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Canada is a federation that comprises ten provinces and three territories. Its government is structured as a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy, with a monarch as its sovereign and a Prime Minister as its head of government. Each of the country's provinces and territories also has a head of government, called premier in English.
In Canada, a premier (/ ˈ p r iː m j ər / ⓘ PREEM-yər) is the head of government of a province or territory. Though the word is merely a synonym for prime minister, it is employed for provincial prime ministers to differentiate them from the prime minister of Canada. There are ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers.
Attorneys general of Canadian provinces (6 C, 6 P) Deputy premiers of Canadian provinces and territories (13 C, 1 P) Ministers of education of Canadian provinces (3 C)
Province Prime Minister Portrait Start End Notes Prime minister outside Parliament John A. Macdonald: 1 July 1867 20 September 1867 Macdonald was appointed as the first Prime Minister on the date that Canada came into existence, but before the first Parliamentary election was held Kingston: Ontario: John A. Macdonald: 20 September 1867 5 ...
Unlike the provinces, the territories of Canada have no inherent jurisdiction and only have those powers delegated to them by the federal government. [1] [2] [3] Commissioners
The Government of Ontario (French: Gouvernement de l'Ontario) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Ontario.The term Government of Ontario refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council), appointed on the advice of the premier, and the non-partisan Ontario Public Service (whom the Executive Council ...
In order of appointment to the King's Privy Council for Canada with ties broken by order of election to the House or appointment to the Senate. [5] Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition (Pierre Poilievre) Lieutenant Governors of the provinces, in the order their province joined Confederation and by population at joining to break ties
Historically, several provinces had bicameral legislatures, but they all eventually dissolved their upper house or merged it with their lower house, so that all provincial legislatures are now unicameral. Members of the legislative assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories are called by various names. In most provinces and all three ...