List of current first ministers of Canada

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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.

List of premiers by province

The longest-serving current first minister is Scott Moe of Saskatchewan, who assumed office on February 2, 2018; the newest first minister is Christine Fréchette of Quebec, who assumed office on April 15, 2026. 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, three (Danielle Smith of Alberta, Susan Holt of New Brunswick, and Christine Fréchette of Quebec) 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

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 June 4, 2026.

See also

Notes

  1. "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.
  2. Lantz's second appointment as premier; he previously held office February 21–December 12, 2025

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