Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada use the title The Honourable if they are ordinary members. Prime Ministers, Governors General and Chief Justices automatically are given the title The Right Honourable. While Governors General have the right to the title Right Honourable upon being sworn into office they are not inducted into the Privy Council until the end of their term unless they were previously members of the council by virtue of another office. Other eminent individuals such as prominent former Cabinet ministers are sometimes also given the title Right Honourable. Leaders of opposition parties and provincial premiers are not automatically inducted into the Privy Council. Opposition leaders are brought in from time to time either to commemorate a special event such as the Canadian Centennial in 1967, the patriation of the Constitution or, in order to allow them to be advised on sensitive issues of national security under the Security of Information Act. Paul Martin inaugurated a practice of inducting parliamentary secretaries into the Privy Council but this has not been continued by his successors.
Current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada (year sworn in) Royal consort Her Majesty Queen Camilla (2025)
Former governors general The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer (1984) The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson (2005) The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean (2012) The Right Honourable David Johnston (2018)
Current and former prime ministers The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien (1967)Initially joined Privy Council as federal cabinet minister. The Right Honourable Joe Clark (1979) The Right Honourable Kim Campbell (1989) The Right Honourable Paul Martin (1993) The Right Honourable Stephen Harper (2004)Initially joined Privy Council as federal Opposition Leader. The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau (2015) The Right Honourable Mark Carney (2025)
Current and former Chief Justices of Canada The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin (2000) The Right Honourable Richard Wagner (2017)
Current and former Cabinet ministers (by prime minister at induction)
Pierre Trudeau The Honourable Otto Emil Lang (1968) The Honourable André Ouellet (1972) The Honourable J. Judd Buchanan (1974) The Honourable Jean-Jacques Blais (1976)
Joe Clark The Honourable David Samuel Horne MacDonald (1979) The Honourable David Crombie (1979) The Honourable Henry Perrin Beatty (1979)
Pierre Trudeau (second ministry) The Honourable Charles Lapointe (1980) The Honourable Yvon Pinard (1980) The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy (1980) The Honourable Paul James Cosgrove (1980) The Honourable Judith A. Erola (1980) The Honourable Jacob Austin (1981) The Honourable Serge Joyal (1981) The Honourable David Collenette (1983) The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette (1983) The Honourable Roger Simmons (1983) The Honourable Roy MacLaren (1983) The Honourable Joseph Mario Jacques Olivier (1984)Olivier resigned from the Privy Council in 1987 when he ran for the position of Mayor of Longueuil. He was reappointed to the Privy Council in 2004.
John Turner The Honourable Herb Breau (1984) The Honourable Joseph Roger Rémi Bujold (1984)
Brian Mulroney The Honourable Jack Burnett Murta (1984) The Honourable Otto Jelinek (1984) The Honourable Walter Franklin McLean (1984) The Honourable Thomas McMillan (1984) The Honourable André Bissonnette (1984) The Honourable Benoît Bouchard (1984) The Honourable Michel Côté (1984) The Honourable Barbara McDougall (1984) The Honourable Lowell Murray (1986) The Honourable Pierre H. Cadieux (1986) The Honourable Jean Charest (1986) The Honourable Thomas Hockin (1986) The Honourable Monique Landry (1986) The Honourable Bernard Valcourt (1986) The Honourable Gerry Weiner (1986) The Honourable Douglas Grinslade Lewis (1987) The Honourable Pierre Blais (1987) The Honourable Lucien Bouchard (1988) The Honourable Gerry St. Germain (1988) The Honourable Mary Collins (1989) The Honourable Marcel Danis (1990) The Honourable Pauline Browes (1991) The Honourable Pierre H. Vincent (1993)
