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{{Short description|Minister in the Cabinet of Canada}}
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| incumbent = [[Lena Diab]]
| incumbentsince = 13 May 2025
| department = [[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada]]
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| inaugural = [[Sergio Marchi (politician)|Sergio Marchi]]
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*{{hanging indent|[[Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship]]}}
*{{hanging indent|[[Minister of Employment and Immigration]]|}}
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| deputy = {{hanging indent|Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada}}
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{{Politics of Canada}}{{Canadian citizenship}}
The <!-- Uncapitalized per MOS:JOBTITLES. This denotes an office, not a title and should not be in capitals. -->'''minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship''' ({{langx|fr|ministre de l'immigration, des réfugiés et de la citoyenneté}}) is the [[minister of the Crown]] responsible for [[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada]] (IRCC). The minister is a member of the [[King's Privy Council for Canada]] and the [[Cabinet of Canada|Canadian Cabinet]].

[[Lena Metlege Diab|Lena Diab]] has served as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship since 2025. The minister is selected by the [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]] and appointed by the Crown. The modern day role was created by the ''Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act'' in 1994 and the minister was known as the '''minister of citizenship and immigration''' until the present name was adopted in 2015. Before the modern-day role was introduced, the portfolios responsible for immigration in Canada throughout history were titled: Immigration and Colonization (1917–36), [[Minister of Mines and Resources|Mines and Resources]] (1936–50), Citizenship and Immigration (1950–66), Manpower and Immigration (1966–77), and Employment and Immigration (1977–96).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |url=https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-29.4/page-1.html |title=''Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act'', S.C. 1994, c. 31 |date=29 April 2013 |access-date=2021-04-27 |archive-date=2021-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730194150/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-29.4/page-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ''[[Constitution Act, 1867|Constitution Act, 1864]]'', grants the federal [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] as well as provincial legislatures concurrent (shared) jurisdiction over immigration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seidle |first=F. Leslie |last2= |date=July 1, 2010 |title=Intergovernmental immigration agreements and public accountability |url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/immigration-jobs-and-canadas-future/intergovernmental-immigration-agreements-and-public-accountability/ |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=Policy Options |language=en}}</ref> The minister works with provincial counterparts to set policy and regulate [[immigration to Canada]]. Federal legislation relating to [[Canadian nationality law|nationality status]], such as the ''Citizenship Act'', and [[Canadian immigration and refugee law|immigration and refugee law]] such as the ''[[Immigration and Refugee Protection Act]]'', is administered by the minister. IRCC supports the minister in managing most operational programs, such as issuing [[Canadian passport|Canadian passports]]. The [[Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada|Immigration and Refugee Board]], which is independent from the department, also reports to the minister.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Immigration |first=Refugees and Citizenship Canada |date=2017-12-04 |title=Mandate — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713203951/https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate.html |archive-date=2018-07-13 |access-date=2021-04-27 |website=aem}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

==Historical overview==
There have been several offices throughout history responsible for immigration in Canada.

From 1917 to 1936, the office responsible for citizenship and immigration in Canada was the minister of immigration and colonization.<ref name=":1" /> The portfolios thereafter fell under the [[Minister of Mines and Resources|ministers of mines and resources]] and of reconstruction and supply until 1950, when the office of the minister of citizenship and immigration was established.<ref name=":0" />

In 1966, the Citizenship and Immigration ministry was largely replaced by that of the minister of manpower and immigration, who would keep responsibility over immigration until 1977. From then on, the immigration portfolio would fall under the minister of employment and immigration until 1996.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

In January 1991, the office of [[Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship|minister of multiculturalism and citizenship]] was created, adopting responsibility over citizenship matters.<ref name=":1" /> This office lasted until 1994, when the post of minister of citizenship and immigration was resuscitated by the ''Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act'',<ref name=":3" /> substantially revamping the immigration and citizenship portfolios. In 2008, the office was renamed to the minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, only to again drop the multiculturalism portfolio in 2013.<ref name=":1" />

As of 2 July 2013, the Citizenship and Immigration portfolio inherited primary responsibility for [[Passport Canada]] and the administration of the [[Canadian Passport Order]] from the [[Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade|Foreign Affairs and International Trade]] portfolio.<ref name=":2" />

On 4 November 2015, the name of the department has changed from Citizenship and Immigration Canada to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.<ref name=":1" />

