Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Vice-première ministre du Canada
Incumbent
Vacant
since December 16, 2024
Government of Canada
Privy Council Office
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports to
AppointerMonarch (represented by the governor general)
on the advice of the prime minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderAllan MacEachen
FormationSeptember 16, 1977
SalaryCA$299,900 (2024)[NB 1][4]
Websitedeputypm.canada.ca

The deputy prime minister of Canada (French: vice-première ministre du Canada)[NB 2] is a minister of the Crown and a member of the Canadian Cabinet. The office is conferred at the discretion of the prime minister and does not have an associated departmental portfolio. Canadian deputy prime ministers are appointed to the Privy Council and styled as the Honourable (French: l'honorable), a privilege maintained for life.

The position is currently vacant. Chrystia Freeland was the tenth and most recent deputy prime minister of Canada, holding the role from November 20, 2019 until her resignation on December 16, 2024.[5] While deputy prime minister, she served concurrently first as minister of intergovernmental affairs then as minister of finance.

The position of deputy prime minister was vacant during the entirety of the Stephen Harper premiership and the first term of the Justin Trudeau premiership.

The deputy prime minister should not be confused with the position of the clerk of the Privy Council, who is effectively the deputy minister (the senior civil servant in a department) of the prime minister's department (which is the Privy Council Office).

  1. ^ Marleau, Robert; Montpetit, Camille, eds. (2000). "Parliamentary Institutions". House of Commons Procedure and Practice. Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada. ISBN 2-89461-378-4.
  2. ^ "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Tonda MacCharles and Bruce Campion-Smith (November 20, 2019). "Chrystia Freeland named deputy prime minister in cabinet shuffle". The Star. Retrieved November 20, 2019.


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