List of prime ministers of Canada by religious affiliation

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian EnglishTemplate:Use mdy dates Template:More citations needed This is a list of prime ministers of Canada by religious affiliation. It notes party affiliation after the name. Of the 24 persons to have held the office, 13 have been Protestants and 11 have been Catholics. However, Catholicism is the denomination that has provided the most prime ministers, as all 11 Catholic prime ministers have been Roman Rite Catholics, while the Protestant ones have belonged to no less than five denominations.

In early Canadian history, religion played an important role in politics. The Conservative Party was composed mainly of Anglicans and conservative French-Canadian Catholics while the Liberal Party was backed by reform-minded French Canadian Catholics and non-Anglican English Canadians due to their support in Quebec and Ontario.

List of prime ministers by religious affiliation

Name	Party		Religion	Branch	Denomination	Years in office	Notes
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Liberal-Conservative	Christian	Protestant	Anglican	Template:Dts–Template:Dts, Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Raised Presbyterian, converted in 1875.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Protestant	Baptist	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Raised Presbyterian, but converted to Baptist at age 19 or 20.<ref>Template:Cite DCB</ref>
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Liberal-Conservative	Christian	Protestant	Anglican	Template:Dts–Template:Dts
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Liberal-Conservative	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Born a Methodist but converted to Catholicism when he married.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Conservative (historical)	Christian	Protestant	Presbyterian	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Orange Order leader
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Conservative (historical)	Christian	Protestant	Baptist	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Born a Baptist, married an Anglican and attended that church with his family. On his own sometimes attended Baptist churches.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Strongly anti-clerical.Template:Citation needed
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Conservative (historical)	Christian	Protestant	Anglican<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Raised Presbyterian.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Conservative (historical)	Christian	Protestant	Presbyterian<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts–Template:Dts, Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Became a major fundraiser for the Salvation Army.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Protestant	Presbyterian	Template:Dts–Template:Dts, Template:Dts–Template:Dts, Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Also a believer in various forms of mysticism.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Conservative (historical)	Christian	Protestant	United Church of Canada	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Was a Methodist before that denomination merged into the United Church of Canada.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Progressive Conservative	Christian	Protestant	Baptist	Template:Dts–Template:Dts
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Protestant	United Church of Canada	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Was a Methodist before that denomination merged into the United Church of Canada.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts, Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Believer in Catholic Personalism. Former board member of the Humanist Fellowship of Montreal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Progressive Conservative	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Progressive Conservative	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour"|	Progressive Conservative	Christian	Protestant	Anglican	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Does not attend church and criticizes the treatment of women by organized religion. In 2004 she stated that religion "gets in the way of morality".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Strongly anti-clerical in his youth.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Came into conflict with the Catholic Church over his support for the Civil Marriage Act, by not allowing Cabinet ministers to have conscience votes.
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Conservative (modern)	Christian	Protestant	Christian and Missionary Alliance<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Raised in the United Church of Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–Template:Dts	Baptized and raised as a Catholic, became a lapsed Catholic in his youth until the death of his brother Michel. His mother is Anglican.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Sort	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour|	Liberal	Christian	Catholic	Latin Church	Template:Dts–present

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See also

• Religion in Canada

Other countries

• Religious affiliations of chancellors of Germany
• Religious affiliations of presidents of Lebanon
• Religious affiliations of prime ministers of the Netherlands
• Religious affiliations of presidents of the United States