Kim Campbell The Honourable Jim Edwards (1993) The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson (1993) The Honourable Peter McCreath (1993) The Honourable Ian Angus Ross Reid (1993) The Honourable Larry Schneider (1993) The Honourable Garth Turner (1993)
Jean Chrétien The Honourable David Anderson (1993) The Honourable Ralph Goodale (1993) The Honourable David Dingwall (1993) The Honourable Brian Tobin (1993) The Honourable Sheila Copps (1993) The Honourable Sergio Marchi (1993) The Honourable John Manley (1993) The Honourable Douglas Young (1993) The Honourable Art Eggleton (1993) The Honourable Marcel Massé (1993) The Honourable Anne McLellan (1993) The Honourable Allan Rock (1993) The Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew (1993) The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay (1993) The Honourable Raymond Chan (1993) The Honourable Fernand Robichaud (1993) The Honourable Jon Gerrard (1993) The Honourable Lucienne Robillard (1995) The Honourable Jane Stewart (1996) The Honourable Stéphane Dion (1996) The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew (1996) The Honourable Martin Cauchon (1996) The Honourable Don Boudria (1996) The Honourable Hedy Fry (1996) The Honourable Lyle Vanclief (1997) The Honourable Herb Dhaliwal (1997) The Honourable Andy Mitchell (1997) The Honourable George Baker (1999) The Honourable Robert Daniel Nault (1999) The Honourable Maria Minna (1999) The Honourable Elinor Caplan (1999) The Honourable Denis Coderre (1999) The Honourable Bernard Boudreau (1999) The Honourable Sharon Carstairs (2001) The Honourable Robert Thibault (2001) The Honourable Rey Pagtakhan (2001) The Honourable Susan Whelan (2002) The Honourable Gar Knutson (2002) The Honourable Denis Paradis (2002) The Honourable Gerry Byrne (2002) The Honourable Jean Augustine (2002) The Honourable Wayne Easter (2002) The Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua (2002) The Honourable Paul DeVillers (2002) The Honourable Claude Drouin (2002) The Honourable Steven W. Mahoney (2003)
Paul Martin The Honourable Albina Guarnieri (2003) The Honourable Stan Kazmierczak Keyes (2003) The Honourable Joseph McGuire (2003) The Honourable Geoff Regan (2003) The Honourable Tony Valeri (2003) The Honourable David Pratt (2003) The Honourable Irwin Cotler (2003) The Honourable Judy Sgro (2003) The Honourable Hélène Chalifour Scherrer (2003) The Honourable Liza Frulla (2003) The Honourable Joe Volpe (2003) The Honourable Carolyn Bennett (2003) The Honourable Jacques Saada (2003) The Honourable Joe Fontana (2003)Initially joined Privy Council as Parliamentary Secretary. The Honourable Scott Brison (2003) The Honourable Ujjal Dosanjh (2004) The Honourable David Emerson (2004) The Honourable Tony Ianno (2004) The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc (2004) The Honourable Navdeep Singh Bains (2005) The Honourable Belinda Stronach (2005)
Stephen Harper The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn (2006) The Honourable Marjory LeBreton (2006) The Honourable Monte Solberg (2006) The Honourable Gary Lunn (2006) The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay (2006) The Honourable Loyola Hearn (2006) The Honourable Stockwell Day (2006) The Honourable Carol Skelton (2006) The Honourable Vic Toews (2006) The Honourable Rona Ambrose (2006) The Honourable Michael D. Chong (2006) The Honourable Diane Finley (2006) The Honourable Gordon O'Connor (2006) The Honourable Beverley J. Oda (2006) The Honourable John Baird (2006) The Honourable Maxime Bernier (2006) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon (2006) The Honourable Tony Clement (2006) The Honourable Josée Verner (2006) The Honourable Michael Fortier (2006) The Honourable John Reynolds (2006) The Honourable Peter Van Loan (2006) The Honourable Jay Hill (2006) The Honourable Jason Kenney (2007) The Honourable Gerry Ritz (2007) The Honourable Helena Guergis (2007) The Honourable Christian Paradis (2007) The Honourable Diane Ablonczy (2007) The Honourable James Moore (2008) The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq (2008) The Honourable Steven John Fletcher (2008) The Honourable Gary Goodyear (2008) The Honourable Peter Kent (2008) The Honourable Denis Lebel (2008) The Honourable Rob Merrifield (2008) The Honourable Lisa Raitt (2008) The Honourable Lynne Yelich (2008) The Honourable Rob Moore (2010) The Honourable John Duncan (2010) The Honourable Julian Fantino (2011) The Honourable Ted Menzies (2011) The Honourable Steven Blaney (2011) The Honourable Edward Fast (2011) The Honourable Joe Oliver (2011) The Honourable Peter Penashue (2011) The Honourable Tim Uppal (2011) The Honourable Alice Wong (2011) The Honourable Bal Gosal (2011) The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay (2013) The Honourable Shelly Glover (2013) The Honourable Chris Alexander (2013) The Honourable Khristinn Kellie Leitch (2013) The Honourable Kevin Sorenson (2013) The Honourable Pierre Poilievre (2013) The Honourable Candice Bergen (2013) The Honourable Greg Rickford (2013) The Honourable Michelle Rempel (2013) The Honourable Ed Holder (2014) The Honourable Erin O'Toole (2015)
Justin Trudeau The Honourable William Francis Morneau (2015) The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould (2015) The Honourable Judy M. Foote (2015) The Honourable Chrystia Freeland (2015) The Honourable Jane Philpott (2015) The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos (2015) The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau (2015) The Honourable Mélanie Joly (2015) The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier (2015) The Honourable Kent Hehr (2015) The Honourable Catherine McKenna (2015) The Honourable Harjit Singh Sajjan (2015) The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk (2015) The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi (2015) The Honourable Maryam Monsef (2015) The Honourable Carla Qualtrough (2015) The Honourable Hunter Tootoo (2015) The Honourable Patricia A. Hajdu (2015) The Honourable Bardish Chagger (2015) The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor (2016) Initially joined Privy Council as Deputy Government Whip. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne (2017) The Honourable Karina Gould (2017) The Honourable Ahmed Hussen (2017) The Honourable Seamus O'Regan (2017) The Honourable Pablo Rodríguez (2017) The Honourable David McGuinty (2018)Initially joined Privy Council as Chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. The Honourable William Sterling Blair (2018) The Honourable Mary Ng (2018) The Honourable Filomena Tassi (2018) The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson (2018) The Honourable Mark Holland (2018)Rodriguez and Holland joined the Privy Council as Chief Government Whip and were later appointed to ministerial roles. The Honourable David Lametti (2019) The Honourable Bernadette Jordan (2019) The Honourable Joyce Murray (2019) The Honourable Marco E.L. Mendicino (2019) The Honourable Steven Guilbeault (2019) The Honourable Anita Anand (2019) The Honourable Mona Fortier (2019) The Honourable Marc Miller (2019) The Honourable Deborah Schulte (2019) The Honourable Daniel Vandal (2019) The Honourable Omar Alghabra (2020)Initially joined Privy Council while a parliamentary secretary. The Honourable Randy Boissonnault (2021) The Honourable Sean Fraser (2021) The Honourable Gudie Hutchings (2021) The Honourable Marci Ien (2021) The Honourable Helena Jaczek (2021) The Honourable Kamal Khera (2021) The Honourable Pascale St-Onge (2021) The Honourable Gary Anandasangaree (2023) The Honourable Terry Beech (2023) The Honourable Soraya Martinez Ferrada (2023) The Honourable Ya'ara Saks (2023) The Honourable Jenna Sudds (2023) The Honourable Rechie Valdez (2023) The Honourable Arif Virani (2023) The Honourable Ruby Sahota (2024) The Honourable Rachel Bendayan (2024) The Honourable Élisabeth Brière (2024) The Honourable Terry Duguid (2024) The Honourable Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (2024) The Honourable Darren Fisher (2024) The Honourable Joanne Thompson (2024) Mark Carney The Honourable Arielle Kayabaga (2025) The Honourable Kody Blois (2025) The Honourable Ali Ehsassi (2025)