Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories

This is a list of the legislative assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories. Each province's legislative assembly, along with the province's lieutenant governor, form the province's legislature (which is called a parliament or general assembly in some provinces). 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 territories, they are called Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in English. In Ontario, they are called members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs); in Quebec, they are called members of the National Assembly (MNAs); and in Newfoundland and Labrador, they are called members of the House of Assembly (MHAs).

The legislative assembly with the most members is the National Assembly of Quebec, which consists of 125 MNAs. The provincial legislative assembly with the fewest members is the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, which consists of 27 MLAs. All of the legislative assemblies of Canada's territories have fewer members than that of Prince Edward Island.

Current legislative assemblies

Provincial legislative assemblies

Province	Legislature name	Assembly name	Location	First minister	Members	Ref
Alberta	Legislature	Legislative Assembly [a]	Edmonton	Premier [b]	87 MLAs	[1]
British Columbia	Parliament	Legislative Assembly [a]	Victoria	Premier [b]	93 MLAs	[2]
Manitoba	Legislature	Legislative Assembly [a]	Winnipeg	Premier [b]	57 MLAs	[3]
New Brunswick	Legislature	Legislative Assembly [a]	Fredericton	Premier [b]	49 MLAs	[4]
Newfoundland and Labrador	General Assembly	House of Assembly [a]	St. John's	Premier [b]	40 MHAs	[5]
Nova Scotia	General Assembly	House of Assembly [a]	Halifax	Premier [b]	55 MLAs	[6]
Ontario	Parliament (List)	Legislative Assembly [a]	Toronto	Premier [b]	124 MPPs	[7]
Prince Edward Island	General Assembly	Legislative Assembly [a]	Charlottetown	Premier [b]	27 MLAs	[8]
Quebec	Parliament	National Assembly [c]	Quebec City	Premier [b]	125 MNAs	[9]
Saskatchewan	Legislature	Legislative Assembly [a]	Regina	Premier [b]	61 MLAs	[10]

Territorial assemblies

Territory	Legislature name	Assembly name	Location	First minister	Members	Ref
Northwest Territories	Legislature (List)	Legislative Assembly [d]	Yellowknife	Premier [b]	19 MLAs	[11]
Nunavut	Legislature (List)	Legislative Assembly [e] [a]	Iqaluit	Premier [f] [b]	22 MLAs	[12]
Yukon	Legislature	Legislative Assembly [a]	Whitehorse	Premier [b]	19 MLAs	[13]

Autonomous area assemblies

Area	Government name	Assembly name	Location	First minister	Members	Ref
Déline District	Déline Gotʼine Government	Déline Kʼaowǝdó Kǝ [g]	Déline	Ɂekwʼahtidǝ [h]	12 members	[14]
Haida Gwaii	Council of the Haida Nation [i]	House of Assembly	Hlg̱aagilda	President	14 members	[15]
Nisg̱aʼa Nation	Nisg̱aʼa Lisims Government	Wilp Siʼayuukhl Nisg̱aʼa	Gitlax̱tʼaamiks	Executive chairperson	36 members	[16]
Nunatsiavut	Nunatsiavut Kavamanga Government	Nunatsiavut Assembly	Hopedale	First Minister	18 MNAs	[17]
Tlaʼamin Nation	Tlaʼamin Government	General Assembly	Powell River	Tlaʼamin Government Hegus	9 officials	[18]
Tłı̨chǫ Ndé	Tłı̨chǫ Government	Tłı̨chǫ Ndekʼàowo Assembly	Behchokǫ̀	Grand Chief	13 members	[19]

Gallery

• 
  Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• 
  Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• 
  Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
• 
  Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
• 
  Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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  Wilp Siʼayuukhl Nisg̱aʼa
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  Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
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  Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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  Nunatsiavut Assembly
• 
  Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
• 
  Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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  Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
• 
  National Assembly of Quebec
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  Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• 
  Yukon Legislative Assembly

Current composition of legislative assemblies

In the table below, the parties with shading form part of the provincial government whilst the parties in bold have official party status.

