	51st
Template:Hs File:R.J. Simpson.jpg	Template:Sortname	Northwest Territories	14th	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsN/A (consensus government)	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2023 election	Template:Dts2023 election	2027 election	20th
Template:Hs	Template:Sortname<ref name="yukon">Template:Cite web</ref>	Yukon	Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsYukon Liberal Party	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2025 designation	Template:Dts2025 designation	2025 election	35th
Template:HsFile:P.J. Akeeagok 2024 (cropped 3-4).jpg	Template:Sortname<ref name="quassa">"Longtime politician Paul Quassa chosen new premier of Nunavut". CTV News, November 17, 2017.</ref>	Nunavut	Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; width: 16px"|	Template:HsN/A (consensus government)	Template:Ayd	Template:Dts2021 designation	Template:Dts2021 election	2025 election	6th

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)

External links

• Prime Minister of Canada