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Line 6: {{Use Canadian English\|date=April 2020}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=June 2020}} InUnlike ~~contrast~~other ~~with the~~[[Federation\|federal political ~~party~~ systems ~~of many nations~~]], Canadian political parties at the federal level are often ~~only~~ loosely or not at all connected ~~with~~to parties at the provincial level, despite having similar names and policy positions.<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Christian\|first1=William\|last2=Jansen\|first2=Harold\|title=Party System\|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/party-system\|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia \|publisher=Historica Canada\|access-date=November 7, 2018\|date=December 11, 2015\|quote=Although there are often provincial parties with similar names or aims as national political parties, Canadian parties are not generally well-integrated{{nbsp}}... Despite the general lack of formal ties, however, there is often significant overlap between supporters of provincial and national parties of the same name.}}</ref> One exception is the [[New Democratic Party]], which is organizationally integrated with most of its provincial counterparts ~~including a shared membership~~. ==Current parties== Line 14: {\| class="wikitable sortable" \|- ! colspan="2" \| Name and {{tooltip\|abbr.\|Abbreviation}} ! Founded ! class="unsortable"\| Leader▼ ! class="unsortable"\| Ideology ! Political position▼ ▲! class="unsortable"\| Leader ! [[House of Commons of Canada\|MPs]] ! Largest MP caucus ▲! Political position \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Liberal\|row}} \| ~~'''~~[[Liberal Party of Canada]]~~'''~~ (LPC)<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Parti libéral du Canada}} (PLC)</small> \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1867 \| [[Liberalism in Canada\|Liberalism]], [[social liberalism]]▼ \| [[Justin Trudeau]] ▲\| {{ubl\|class=nowrap\|[[Liberalism in Canada\|Liberalism]], \|[[~~social~~Social liberalism]]}} \| {{Composition bar\|158\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Liberal}}}}  ▼ \| {{nowrap\|[[Centre politics\|Centre]] to [[Centre-left politics\|centre-left]]}}▼ ▲\| {{Composition bar\|~~158~~156\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Liberal}}}}   \| {{Composition bar\|179\|245\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Liberal}}}} (1940){{efn\|In 2015, the Liberal Party held 184 seats; the most in its history. However, at that time there were 338 seats total, so the proportion of seats held by the party was smaller than it was in 1940.}} ▲\| [[Centre politics\|Centre]] to [[Centre-left politics\|centre-left]] \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative\|row}} \| ~~'''~~[[Conservative Party of Canada]]~~''' ~~ (CPC)<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Parti conservateur du Canada}} (PCC)</small> \| style="text-align:right;"\| 2003 \| [[Conservatism in Canada\|Conservatism]], [[economic liberalism]]▼ \| [[Pierre Poilievre]] \| {{ubl\|class=nowrap\|[[Conservatism in Canada\|Conservatism]]\|[[Economic liberalism]]}} \| {{Composition bar\|117\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative}}}}  ▼ \| {{nowrap\|[[Centre-right politics\|Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics\|right-wing]]}}▼ ▲\| {{Composition bar\|~~117~~118\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative}}}}   \| {{Composition bar\|166\|308\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative}}}} (2011) ▲\| [[Centre-right politics\|Centre-right]] to [[Right-wing politics\|right-wing]] \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|BQ\|row}} \| {{lang\|fr\|~~'''~~[[Bloc Québécois]]}} ''(BQ)''}} \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1991 \| [[Quebec sovereignty movement\|Quebec sovereignty]], [[social democracy]], [[Regionalism (politics)\|regionalism]]▼ \| {{Nowrap\|[[Yves-François Blanchet]]}} ▲\| {{ubl\|class=nowrap\|[[Quebec sovereignty movement\|Quebec sovereignty]], \|[[~~social~~Social democracy]], \|[[Regionalism (politics)\|~~regionalism~~Regionalism]]\|[[Republicanism]]}} \| [[Centre-left politics\|Centre-left]]▼ \| {{Composition bar\|32\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|BQ}}}}   \| {{Composition bar\|54\|295\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|BQ}}}} (1993){{efn\|The Bloc Québécois also won 54 seats in the 2004 election, but at the time there were 308 seats total, so the proportion of seats held by the party was smaller than it was in 1993.}} ▲\| [[Centre-left politics\|Centre-left]] \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|NDP\|row}} \| ~~'''~~[[New Democratic Party]]~~'''~~ (NDP)<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Nouveau Parti démocratique}} (NPD)</small> \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1961 ~~\| [[Social democracy]] <!