== List of ministers ==
The office of minister of citizenship and immigration was created in 1950 by "Statute 13 George VI, c. 16". That office was abolished in 1966, and replaced by the minister of manpower and immigration.<ref name=":0">"[https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Federal/areasResponsibility/profile?depId=1956 Citizenship and Immigration (1950-01-18 – 1966-09-30)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108113512/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Federal/areasResponsibility/profile?depId=1956 |date=2020-11-08 }}." ''ParlInfo''. Ottawa: [[Library of Parliament]]. Retrieved 2020 October 30.</ref> The office responsible for immigration in Canada would again be titled minister of citizenship and immigration," with its creation in 1994 by the ''Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act'' (Statute 42–43 Elizabeth II, c. 31),<ref name=":3" /> succeeding the minister of employment and immigration.<ref name=":1">"[https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Federal/areasResponsibility/profile?depId=1958 Citizenship and Immigration (1994-06-23 –  )] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828094824/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Federal/areasResponsibility/profile?depId=1958 |date=2021-08-28 }}." ''ParlInfo''. Ottawa: [[Library of Parliament]]. Retrieved 2020 October 30.</ref>

Though having its name changed in 2015 to minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, the office created in 1994 as the minister of citizenship and immigration" is still the one that is currently in effect and is responsible for [[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada]].<ref name=":1" />

The following immigration ministers are those who assumed the position under the office that was created in 1994.<ref name=":1" />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Portrait
!Name
! colspan="2" |Term of office
!Political party
!Ministry
|-
! colspan="7" |Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration (1994–2015)
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 9
|
|[[Sergio Marchi (politician)|Sergio Marchi]]
|30 June 1994 || 24 January 1996
| rowspan="6" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| rowspan="4" |[[26th Canadian Ministry|26]] <small>([[Jean Chrétien|Chrétien]])</small>
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 10
|
|[[Lucienne Robillard]]
|25 January 1996 || 2 August 1999
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 11
|
|[[Elinor Caplan]]
|3 August 1999 || 14 January 2002
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 12
|[[File:Denis Coderre 2011.jpg|50px]]
|[[Denis Coderre]]
|15 January 2002 || 11 December 2003
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 13
|[[File:Judy Sgro.jpg|50px]]
|[[Judy Sgro]]
|12 December 2003 || 13 January 2005
| rowspan="2" |[[27th Canadian Ministry|27]] <small>([[Paul Martin|Martin]])</small>
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 14
|[[File:Volpe.jpg|50px]]
|[[Joe Volpe]]
|14 January 2005 || 5 February 2006
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}};" | 15
|[[File:Manning Centre party 2014 1079.jpg|50px]]
|[[Monte Solberg]]
|6 February 2006 || 3 January 2007
| rowspan="4" |[[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
| rowspan="4" |[[28th Canadian Ministry|28]] <small>([[Stephen Harper|Harper]])</small>
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}};" | 16
|[[File:MPDianeFinley.jpg|50px]]
|[[Diane Finley]]
|4 January 2007 || 29 October 2008
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}};" | 17
|[[File:Jason Kenney in 2019 - cropped.jpg|50px]]
|[[Jason Kenney]]
|30 October 2008 || 15 July 2013
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}};" | 18
|[[File:Chris Alexander 2015.jpg|50px]]
|[[Chris Alexander (politician)|Chris Alexander]]
|15 July 2013 || 3 November 2015
|-
! colspan="7" |Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 19
|[[File:John McCallum.jpg|50px]]
|[[John McCallum]]
|4 November 2015 || 10 January 2017
| rowspan="7" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| rowspan="5" |[[29th Canadian Ministry|29]] <small>([[Justin Trudeau|J. Trudeau]])</small>
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 20
|[[File:Ahmed Hussen.jpg|50px]]
|[[Ahmed Hussen]]
|10 January 2017 || 20 November 2019
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 21
| [[File:Marco Mendicino at 2022 Canadian handgun announcement (cropped).jpg|50px]]
|[[Marco Mendicino]]
|20 November 2019 || 26 October 2021
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 22
|[[File:Sean Fraser - Collision 2023 - Centre Stage VR3 8228 (cropped).jpg|50px]]
|[[Sean Fraser (politician)|Sean Fraser]]
|26 October 2021|| 26 July 2023
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 23
| [[File:Marc Miller at Woman Life Freedom Protest 2023 002 (cropped).jpg|50px]]
|[[Marc Miller (politician)|Marc Miller]]
|26 July 2023 || 14 March 2025
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 24
| [[File:Rachel Bendayan (cropped).jpg|50px]]
|[[Rachel Bendayan]]
|14 March 2025 || 13 May 2025
| rowspan="2" |[[30th Canadian Ministry|30]] <small>([[Mark Carney|Carney]])</small>
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 25
|
|[[Lena Diab]]
|13 May 2025 || Incumbent
|-
| colspan="7" |'''<small>Key:</small>'''<small>{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|[[Liberal Party of Canada]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|[[Conservative Party of Canada]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}</small>
|}

== Preceding offices responsible for immigration ==
There have been several offices throughout history responsible for immigration in Canada.

