The Ford ministry is the cabinet of the Government of Ontario currently in office. It is headed by its namesake, Ontario's 26th Premier Doug Ford and consists of members of Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario who are concurrently elected members in the Legislative assembly of Ontario.
The Ford ministry was formed in 2018 after having ousted the incumbent Liberal Wynne ministry and won a convincing majority mandate in the 2018 Ontario general election, winning just over 60% of the seats in the 42nd Parliament of Ontario. The original twenty-one members were sworn in during a ceremony held at Queen's Park on June 29, 2018. Since 2018, the Ford ministry has twice renewed their governing mandate from the electorate, respectively in June 2022 and February 2025.
With the exception of 2020, Premier Ford had carried out one major cabinet shuffle each year since 2018, most often in June. The most recent major shuffle took place in May 2025, shortly after the 2025 general election. The shuffle kept the size of the council of ministers at thirty-seven, the largest cabinet in Ontario history, and far larger than any past ministry formed by previous premiers. Current composition
The current composition of the Ford ministry was largely set in the post-election shuffle on March 19, 2025. With 37 members since August 2024, it is the largest cabinet in Ontario history by a substantial margin. Ford carry out a further shuffle on September 10, 2026, assinging new duties to six incumbent minister and promoting three new member into cabinet.
Explanatory notes: Assumed office and Joined Cabinet: contain years correspond to the major cabinet shuffles that took place on the follow date, unless otherwise noted.During 42nd Parliament June 29, 2018 June 20, 2019 June 18, 2021 During 43rd Parliament June 24, 2022 September 4, 2023 June 6, 2024 During 44th Parliament (current) March 19, 2025 September 10, 2026
Ordering: Per Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs' Ontario order of precedence, members of the council are to be ordered "in accordance with the precedence document issued by the Cabinet Office", but no such documents is currently made public. Previous version of the document follow ordering similar to that in the Table of Precedence of Canada, primarily by the date a member first joined council, followed by the date of their first election to the legislature. This table is ordered as such.) Minister Portfolio Assumedoffice Joinedcabinet 2018 2018 2018Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Minister of Health 2022 2018 2007 Chair of Cabinet 2018 2018 2011Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Minister of Rural Affairs 2021 2018 2011 Minister for Seniors and Accessibility 2018 2018 2016 Minister of Finance 2020 2018 2018 Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation 2018 2018 2018Minister Responsible for Ring of Fire Economic and Community Partnerships 2019 2019 2018 Minister of Education 2025 2019 2018 Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response 2025 2019 2018 Minister of Energy and Mines 2025 2019 2018 Minister of Transportation 2023 2019 2018 President of the Treasury Board 2026 2019 2018 Minister of Infrastructure 2026 2021 2018 Minister of Children, Community and Social Services 2023 2022 2018 2022 2022 2022 Minister of Northern Economic Development and Growth 2025 2022 2022 Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development 2026 2024 2022 Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing 2025 2023 2022 2025 2023 2022 Minister of Red Tape Reduction 2025 2023 2018 Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement 2025 2024 2018 Minister of Natural Resources 2025 2024 2018 Minister of Long-Term Care 2024 2024 2018Minister of Francophone Affairs Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security 2025 2024 2022 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness 2026 2024 2016 Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism 2025 2024 2022 2025 2018 2018 2023 2021 2018 2022 2022 2022 2025 2022 2022 2026 2023 2018 2025 2024 2022 Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming 2026 2025 2024 Minister of Sport 2026 2026 2022 2026 2026 2022 2026 2026 2025
History 2018 The cabinet was sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29. The cabinet featured Ford as Premier and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs with former Progressive Conservative leadership candidates Christine Elliott as Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Caroline Mulroney as Attorney General. Former interim leaders of the Progressive Conservatives Vic Fedeli and Jim Wilson were assigned to be Minister of Finance and Minister of Economic Development, respectively. This initial cabinet also featured Lisa MacLeod as both Minister of Community and Social Services and Minister of Children and Youth Services, Lisa Thompson as Minister of Education, Rod Phillips as Minister of the Environment, and John Yakabuski as Minister of Transportation. The first change to the cabinet came on November 2, 2018, when Jim Wilson resigned to sit as an independent and Todd Smith assumed his role as Minister of Economic Development.