Provincial legislative assemblies

Province	Seats (majority)	Green	Liberal	NDP	PC	Other parties (governing)	Other parties (in opposition)	Ind.	Last election	Next election
Alberta	87 (44)	-	-	37	-	UCP 49	-	-	2023	32nd
British Columbia	93 (47)	2	-	47	-	-	CPBC 44	-	2024	44th
Manitoba	57 (29)	-	1	34	21	-	-	1	2023	44th
New Brunswick	49 (25)	2	31	-	16	-	-	-	2024	42nd
Newfoundland and Labrador	40 (21)	-	22	2	14	-	-	2	2021	52nd
Nova Scotia	55 (28)	-	2	9	43	-	-	1	2024	65th
Ontario	124 (63)	2	9	28	79	-	-	6	2022	44th
Prince Edward Island	27 (14)	3	3	-	21	-	-	-	2023	68th
Quebec	125 (63)	-	19	-	-	CAQ 88	QS 12, PQ 4	2	2022	44th
Saskatchewan	61 (31)	-	-	27	-	Sask. 34	-	-	2024	31st

Territorial legislative assemblies

Territory	Seats (majority)	Consensus	Liberal	NDP	Other parties (in opposition)	Last election	Next election
Northwest Territories	19 (10)	19	-	-	-	2023	26th
Nunavut	22 (12)	22	-	-	-	2021	7th
Yukon	19 (10)	-	8	3 [j]	Yukon 8	2021	40th

Past legislative chambers

Past legislative chambers of provinces and territories

British Columbia

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1849-1866	Split into Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia (mainland).
1866–1871	—	Legislative Council of British Columbia*	Governor of the United Colony of British Columbia	Governor-in-Council
1871–present	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia	—	Lieutenant governor of British Columbia	Parliament of British Columbia

*Included some elected members, but did not have responsible government.

Manitoba

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1670-1821	Part of Rupert's Land (now Northwest Territories).
1821-1870	—	Council of Assiniboia	Governor of Red River Colony and Assiniboia District	Governor-in-Council
1870–1876	Legislative Assembly of Manitoba	Legislative Council of Manitoba	Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories	Legislature of Manitoba
1876–1905		—	Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and Keewatin
1905–present			Lieutenant governor of Manitoba

New Brunswick

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1763–1784	Part of Nova Scotia.
1784–1891	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick	Legislative Council of New Brunswick	Lieutenant governor of New Brunswick	New Brunswick Legislature
1891–present		—

Newfoundland and Labrador

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1655–1713	—	—	Governor of Plaisance	—
1713–1770			Lieutenant Governor of Placentia
1770–1825			— (see Commodore-Governor)
1825–1833			Governor of Newfoundland
1833–1934	Newfoundland House of Assembly	Legislative Council of Newfoundland		General Assembly of Newfoundland
1934–1949	—	Commission of Government		Governor-in-Council
1949–present*	Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly	—	Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador	General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

* Labrador was added to the name of the province in 2001. Before then, the bodies were the Newfoundland House of Assembly, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland, and General Assembly of Newfoundland.

Northwest Territories

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1670–1821	—	—	Governor of Rupert's Land	—
1821–1839			Governor of Rupert's Land Northern Department
1839–1870			Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land
1870–1876		Temporary North-West Council	Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories	Governor-in-Council
1876–1888		1st Council of the Northwest Territories	Lieutenant governor of the North-West Territories
1888–1905	North-West Legislative Assembly	—
1905–1951	—	2nd Council of the Northwest Territories	Governor General of Canada as represented by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories	Commissioner-in-Council
1951–2014	Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories	—
2014–present	Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly			Legislature of the Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1603–1713	—	—	Governor of Acadia	—
1713–1720			Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia
1720–1758		Nova Scotia Council		Governor-in-Council
1758–1786	Nova Scotia House of Assembly		Governor of Nova Scotia	General Assembly of Nova Scotia
1786-1838			Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
1838–1928		Legislative Council of Nova Scotia
1928–present		—

Nunavut

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1670–1999	Part of Northwest Territories and its preceding territories.
1999–present	Legislative Assembly of Nunavut	—	Governor General of Canada as represented by the Commissioner of Nunavut	Legislature of Nunavut

