Minister of Environment and Climate Change

The minister of environment and climate change (Template:Langx) is the minister of the Crown responsible for Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The minister is a member of the King's Privy Council for Canada and the Canadian Cabinet.

Julie Dabrusin has been the minister of environment and climate change since May 13, 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The minister is selected by the prime minister and appointed by the Crown. The role was introduced in 1971 as the minister of environment. Until 1979, the role was also responsible for fisheries. Environment Canada was rebranded to include climate change in its name and the role's current title was adopted in 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

List of ministers

Key:

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry	Refs.
Minister of Environment Minister of Fisheries
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 1		Jack Davis	June 11, 1971	August 7, 1974	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ca-20">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 2		Jeanne Sauvé	August 8, 1974	December 4, 1975	Liberal		<ref name="ca-20" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| –		Roméo LeBlanc (Acting)	December 5, 1975	January 21, 1976	Liberal		<ref name="ca-20" /><ref name="ca-leblanc">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 3		Jean Marchand	January 22, 1976	June 30, 1976	Liberal		<ref name="ca-20" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| –		Roméo LeBlanc (Acting)	July 1, 1976	September 13, 1976	Liberal		<ref name="ca-20" /><ref name="ca-leblanc" />
Minister of Fisheries and the Environment
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 4		Roméo LeBlanc	September 14, 1976	April 1, 1979	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)	<ref name="ca-20" /><ref name="ca-leblanc" />
Minister of the Environment
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 5		Leonard Marchand	April 2, 1979	June 3, 1979	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)	<ref name="ca-20" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 6		John Allen Fraser	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ca-21">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 7		John Roberts	March 3, 1980	August 11, 1983	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ca-22">Template:Cite web</ref>
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 8		Charles Caccia	August 12, 1983	June 29, 1984	Liberal		<ref name="ca-22" /><ref name="ca-caccia">Template:Cite web</ref>
June 30, 1984			September 16, 1984	23 (Turner)		<ref name="ca-caccia" /><ref name="ca-23">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 9		Suzanne Blais-Grenier	September 17, 1984	August 19, 1985	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ca-24">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 10		Thomas McMillan	August 20, 1985	December 7, 1988	Progressive Conservative		<ref name="ca-24" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 11		Lucien Bouchard	December 8, 1988 (Acting until Jan.30, 1989)	May 21, 1990	Progressive Conservative		<ref name="ca-24" /><ref name="ca-bouchard">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| –		Frank Oberle (Acting)	May 22, 1990	May 22, 1990	Progressive Conservative		<ref name="ca-24" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 12		Robert de Cotret	May 23, 1990 (Acting until Sep.20)	April 20, 1991	Progressive Conservative		<ref name="ca-24" /><ref name="ca-de-cotret">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 13		Jean Charest	April 21, 1991	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative		<ref name="ca-24" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 14		Pierre H. Vincent	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ca-25">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 15		Sheila Copps	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ca-26">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 16		Sergio Marchi	January 25, 1996	June 10, 1997	Liberal		<ref name="ca-26" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 17		Christine Stewart	June 11, 1997	August 2, 1999	Liberal		<ref name="ca-26" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 18		David Anderson	August 3, 1999	December 11, 2003	Liberal		<ref name="ca-26" /><ref name="ca-anderson">Template:Cite web</ref>
December 12, 2003			July 19, 2004	27 (Martin)		<ref name="ca-anderson" /><ref name="ca-27">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 19		Stéphane Dion	July 20, 2004		February 5, 2006	Liberal	<ref name="ca-27" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 20		Rona Ambrose	February 6, 2006	January 3, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ca-28">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 21		John Baird	January 4, 2007	October 29, 2008	Conservative		<ref name="ca-28"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 22		Jim Prentice	October 30, 2008	November 5, 2010	Conservative		<ref name="ca-28"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 23		John Baird	November 7, 2010	January 3, 2011	Conservative		<ref name="ca-28"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 24		Peter Kent	January 4, 2011	July 15, 2013	Conservative		<ref name="ca-28"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 25		Leona Aglukkaq	July 15, 2013	November 4, 2015	Conservative
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 26		Catherine McKenna	November 4, 2015	November 20, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)	<ref>"Full list of Justin Trudeau's cabinet". CBC News, November 4, 2015.</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 27		Jonathan Wilkinson	November 20, 2019	October 26, 2021	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 28		Steven Guilbeault	October 26, 2021	March 14, 2025	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 29		Terry Duguid	March 14, 2025	May 12, 2025	Liberal	30 (Carney)	<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 30		Julie Dabrusin	May 13, 2025	Incumbent	Liberal

Secretary of State (Nature)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
Secretary of State (Nature)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 1	File:Photo de campagne Nathalie Provost.png	Nathalie Provost	May 13, 2025	present	Liberal	30 (Carney)

See also

• International list of ministers of the environment