2025 Federal Cabinet Appointments

Analysis

• Today, there was a substantial overhaul of the Cabinet appointed by Prime Minister Mark Carney on March 14, 2025, prior to the federal election.
• Eleven Ministers were not renewed from their previous positions.
• Former Trudeau Ministers still in key portfolios: Champagne in Finance, LeBlanc as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Canada-US Trade, Anand now at Foreign Affairs (Global Affairs Canada), Freeland at Transport, Fraser at Justice, MacKinnon as House Leader, Joly now at Industry [responsible for Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)], Guilbeault at Canadian Identity and Culture (Heritage), Anandasangaree at Public Safety, McGuinty at Defence, and Hajdu back at Jobs and Families [Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)].
• Joël Lightbound is now the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement, a highly impactful portfolio.  
• A number of newly elected MPs have been appointed to key cabinet roles, notably Tim Hodgson at Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), Marjorie Michel at Health, Lena Metlege Diab at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Gregor Robertson at Housing and Infrastructure, Mandy Gull-Masty at Indigenous Services, Eleanor Olszewski at Emergency Management and PrairesCan, Evan Solomon at AI and Digital Innovation, among others.  
• This cabinet has two tiers - Ministers as well as Secretaries of State, who will have specific policy areas of focus and will report to a more Senior Minister.
• Ministers and Secretaries per province:
  
  • British Columbia: 3 Ministers and 4 Secretaries of State 
  • Alberta: 1 Minister
  • Saskatchewan: 1 Secretary of State
  • Manitoba: 1 Minister
  • Ontario: 11 Ministers and 2 Secretaries of State
  • Quebec: 7 Ministers and 2 Secretaries of State
  • New Brunswick: 1 Minister and 1 Secretary of State
  • Nova Scotia: 2 Ministers
  • Prince Edward Island: 1 Minister
  • Newfoundland and Labrador: 1 Minister
  • Northwest Territories: 1 Minister

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On Tuesday, May 13th, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed his new cabinet with 28 Cabinet Ministers and 10 Secretaries of State.

The appointments are listed below:

Cabinet Ministers

Dominic Leblanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister Responsible for Canada-United States Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, and One Canadian Economy

Shafqat Ali, President of the Treasury Board

Rebecca Alty, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations

Mandy Gull-Masty, Minister of Indigenous Services

François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Finance and National Revenue

Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade

Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario

Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health

Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada

Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation and Public Works and Procurement

Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions

Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade

Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety

David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence

Jill McKnight, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence

Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of Small Business and Tourism

Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries

Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages

Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food 

Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada

Steven MacKinnon, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

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Secretaries of State

Buckley Belanger, Secretary of Rural Development

Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of Defence Procurement

Anna Gainey, Secretary of Children and Youth

Wayne Long, Secretary of the Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions

Stephanie McLean, Secretary of Seniors

Nathalie Provost, Secretary of Nature

Ruby Sahota, Secretary of Combatting Crime

Randeep Sarai, Secretary of International Development

Adam van Koeverden, Secretary of Sport

John Zerucelli, Secretary of Labour