Executive Council of Ontario

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Executive Council of Ontario
Conseil des ministres de l'Ontario
NicknameCabinet of Ontario
FormationJuly 20, 1867
(157 years ago)
 (1867-07-20)
Membership
Charles III
Represented by
Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor
Chair
Vic Fedeli, Chair of Cabinet
Staff Government of Ontario
The Ontario Cabinet of 1891. Clockwise, starting at centre foreground: O. Mowat, A.S. Hardy, J.M. Gibson, R. Harcourt, E.H. Bronson, J. Dryden, G.W. Ross, C.F. Fraser. Ontario Cabinet 1891.jpg
The Ontario Cabinet of 1891. Clockwise, starting at centre foreground: O. Mowat, A.S. Hardy, J.M. Gibson, R. Harcourt, E.H. Bronson, J. Dryden, G.W. Ross, C.F. Fraser.

The Executive Council of Ontario (French : Conseil des ministres de l'Ontario), often informally referred to as the Cabinet of Ontario (French: Cabinet de l'Ontario), is the cabinet of the Canadian province of Ontario. It comprises ministers of the provincial Crown, who are selected by the premier of Ontario (the first minister of the Crown) and appointed by the lieutenant governor. The activities of the Government of Ontario are directed by the Executive Council.

Contents

The Executive Council is almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Though the lieutenant governor does not generally attend Cabinet meetings, directives issued by the Crown on the advice of the ministers are said to be ordered by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council. Unless disqualified by law, Ministers are granted honorific prefix "The Honourable" and post-nominal “ECO” for life. The honorific applies to current and future ministers, as well as to former ministers who were alive in June 2025. [1]

The Cabinet is similar in structure and role to the federal Privy Council for Canada, though smaller in size, and, whereas the federal Cabinet is actually a committee of the Privy Council, the Executive Council of Ontario and Cabinet of Ontario are, for the most part, one and the same (past members of the Executive Council are appointed honorary members of the Executive Council, without a right to attend Cabinet meetings or having any other rights except the use of The Honourable before their name and the post-nominal ECO). [2]

Current Cabinet

Doug Ford and his Cabinet were sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29, 2018, following the 2018 general election. This is the current cabinet of Ontario: [3]

Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant governorTerm
Edith Dumont (2023–present)

Premier

PremierPortfolioSince
Doug Ford Premier of Ontario 2018
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

Other ministers

MinisterPortfolioSince
Peter Bethlenfalvy Minister of Finance 2020
Paul Calandra Minister of Education 2025
Raymond Cho Minister of Seniors and Accessibility 2018
Stan Cho Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming 2024
Stephen Crawford Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement 2025
Doug Downey Attorney General 2019
Jill Dunlop Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response2025
Vic Fedeli Chair of Cabinet 2018
Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade 2019
Rob Flack Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ontario) 2024
Zee Hamid Associate Solicitor General for Auto Theft and Bail Reform2025
Mike Harris Jr. Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) 2025
Kevin Holland Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products2025
Sylvia Jones Deputy Premier 2022
Minister of Health 2022
Trevor Jones Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Agribusiness 2025
Michael Kerzner Solicitor General of Ontario 2022
Andrea Khanjin Minister of Red Tape Reduction2025
Natalia Kusendova-Bashta Minister of Long-Term Care 2024
Stephen Lecce Minister of Energy and Mines 2025
Neil Lumsden Minister of Sport2024
Todd McCarthy Minister of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks 2025
Graham McGregor Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism 2025
Caroline Mulroney President of the Treasury Board 2022
Minister of Francophone Affairs 2018
Sam Oosterhoff Associate Minister of Energy-Intensive Industries2024
Michael Parsa Minister of Children, Community and Social Services 2023
David Piccini Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development 2023
George Pirie Minister of Northern Economic Development and Growth2025
Nolan Quinn Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security 2025
Greg Rickford Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation 2024
Minister Responsible for Ring of Fire Economic and Community Partnerships2025
Prabmeet Sarkaria Minister of Transportation 2023
Graydon Smith Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing2025
Kinga Surma Minister of Infrastructure 2021
Nina Tangri Associate Minister of Small Business2023
Vijay Thanigasalam Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions2025
Lisa Thompson Minister of Rural Affairs2021
Michael Tibollo Associate Attorney General2025
Charmaine Williams Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity2022

Former portfolios

Ontario Shadow Cabinet

See also

References

  1. "Members of the Executive Council Recognition Act, 2025, SO 2025, c 10, Sch 12". Province of Ontario eLaws. June 5, 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  2. "Members of the Executive Council Recognition Act, 2025, SO 2025, c 10, Sch 12". Province of Ontario eLaws. June 5, 2025. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  3. "Ministers | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2025-04-30.