List of current first ministers of Canada

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List of premiers by province

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 premier ministre 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 first minister is Currie Dixon of Yukon, who assumed office on November 22, 2025. The oldest first minister, Tony Wakeham of Newfoundland and Labrador, is 69; the youngest first minister, Currie Dixon of Yukon, is 40. Of the current first ministers, two (Danielle Smith of Alberta and Susan Holt of New Brunswick) are women and two (Wab Kinew of Manitoba and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are Indigenous.[note 1]

Eight first ministers are from broadly right-leaning parties,[note 2] while two are from both broadly centrist "Liberal" parties and 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

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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 November 23, 2025.

Portrait First minister Jurisdiction Order Party Incumbency First mandate began Current mandate began Renewal of Mandate Parlia-
ment
Mark Carney[1] Canada 24th Liberal Party of Canada 254 days 2025 designation 2025 election Next election 45th
Doug Ford[2] Ontario 26th Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 7 years, 147 days 2018 election 2025 election 2029 election 44th
François Legault Quebec 32nd Coalition Avenir Québec 7 years, 36 days 2018 election 2022 election 2026 election 43rd
Tim Houston[3] Nova Scotia 30th Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia 4 years, 84 days 2021 election 2024 election 2028 election 65th
Susan Holt New Brunswick 35th New Brunswick Liberal Association 1 year, 21 days 2024 election 2024 election 2028 election 61st
Wab Kinew[4] Manitoba 25th New Democratic Party of Manitoba 2 years, 36 days 2023 election 2023 election 2027 election 43rd
David Eby[5] British Columbia 37th British Columbia New Democratic Party 3 years, 5 days 2022 designation 2024 election 2028 election 43rd
Rob Lantz[6] Prince Edward Island 34th Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island 275 days 2025 designation 2025 designation 2027 election 67th
Scott Moe[7] Saskatchewan 15th Saskatchewan Party 7 years, 294 days 2018 designation 2024 election 2028 election 30th
Danielle Smith Alberta 19th United Conservative Party 3 years, 43 days 2022 designation 2023 election 2027 election 31st
Tony Wakeham Newfoundland and Labrador 16th Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 25 days 2025 election 2025 election 2029 election 51st
R. J. Simpson Northwest Territories 14th N/A (consensus government) 1 year, 350 days 2023 designation 2023 designation 2027 election 20th
Currie Dixon[8] Yukon 12th Yukon Party 1 day 2025 election 2025 election 2029 election 36th
John Main[9] Nunavut 7th N/A (consensus government) 3 days 2025 designation 2025 designation 2029 election 7th

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Kinew is Ojibwe from Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation and Simpson is Métis.
  2. ^ "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, the United Conservative Party in Alberta, and the Yukon Party in Yukon.

References

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  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. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  5. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "Office of the Premier of Prince Edward Island". Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  7. ^ "SCOTT MOE SWORN IN AS PREMIER OF SASKATCHEWAN, APPOINTS FIRST CABINET". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  8. ^ "Office of the Premier". Government of Yukon. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "Longtime politician Paul Quassa chosen new premier of Nunavut". CTV News, November 17, 2017.
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