2019 The first major cabinet shuffle came on June 20, 2019, as the premier expanded the cabinet to 28 members. Doug Downey, Paul Calandra, Stephen Lecce and Ross Romano were promoted to cabinet to be Attorney General, Government House Leader, Minister of Education, and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, respectively. Jill Dunlop, Kinga Surma, and Prabmeet Sarkaria were promoted to be Associate Ministers. Rod Phillips became Minister of Finance, Jeff Yurek the Minister of the Environment, Todd Smith the Minister of Children and Youth Services, Caroline Mulroney the Minister of Transportation, Vic Fedeli the Minister of Economic Development, Lisa Thompson the Minister of Government and Consumer Services, Lisa MacLeod the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Laurie Scott the Minister of Infrastructure, and Monte McNaughton the Minister of Labour. Bill Walker and Michael Tibollo were demoted from ministerial positions to be Associate Ministers, and Christine Elliott's portfolio split with Merrilee Fullerton taking over the newly created Ministry of Long-Term Care.
2021 In February 2021, Peter Bethlenfalvy replaced Rod Phillips as Minister of Finance following criticism of his international vacations during the COVID-19 pandemic, though he returned to cabinet in June as the Minister of Long-Term Care.
That June shuffle removed 5 veteran members — Jeff Yurek, John Yakabuski, Laurie Scott, Bill Walker, and Ernie Hardeman — all having served since 2018 and toiled for years on the opposition bench (Hardeman in particular was the most senior member of caucus and the only member of the ministry who have served in the Harris and Eves ministries), and replaced them with 6 new members to cabinet, including David Piccini as Minister of the Environment, Parm Gill as Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Khaleed Rasheed as Associate Minister of Digital Government, Stan Cho as Associate Minister of Transportation, Nina Tangri as Associate Minister for Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, and Jane McKenna as the Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues. Kinga Surma and Jill Dunlop were promoted from their associate minister roles to be Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Colleges and Universities, respectively, with Prabmeet Sakaria being promoted from associate minister to President of the Treasury Board. She shuffle bring the cabinet to 29 members, one shy of the previous record set by the Wynne ministry in 2016.
2022 Ford conducted an extensive cabinet shuffle following his government re-election in the 2022 Ontario general election. The most significant appointment was naming Sylvia Jones as Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, the single largest portfolio in the government. These roles were previously held by Christine Elliott, Ford's leadership rival who retired from politics at that year's election. Most senior ministers retained their portfolio, though the shuffle ousted Lisa McLeod who had been dogged by controversies, and Ross Romano, both members with experience from opposition years, and saw Greg Rickford, once simultaneously held all resource portfolio, relinquished the mining brief, after having lost the energy brief a year prior. The shuffle also brought six rookie MPPs into cabinet, including Ford's nephew Michael as Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism. While Michael Ford's appointment drew much expected derision and invited comparison to cardinal-nephews appointed by Renaissance era popes, he actually came with more political experience than most of his rookie peers given service as a Toronto municipal elected official. This shuffle brought his cabinet to 30 members, the same number as previous record on size.
2023 Earlier in the year, a minor shuffle occurred following the resignation of Merrilee Fullerton, with Michael Parsa replacing her.
Ford conducted two shuffles in September 2023. A major cabinet shuffle was held following the fallout due to the Greenbelt scandal. Housing minister Steve Clark resigned and Stan Cho was added to cabinet.
Weeks later, another cabinet shuffle took place following the resignations of Monte McNaughton and Kaleed Rasheed. Andrea Khanjin and Todd McCarthy were added to cabinet. The shuffle also added Vijay Thanigasalam as an associated minister, pushing the number of minister to 31. With this, the Ford ministry officially set the record as the largest cabinet in Ontario history.
2024 On June 6, 2024, on the last day of sitting before the summer break, Doug Ford conducted a major Cabinet shuffle, surprising his caucus, the media, and the public. Ford expanded the size of cabinet to 36 members, again setting the record for the largest cabinet in Ontario history, changing the portfolios of many ministers and adding many Parliamentary Assistants to the cabinet without removing a current minister from cabinet. The new additions to the team included Sam Oosterhoff, Stephen Crawford, Nolan Quinn, Natalia Kusendova-Bashta, Mike Harris Jr. (Son of former PC premier Mike Harris Sr.), and Trevor Jones. The cabinet shuffle also included the addition of former Minister of Housing Steve Clark as Government House leader, who serves outside of the ministry.
In response to the unexpected resignation of veteran minister Todd Smith, one of only a handful of minister remaining with experience from opposition years, Ford conducted a small scale shuffle that impacted two of the largest budget portfolio in the government in August 2024. Smith's crucial education brief, which he only assumed two months prior, was assigned to Jill Dunlop, who in turn handed her brief for higher education to Nolan Quinn who was elevated from junior minister rank. The shuffle also saw the entry of Kevin Holland and Graham McGregor as associate ministers, thus expanding cabinet size to 37, breaking the record for the third time for leading the largest cabinet in Ontario history.
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