Prior to the current position, the offices responsible for immigration in Canada throughout history include the minister of immigration and colonization (1917–1936), minister of mines and resources (1936–1950), minister of citizenship and immigration (1950–1966), minister of manpower and immigration (1966–1977), minister of employment and immigration (1977–1996).

=== {{Anchor|Minister of Immigration and Colonization}}<!-- Moved from [[Minister of Immigration and Colonization] -->Minister of Immigration and Colonization (1917–36) ===
{{Infobox official post
| post = Minister of Immigration and Colonization
| body = 
| image = 
| incumbent = 
| formation = 1917
| abolished = 1936
| member_of = [[Cabinet of Canada]]
| first = [[James Alexander Calder]]
| last = [[Thomas Alexander Crerar]]
}}The minister of immigration and colonization was an office in the [[Cabinet of Canada]] from 1917 to 1936, superseded by the [[Minister of Mines and Resources (Canada)|minister of mines and resources]].<ref name="laws-lois.justice.gc.ca">"[https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SI-93-142/page-1.html Order Transferring to the Department of Employment and Immigration...and Transferring to the Minister of Employment and Immigration...and Combining the Department of Employment and Immigration and the Department of Labour Under the Minister of Employment and Immigration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108033230/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SI-93-142/page-1.html |date=2020-11-08 }}."</ref>

After 1950, the position has been succeeded by minister of citizenship and immigration (1950–1966), minister of manpower and immigration (1966–1977), and minister of employment and immigration (1977–1996).
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" |Ministers of Immigration and Colonization
|-
!No.
!Name
! colspan="2" |Term of office
!Ministry
|-
|1.
|[[James Alexander Calder]]
|12 October 1917 
|10 July 1920
|under [[Robert Laird Borden|Borden]]
|-
|
|James Alexander Calder ''(cont’d)''
|10 July 1920 
|20 September 1921
| rowspan="2" |under [[Arthur Meighen|Meighen]]
|-
|3.
|[[John Wesley Edwards]]
|21 September 1921 
|29 December 1921
|-
|*
|[[Hewitt Bostock]] ''(acting)''
|3 January 1922
|2 February 1922
| rowspan="5" |under [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
|-
|*
|[[Charles Stewart (1868-1946)|Charles Stewart]] ''(acting)''
|20 February 1922
|16 August 1923
|-
|4.
|[[James Alexander Robb]]
|17 August 1923
|4 September 1925
|-
|5.
|[[George Newcombe Gordon]]
|7 September 1925
|12 November 1925
|-
|*
|Charles Stewart ''(acting)''
|13 November 1925
|28 June 1926
|-
|*
|[[Robert James Manion]] ''(acting)''
|29 June 1926
|12 July 1926
| rowspan="2" |under Meighen
|-
|*
|[[Henry Lumley Drayton]] ''(acting)''
|13 July 1926
|25 September 1926
|-
|6.
|[[Robert Forke]]
|26 September 1926 
|29 December 1929
| rowspan="3" |under King
|-
|*
|Charles Stewart ''(acting)''
|30 December 1929
|26 June 1930
|-
|7.
|[[Ian Alistair Mackenzie]]
|27 June 1930
|7 August 1930
|-
|8.
|[[Wesley Ashton Gordon]]
|7 August 1930
|23 October 1935
|under [[Richard Bedford Bennett|Bennett]]
|-
|9.
|[[Thomas Alexander Crerar]]
|23 October 1935
|30 November 1936
|under King
|}

=== {{Anchor|Minister of Mines and Resources}}Minister of Mines and Resources (1936–50) ===
{{Main|Minister of Mines and Resources}}
The minister of mines and resources was a cabinet portfolio from 1936 to 1950 that had absorbed the responsibilities belonging to the offices of minister of immigration and colonization, as well as of the [[Minister of the Interior|minister of the interior]], [[Minister of Mines (Canada)|minister of mines]], and [[Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs|superintendent-general of Indian affairs]]. The last minister of immigration and colonization, [[Thomas Alexander Crerar]], remained in office under the new title of minister of mines and resources.