Ontario

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1627–1791	Part of the Province of Quebec.
1791–1841	Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada	Legislative Council of Upper Canada	Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada	Parliament of Upper Canada
1841–1867	Part of the Province of Canada colony.
1867–present	Legislative Assembly of Ontario	—	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario	Parliament of Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1763–1769	Part of Nova Scotia.
1769–1786	House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island	Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island [20]	Governor of St. John's Island	General Assembly of Prince Edward Island
1786-1893*			Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
1893–present	Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island	—

* The territory's name was changed from St. John's Island to Prince Edward Island in 1798. Before then, the bodies were the House of Assembly of the Island of St. John, Legislative Council of the Island of St. John, Lieutenant Governor of the Island of St. John, and General Assembly of the Island of St. John.

Quebec

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1627–1763	—	—	Governor of New France	—
1763–1791		Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec	Governor of the Province of Quebec	Governor-in-Council
1791–1838	Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada	Legislative Council of Lower Canada	Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada	Parliament of Lower Canada
1838–1841	—	Special Council of Lower Canada		Governor-in-Council
1841–1867	Part of the Province of Canada colony.
1867–1968	Legislative Assembly of Quebec	Legislative Council of Quebec	Lieutenant Governor of Quebec	Parliament of Quebec
1968–present	National Assembly of Quebec	—

Saskatchewan

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1670–1905	Part of the Northwest Territories and preceding territories.
1905–present	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan	—	Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan	Legislature of Saskatchewan

Yukon

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
????–1898	Part of the Northwest Territories and preceding territories.
1898–1909	—	Yukon Territorial Council	Governor General of Canada as represented by the Commissioner of Yukon	Commissioner-in-Council
1909–1978	Yukon Territorial Council	—
1978–2002	Yukon Legislative Assembly
2002–present				Legislature of Yukon

Past assemblies of former territories and colonies

Colony of British Columbia (mainland)

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1858–1866	—	Colonial Assembly of British Columbia	Governor of the Colony of British Columbia	Governor-in-Council
1866–present	Part of British Columbia.

Colony of Cape Breton

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1784–1820	—	Cape Breton Council	Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton	Governor-in-Council
1820–present	Part of Nova Scotia.

District of Keewatin

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1670–1876	Part of Rupert's Land (now Northwest Territories).
1876–1877	—	Council of Keewatin	Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and Keewatin	Governor-in-Council
1877–1905		—		—
1905–1999	Part of Northwest Territories.
1999–present	Part of Nunavut.

Province of Canada

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1627–1791	Part of the Province of Quebec colony.
1791–1841	Split into Lower Canada (now Quebec) and Upper Canada (now Ontario).
1841–1867	Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada	Legislative Council of the Province of Canada	Governor General of the Province of Canada	Parliament of the Province of Canada
1867–1968	Split into Ontario and Quebec.

Colony of Vancouver Island

Period	Lower house	Upper house	Viceroy	Parliament
1849–1855	—	Legislative Council of Vancouver Island	Governor of Vancouver Island	Governor-in-Council
1855–1866	House of Assembly of Vancouver Island			Legislature of Vancouver Island
1866–present	Part of British Columbia.

Notes

1. In French: Assemblée législative.
2. In French: Premier ministre (masculine) or Première ministre (feminine).
3. In French: Assemblée nationale.
4. 10 other official names: Assemblée législative des Territoires du Nord-Ouest(French), Beba Ɂełígíth Ɂeła Déłtthʼı Kų́é(Chipewyan), ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦ(Inuktitut), K'áowe gogha ełek'éterewe ke łénakedé(North Slavey), Gogha Sombaa Nálée(South Slavey), Ekʼètehtsodǫ Łegehdı̀ Kǫ̀(Tlicho), Ihumiurviat Malirutaliatigun(Inuinnaqtun), Dagwidįį'è' Tr'igwahtsii Geenjit Nadhat Kat"(Gwichʼin), Legislative Assemblitkut(Inuvialuktun).
5. In Inuktut: ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᐊ.
6. In Inuktut: ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ.
7. Literal translation: "Déline Highest Leaders Group".
8. Literal translation: "Highest Honest Leader".
9. In Haida: X̱aaydaG̱a Waadlux̱an Naay.
10. Confidence and supply agreement

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