List of visible minority political party leaders in Canada

This list comprises persons who belong to a visible minority group who have served as leaders of either federal, provincial, and territorial political parties in Canada. Note that the term "visible minority" refers to Canadians who identify as neither white nor Indigenous.https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3Var.pl?Function=DECI&Id=257515

List ImageLeaderJurisdictionAncestryTook officeLeft officeDurationPartyHighest position (b. 1947) British Columbia Chinese 3 years Liberal (1945–1996) Prince Edward Island Lebanese Liberal Premier (1986–1993) (1934–2025) Alberta Indian New Democratic (b. 1947) British Columbia Indian New Democratic Premier (2000–2001) (b. 1974) Prince Edward Island Lebanese Liberal Premier (2007–2015) (co-spokesperson, b. 1961) Quebec Iranian Québec solidaire (b. 1943) Newfoundland and Labrador Lebanese New Democratic (interim, b. 1941) Canada Haitian Bloc Québécois (b. 1966) Alberta Indian Liberal Leader of the Opposition (2011–2012) (co-spokesperson, b. 1967) Quebec Chilean Québec solidaire (b. 1977) Manitoba Pakistani Liberal (interim, b. 1951/1952) Manitoba Filipino New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2016–2017) (b. 1979) Canada Indian New Democratic (b. 1974) Quebec Haitian Liberal Leader of the Opposition (2020–2022) (b. 1972) Canada Caribbean Green (interim, b. 1990) Canada Hong Kong Green https://www.coastreporter.net/politics/a-look-at-zach-churchill-leader-of-the-nova-scotia-liberal-party-9717346 Nova Scotia Lebanese Liberal Leader of the Opposition (2022–2024) (b. 1974) Yukon Indian Liberal Premier (2023–2025) (b. 1972) Alberta Indian Incumbent New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2025–present) (co-spokesperson, b. 1977) Quebec Palestinian Incumbent Québec solidaire (co-leader, b. 1990) Canada Cuban Green (b. 1980) Manitoba Pakistani Progressive Conservative Leader of the Opposition (2025–2026) Pablo Rodriguez(b. 1967) Quebec Argentine Liberal

See also List of current Canadian first ministers List of female first ministers in Canada List of visible minority Canadian cabinet ministers List of visible minority politicians in Canada List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States List of Indigenous Canadian politicians List of Jewish Canadian politicians List of female political party leaders in Canada

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