=== {{Anchor|Citizenship and Immigration|Citizenship and Immigration (1950–1966)}}Citizenship and Immigration (1950–66) ===
{{Infobox official post
| post = Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1950–1966)
| body = 
| image = 
| incumbent = 
| abolished = 1 October 1966
| formation = 18 January 1950
| member_of = [[Cabinet of Canada]]
| status = 
| constituting_instrument = Statute 13 George VI, c. 16
| first = [[Walter Edward Harris]]
| last = [[Jean Marchand]]
}}The office of minister of citizenship and immigration came in force on 18 January 1950, and would be abolished and replaced by the minister of manpower and immigration as of 1 October 1966.<ref name=":0" />

Following the minister of manpower and immigration (1966–1977) and the minister of employment and immigration (1977–1996), the office responsible for immigration in Canada would again be titled minister of citizenship and immigration, which was created in 1994 and is currently in effect (though changing its name to the minister immigration, refugees and citizenship as of 2015).
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="7" |Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration (1950–1966)
|-
!No.
!Portrait
!Name
! colspan="2" |Term of office
!Political party
!Ministry
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 1
|[[File:Walter Edward Harris.jpg|50px]]
|[[Walter Edward Harris|Walter Harris]]
|18 January 1950 || 30 June 1954
| rowspan="2" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[17th Canadian Ministry|17]] <small>([[Louis St. Laurent|St. Laurent]])</small>
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 2
|
|[[Jack Pickersgill]]
|1 July 1954 || 21 June 1957
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}};" | –
|[[File:EdmundDavieFulton-1916.jpg|50px]]
|[[Davie Fulton]] ''(Acting)''
|21 June 1957 || 11 May 1958
| rowspan="3" |[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
| rowspan="3" |[[18th Canadian Ministry|18]] <small>([[John Diefenbaker|Diefenbaker]])</small>
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}};" | 3
|[[File:Ellen Fairclough 1940s.jpg|50px]]
|[[Ellen Fairclough]]
|12 May 1958 || 8 August 1962
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}};" | 4
|
|[[Dick Bell]]
|9 August 1962 || 22 April 1963
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 5
|
|[[Guy Favreau]]
|22 April 1963 || 2 February 1964
| rowspan="4" |[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| rowspan="4" |[[19th Canadian Ministry|19]] <small>([[Lester B. Pearson|Pearson]])</small>
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 6
|
|[[René Tremblay]]
|3 February 1964 || 14 February 1965
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 7
|
|[[John Robert Nicholson]]
|15 February 1965 || 17 December 1965
|-
! style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" | 8
|[[File:Jean Marchand1.jpg|50px]]
|[[Jean Marchand]]
|18 December 1965 || 30 September 1966
|-
| colspan="7" |<small>'''Key:'''{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|[[Liberal Party of Canada]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}</small>
|}

=== {{Anchor|Minister of Manpower and Immigration}}<!-- Moved from [[Minister of Employment and Immigration]] -->Minister of Manpower and Immigration (1966–77) ===
{{Infobox official post
| post = Minister of Manpower and Immigration
| body = 
| image = 
| incumbent = 
| abolished = 14 August 1977
| formation = 1 October 1966
| member_of = [[Cabinet of Canada]]
| status = 
| constituting_instrument = Statute 14–15 Elizabeth II, c. 25
| first = [[Jean Marchand]]
| last = [[Bud Cullen]]
}}Minister of Manpower and Immigration was a former position in the [[Cabinet of Canada]] from 1966 to 1977. The position was created after the minister of citizenship and immigration was dissolved in 1966. It was abolished and replaced with the minister of employment and immigration in 1977.<ref>"[https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Federal/areasResponsibility/profile?depId=5101 Manpower and Immigration (1966-10-01 – 1977-08-14)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104160056/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Federal/areasResponsibility/profile?depId=5101 |date=2020-11-04 }}." ''ParlInfo''. Ottawa: [[Library of Parliament]]. Retrieved 2020 October 30.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" |Ministers of Manpower and Immigration
|-
!No.
!Name
! colspan="2" |Term of office
!Ministry
|-
| rowspan="2" |1.
| rowspan="2" |[[Jean Marchand]]
|1 October 1966
|20 April 1968
|under [[Lester Pearson]]
|-
|20 April 1968
|5 July 1968
| rowspan="6" |under [[Pierre Trudeau]]
|-
|2.
|[[Allan MacEachen]]
|5 July 1968
|23 September 1970
|-
|3.
|[[Otto Lang]]
|24 September 1970
|27 January 1972
|-
|4.
|[[Bryce Mackasey]]
|28 January 1972
|26 November 1972
|-
|5.
|[[Bob Andras]]
|27 November 1972
|13 September 1976
|-
|6.
|[[Bud Cullen]]
|14 September 1976
|14 August 1977
|}