--No citations at party's article for democratic socialism as ideology -->~~ \| [[Jagmeet Singh]] \| [[Social democracy]]<br>[[Progressivism]]<br>[[Democratic socialism]] {{small\|(factions)}} \| {{Composition bar\|25\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|NDP}}}}  ▼ \| {{Composition bar\|103\|308\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|NDP}}}} (2011)▼ \| [[Centre-left politics\|Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing politics\|left-wing]] ▲\| {{Composition bar\|2524\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|NDP}}}}   ▲\| {{Composition bar\|103\|308\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|NDP}}}} (2011) \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Green\|row}} \| ~~'''~~[[Green Party of Canada]]~~'''~~ (GPC)<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Le Parti Vert du Canada}}</small> \| style="text-align:right;"\| 1983 \| [[Green politics]]▼ \| [[Elizabeth May]] ▲\| [[Green politics]] \| ▼ \| {{Composition bar\|2\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Green}}}}   \| {{Composition bar\|3\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Green}}}} (2019) ▲\| \|} Line 165: \| [[People's Party of Canada]]<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Parti populaire du Canada}}</small> \| style="text-align:right;"\| 2018 \| [[Conservatism in Canada\|Conservatism]], [[right-~~wing populism~~libertarianism]], [[~~classical~~right-wing ~~liberalism]], [[libertarianism~~populism]] \| [[Maxime Bernier]] \| {{Composition bar\|1\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|PPC}}}} (2018) Line 178: \|— \| {{Composition bar\|39\|338\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Rhinoceros}}}} (2019) \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|~~Conservative~~United\|row}}▼ \| United Party of Canada \| style="text-align:right;"\| 2024 \| [[Social conservatism]] \| Grant Abraham \|— \|— \|[[Right-wing politics\|Right-wing]] \|} Line 214 ⟶ 222: ! class="unsortable"\| Ideology ! class="unsortable"\| Facilitator / Leader ! [[Senate of Canada\|Senators]] {{as of\|~~2023~~2024\|lc=yes}} ! Most senators \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Independent Senators Group\|row}} \| ~~'''~~[[Independent Senators Group]]~~'''~~<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Groupe des sénateurs indépendants}}</small> \| 2016 \| [[Independent politician\|Non-partisan]] [[technical group]] \| [[Raymonde Saint-Germain]] \| {{Composition bar\|3943\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Independent Senators Group}}}}   \| {{Composition bar\|59\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Independent Senators Group}}}} (2019) \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Canadian Senators Group\|row}} \| ~~'''~~[[Canadian Senators Group]]~~'''~~<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Groupe des sénateurs Canadiens}}</small> \| 2019 \| [[Independent politician\|Non-partisan]] [[technical group]] \| [[Scott Tannas]] \| {{Composition bar\|1618\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Canadian Senators Group}}}}   \| {{Composition bar\|1618\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Canadian Senators Group}}}} (~~2023~~2024) \|-▼ ▲{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative\|row}} \| '''[[Conservative Party of Canada]]''' <br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Parti conservateur du Canada}}</small>▼ \| 2003▼ ▲\| [[Conservatism in Canada\|Conservatism]], [[economic liberalism]] \| [[Pierre Poilievre]]▼ \| {{Composition bar\|15\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative}}}}  ▼ \| {{Composition bar\|65\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative}}}} (2013)▼ \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Progressive Senate Group\|row}} \| ~~'''~~[[Progressive Senate Group]]~~'''~~<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Groupe progressiste du sénat}}</small> \| 2019 \| [[Independent politician\|Non-partisan]] [[technical group]] \| [[Jane Cordy]] \| {{Composition bar\|1214\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Progressive Senate Group}}}}   \| {{Composition bar\|14\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Progressive Senate Group}}}} (2021) ▲\|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative\|row}} ▲\| ~~'''~~[[Conservative Party of Canada]]~~'''~~ <br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Parti conservateur du Canada}}</small> ▲\| 2003 ▲\| [[Conservatism in Canada\|Conservatism]], [[economic liberalism]] ▲\| [[Pierre Poilievre]] ▲\| {{Composition bar\|1512\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative}}}}   ▲\| {{Composition bar\|65\|105\|{{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Conservative}}}} (2013) \|} Line 296 ⟶ 304: \|- {{Canadian party colour\|CA\|Nationalist\|row}} \| [[Canadian Nationalist Party (2017)\|Canadian Nationalist Party]]<br /><small>{{lang\|fr\|Parti nationaliste canadien}}</small> \| 2017 \|\| {{dts\|2022}} \| [[White nationalism]] Line 778 ⟶ 786: * [[Action Canada]] (founded in 1971) * [[Canadian Labour Party]], 1917–1929 * [[Canadian Renewal Party ~~for Renewal~~]], 1993 * [[Canadian Union of Fascists]], 1930s * [[Christian Credit Party]], 1982–1983