Minister of Environment and Climate Change

The minister of environment and climate change' '(Template:Langx) is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada. The portfolio is responsible for the Environment and Climate Change Canada, as well as a number of other federal organizations including Parks Canada, and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Julie Dabrusin is the current minister of environment and climate change. She was appointed to the role on May 13, 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The position was called the minister of the environment until 2015, when the position was given its current name upon the creation of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, the 29th Canadian ministry.

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	File:No image.svg	Jack Davis	June 11, 1971	August 7, 1974	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ca-20">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 2	File:Jeanne Sauvé 1984 Ottawa Canada (crop).jpg	Jeanne Sauvé	August 8, 1974	December 4, 1975	Liberal		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| –	File:No image.svg	Roméo LeBlanc (Acting)	December 5, 1975	January 21, 1976	Liberal		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 3	File:Jean Marchand1.jpg	Jean Marchand	January 22, 1976	June 30, 1976	Liberal		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| –	File:No image.svg	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	File:No image.svg	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	File:No image.svg	Leonard Marchand	April 2, 1979	June 3, 1979	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 6	File:No image.svg	John Allen Fraser	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ca-21">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 7	File:No image.svg	John Roberts	March 3, 1980	August 11, 1983	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ca-22">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 8	File:No image.svg	Charles Caccia	August 12, 1983	June 29, 1984	Liberal		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
June 30, 1984			September 16, 1984	23 (Turner)		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 9	File:No image.svg	Suzanne Blais-Grenier	September 17, 1984	August 19, 1985	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ca-24">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 10	File:No image.svg	Thomas McMillan	August 20, 1985	December 7, 1988	Progressive Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 11	File:Lucien Bouchard 2009.png	Lucien Bouchard	December 8, 1988 (Acting until Jan.30, 1989)	May 21, 1990	Progressive Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| –	File:No image.svg	Frank Oberle (Acting)	May 22, 1990	May 22, 1990	Progressive Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 12	File:No image.svg	Robert de Cotret	May 23, 1990 (Acting until Sep.20)	April 20, 1991	Progressive Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 13	File:Jean Charest.jpg	Jean Charest	April 21, 1991	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 14	File:No image.svg	Pierre H. Vincent	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ca-25">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 15	File:No image.svg	Sheila Copps	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ca-26">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 16	File:No image.svg	Sergio Marchi	January 25, 1996	June 10, 1997	Liberal		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 17	File:No image.svg	Christine Stewart	June 11, 1997	August 2, 1999	Liberal		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 18	File:David Anderson April 2011.jpg	David Anderson	August 3, 1999	December 11, 2003	Liberal		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
December 12, 2003			July 19, 2004	27 (Martin)		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 19	File:Stéphane Dion.jpg	Stéphane Dion	July 20, 2004		February 5, 2006	Liberal	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 20	File:RonaAmbrose EdmontonLRTOpening 25April2009 (cropped).jpg	Rona Ambrose	February 6, 2006	January 3, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ca-28">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 21	File:John Baird - Canadian MP.jpg	John Baird	January 4, 2007	October 29, 2008	Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 22	File:Jim Prentice.jpg	Jim Prentice	October 30, 2008	November 5, 2010	Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 23	File:John Baird - Canadian MP.jpg	John Baird	November 7, 2010	January 3, 2011	Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 24	File:Peter Kent.jpg	Peter Kent	January 4, 2011	July 15, 2013	Conservative		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 25	File:Leona Aglukkaq 2014.jpg	Leona Aglukkaq	July 15, 2013	November 4, 2015	Conservative
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 26	File:Catherine McKenna 2016.jpg	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	File:Canadian Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (cropped).jpg	Jonathan Wilkinson	November 20, 2019	October 26, 2021	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 28	File:Steven Guilbeault - 2022 (52548719776) (cropped).jpg	Steven Guilbeault	October 26, 2021	March 14, 2025	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 29	File:Terryduguid.1.jpg	Terry Duguid	March 14, 2025	May 12, 2025	Liberal	30 (Carney)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 30	File:Julie Dabrusin - 2018 CFC Annual Gala & Auction (39592363104) (cropped).jpg	Julie Dabrusin	May 13, 2025	Incumbant	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		Nathalie Provost	May 13, 2025	present	Liberal	30 (Carney)

See also

• International list of ministers of the environment

Notes

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