=== {{Anchor|Minister of Employment and Immigration}}<!-- Moved from [[Minister of Employment and Immigration]] -->Minister of Employment and Immigration (1977–96) ===
The minister of employment and immigration was an office in the [[Cabinet of Canada]], in operation from 1977 to 1996, and was first held by [[Bud Cullen]], who continued from his preceding role as the minister of manpower and immigration.

On 12 July 1996, the office of the minister of employment and immigration was abolished and replaced with the office of [[Minister of Human Resources Development|minister of human resources development]]. The portfolio for immigration was transferred to the office of minister of citizenship and immigration following the reorganization of the government and formation of the department for [[Citizenship and Immigration Canada]].<ref>"[https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Federal/areasResponsibility/profile?depId=2821 Employment and Immigration (1977-08-15 – 1996-07-11)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716144401/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/Federal/areasResponsibility/profile?depId=2821 |date=2022-07-16 }}." ''ParlInfo''. Ottawa: [[Library of Parliament]]. Retrieved 2020 October 30.</ref><ref name="laws-lois.justice.gc.ca"/><ref>"[https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78034786.html Canada. Employment and Immigration Canada (Department)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829184821/https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78034786.html |date=2021-08-29 }}." Library of Congress.</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" |Ministers of Employment and Immigration
|-
!No.
!Name
! colspan="2" |Term of office
!Political party
!Ministry
|-
! scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |1
|[[Bud Cullen]]
|15 August 1977
|3 June 1979
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[20th Canadian Ministry|20]] <small>([[Pierre Trudeau|P. E. Trudeau]])</small>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; color:white" |2
|[[Ron Atkey]]
|4 June 1979
|2 March 1980
|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[21st Canadian Ministry|21]] <small>([[Joe Clark|Clark]])</small>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |3
|[[Lloyd Axworthy]]
|3 March 1980
|11 August 1983
| rowspan="3" |Liberal
| rowspan="2" |[[22nd Canadian Ministry|22]] <small>(P. E. Trudeau)</small>
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |4
| rowspan="2" |[[John Roberts (Canadian politician)|John Roberts]]
|12 August 1983
|29 June 1984
|-
|30 June 1984
|16 September 1984
|[[23rd Canadian Ministry|23]] <small>([[John Turner|Turner]])</small>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; color:white" |5
|[[Flora MacDonald (politician)|Flora MacDonald]]
|17 September 1984
|29 June 1986
| rowspan="5" |Progressive Conservative
| rowspan="4" |[[24th Canadian Ministry|24]] <small>([[Brian Mulroney|Mulroney]])</small>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; color:white" |6
|[[Benoît Bouchard]]
|30 June 1986
|30 March 1988
|-
! scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; color:white" |7
|[[Barbara McDougall]]
|31 March 1988
|20 April 1991
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}; color:white" |8
| rowspan="2" |[[Bernard Valcourt]]
|21 April 1991
|24 June 1993
|-
|25 June 1993
|3 November 1993
|[[25th Canadian Ministry|25]] <small>([[Kim Campbell|Campbell]])</small>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |–
|Lloyd Axworthy ''(second time)''
|4 November 1993
|24 January 1996
| rowspan="2" |Liberal
| rowspan="2" |[[26th Canadian Ministry|26]] <small>([[Jean Chrétien|Chrétien]])</small>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; color:white" |9
|[[Doug Young (politician)|Douglas Young]]
|25 January 1996
|11 July 1996
|-
| colspan="6" |<small>'''Key:'''{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|[[Liberal Party of Canada]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)}}|[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}</small>
|}

==See also==

*[[Immigration to Canada]]
*[[Minister of Immigration (Quebec)]]
*[[Canadian citizenship]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Immigration to Canada]]
[[Category:Immigration ministers|Canada]]