In the House of Commons of Canada, the non-governing political parties establish shadow cabinets, which are teams of frontbench MPs that scrutinise the policies and actions of the Cabinet of Canada.
Although shadow cabinets have existed throughout most of Canadian parliamentary history, this list of shadow cabinets begins with the shadow cabinets of the 39th Canadian Parliament, as parliamentary records and media coverage on the composition of shadow cabinets was less common prior to the 2006 Canadian federal election, making a complete list difficult to produce.
Shadow cabinets by parliament +Party key
2006–present Parliament Leader of the Opposition Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet(s) Government Other opposition 39th Parliament Dion I Harper (28th Ministry) Duceppe V Layton III 40th Parliament Dion II, Ignatieff I Duceppe VI Layton IV 41st Parliament Layton V, Turmel, Mulcair I Rae, J. Trudeau Barbot, Paillé, Bellavance, Fortin I, Beaulieu I 42nd Parliament Ambrose, Scheer I (29th Ministry) Mulcair II, Singh I Fortin II, Ouellet, Beaulieu II, Blanchet I 43rd Parliament Scheer II, O'Toole I Blanchet II Singh II 44th Parliament O'Toole II, Bergen, Poilievre I Blanchet III Singh III Carney (30th Ministry) 45th Parliament Poilievre II Blanchet IV Davies, A. Lewis
Shadow cabinets by party Bloc Québécois
Parliament Shadow Cabinet Party leader Legislative role 39th Canadian Parliament (2006–2008) Duceppe V Gilles Duceppe 40th Canadian Parliament (2008–2011) Duceppe VI 41st Canadian Parliament (2011–2015) Barbot Vivian Barbot (interim) Paillé Daniel Paillé Bellavance / Fortin I vacant Beaulieu I Mario Beaulieu Duceppe VII Gilles Duceppe 42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019) Fortin II Rhéal Fortin (interim) Oullet Oullet Beaulieu II Mario Beaulieu Blanchet I Yves-François Blanchet 43rd Canadian Parliament (2019–2021) Blanchet II 44th Canadian Parliament (2021–2025) Blanchet III 45th Canadian Parliament (2025–present) Blanchet IV
Conservative Party
Parliament Shadow Cabinet Party leader Legislative role 39th Canadian Parliament (2006–2008) Governing party(Harper ministry) 40th Canadian Parliament (2008–2011) 41st Canadian Parliament (2011–2015) 42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019) Ambrose Rona Ambrose (interim) Scheer I Andrew Scheer 43rd Canadian Parliament (2019–2021) Scheer II O'Toole I Erin O'Toole 44th Canadian Parliament (2021–2025) O'Toole II Bergen Candice Bergen (interim) Poilievre I Pierre Poilievre 45th Canadian Parliament (2025–present) Poilievre II
Liberal Party
Parliament Shadow Cabinet Party leader Legislative role 39th Canadian Parliament (2006–2008) Dion I Stéphane Dion 40th Canadian Parliament (2008–2011) Dion II Ignatieff Michael Ignatieff 41st Canadian Parliament (2011–2015) Rae Bob Rae (interim) J. Trudeau Justin Trudeau 42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019) Governing party(J. Trudeau ministry)(Carney ministry) 43rd Canadian Parliament (2019–2021) 44th Canadian Parliament (2021–2025) 45th Canadian Parliament (2025–present)
New Democratic Party
Parliament Shadow Cabinet Party leader Legislative role 39th Canadian Parliament (2006–2008) Layton III Jack Layton 40th Canadian Parliament (2008–2011) Layton IV 41st Canadian Parliament (2011–2015) Layton V Turmel Nycole Turmel (interim) Mulcair I Tom Mulcair 42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019) Mulcair II Singh I Jagmeet Singh 43rd Canadian Parliament (2019–2021) Singh II 44th Canadian Parliament (2021–2025) Singh III 45th Canadian Parliament (2025–present) Davies Don Davies (interim) A. Lewis Avi Lewis
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References
See also
List of Canadian ministries List of British shadow cabinets