Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

The minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (Template:Langx) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the federal government's relations with the governments of the provinces and territories of Canada. The Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs does not head a full-fledged department, but rather directs the Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat within the Privy Council Office, and ministers have often been assigned additional duties. The current Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs is Dominic LeBlanc.

Prior to the creation of full ministers responsible for this file, prime ministers occasionally appointed Ministers of State for Federal-Provincial Relations. That was the case from 1977 to 1980<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and from 1986 to 1991.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 1991 to 1993, the Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs served a similar role focused on intergovernmental negotiation of a package of constitutional reforms. The resulting package, the Charlottetown Accord, was defeated in a 1992 referendum.

Several provincial governments, such as Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec, have also created homologous ministerial positions responsible for relations with other provinces and the federal government.

List of ministers

Key:

No.		Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 1	File:No image.svg	Marcel Massé	November 14, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 2	File:Stéphane Dion cropped.jpg	Stéphane Dion	January 25, 1996	December 11, 2003
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 3	File:PierrePettigrew.JPG	Pierre Pettigrew	December 12, 2003	July 19, 2004		27 (Martin)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 4	File:No image.svg	Lucienne Robillard	July 20, 2004	February 5, 2006
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 5	File:Michael Chong.jpg	Michael Chong	February 6, 2006	November 27, 2006	Conservative	28 (Harper)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 6	File:Peter Van Loan December 2010.jpg	Peter Van Loan	November 27, 2006	January 3, 2007
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 7	File:Rona Ambrose at the 67th World Health Assembly - 2014 (cropped).jpg	Rona Ambrose	January 4, 2007	October 30, 2008
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 8	File:No image.svg	Josée Verner	October 30, 2008	May 18, 2011
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 9	File:No image.svg	Peter Penashue	May 18, 2011	March 14, 2013
Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 10	File:Denis Lebel 2017.jpg	Denis Lebel	March 15, 2013	November 4, 2015	Conservative	28 (Harper)
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 11	File:Justin Trudeau in Lima, Peru - 2018 (41507133581) (cropped) (cropped).jpg	Justin Trudeau	November 4, 2015	July 18, 2018	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 12	File:Dominic LeBlanc.jpg	Dominic LeBlanc	July 18, 2018	November 20, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 13	File:Chrystia Freeland in Ukraine - 2017 (cropped).jpg	Chrystia Freeland	November 20, 2019	August 18, 2020<ref name="CBC"/>	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (12)	File:Dominic LeBlanc in 2017.jpg	Dominic LeBlanc	August 18, 2020<ref name="CBC"/>	October 26, 2021
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (12)	File:Dominic LeBlanc 2023-03-06.jpg	Dominic LeBlanc	October 26, 2021	July 26, 2023	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (12)	File:Dominic LeBlanc 2023-03-06.jpg	Dominic LeBlanc	July 26, 2023	December 20, 2024	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (12)	File:Dominic LeBlanc 2023-03-06.jpg	Dominic LeBlanc	December 20, 2024	March 14, 2025	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (12)	File:Dominic LeBlanc 2023-03-06.jpg	Dominic LeBlanc	March 14, 2025	May 13, 2025	Liberal	30 (Carney)
Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (12)	File:Dominic LeBlanc 2023-03-06.jpg	Dominic LeBlanc	May 13, 2025	Incumbent	Liberal	30 (Carney)

External links

• Intergovernmental Affairs, Government of Canada
• Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat

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