List of political parties in Ontario

Last updated March 18, 2025

The following is a list of political parties in Ontario , Canada.

Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

	Founded	Ideology	Political position	Leader	MPPs
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario	1854	Conservatism	Centre-right	Doug Ford	80 / 124
Ontario New Democratic Party Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario	1961	Social democracy Progressivism	Centre-left	Marit Stiles	27 / 124
Ontario Liberal Party Parti libéral de l'Ontario	1857	Liberalism	Centre	Bonnie Crombie	14 / 124
Green Party of Ontario Parti vert de l’Ontario	1983	Green politics	Centre-left	Mike Schreiner	2 / 124

Other parties registered with Elections Ontario

	Founded	Ideology	Leader	Notes
Canadians' Choice Party Le Parti du choix des Canadiens et Canadiennes	2011	Direct democracy, Right-wing populism, Far-right politics	Bahman Yazdanfar
Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) Parti communiste du Canada (Ontario)	1940	Communism	Drew Garvie	Known as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1941 to 1949. Had two MPPs from 1943 to 1951, and one from 1951 to 1955.
Electoral Reform Party	2022	Electoral reform	Peter House
Freedom Party of Ontario Parti de la Liberté - Ontario	1984	Objectivism	Paul McKeever
New Blue Party of Ontario Nouveau Parti Bleu de l'Ontario	2020	Right-wing populism	Jim Karahalios	Briefly held one seat in the legislature from 2020-2022 after PC MPP Belinda Karahalios crossed the floor to the party.
None of the Above Direct Democracy Party Aucune de ces Réponses Démocratie Directe Parti	2014	Direct democracy	Greg Vezina
Northern Ontario Party Parti de l'Ontario Nord	1977	Regionalism	Jacques Ouellette	Known as Northern Ontario Heritage Party from 1977-1985, 2010-2016, Disbanded in 1985, Revived in 2010, Separatist from 2016-2018
Ontario Alliance Alliance de l'Ontario	2017	Social conservatism, Right-wing populism ^[1]	Joshua E. Eriksen
Ontario Centrist Party	2022	Centrism	Mansoor Qureshi
Ontario Libertarian Party Parti libertarien de l'Ontario	1975	Libertarianism	Mark Snow
Ontario Party	2018	Social conservatism Right-wing populism	Derek Sloan	Briefly held one seat in the legislature from 2021-2022 after PC MPP Rick Nicholls joined the party. The party was deregistered from 2023-2024
Ontario Moderate Party	2014	Centrism Economic liberalism	Yuri Duboisky
Party for People with Special Needs Parti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux	2007	Disability rights activism, Single-issue politics	Lionel Wayne Poizner
Populist Party Ontario Parti Populiste Ontario	2022	Populism	Jim Torma
Progress Party Ontario Parti Progrès de l'Ontario	2025		Sana Ahmad
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda	2016	Social conservatism,^[2] Single-issue politics	John Kanary

Parties listed in the order they are alphabetized by Elections Ontario.^[3]

Unregistered parties

Historical parties that held seats in the Legislative Assembly

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (first election 1934) 1932 – 1961
(Independent) Labour 1874-1937
Labor-Progressive Party 1941 - 1959
Liberal-Labour 1943 - 1970s
Liberal-Progressive 1934 - 1940
Soldier 1919 - 1923
Trillium Party of Ontario 2017 - 2018
Patrons of Industry 1894
Protestant Protective Association 1894
United Farmers of Ontario 1918 - 1940

Pre-Confederation parties

Clear Grits (pre-Confederation)
Reform Party (pre-Confederation)
Family Compact (pre-1837 ruling clique)

Cornell, Paul G. "The Genesis of Ontario politics in the Province of Canada (1838-1871)," in Profiles of a Province: studies in Ontario History, (Toronto: Ontario Historical Society, 1987), 59-72.

Other historical parties

Name	Period	Ideology	Notes
Canadian Economic Party	2018-2019	Basic income advocacy, Single-issue politics ^[4]
Consensus Ontario	2018-2025	Populism, Non-partisan consensus government ^[4]
Cultural Action Party of Ontario	2016-2018		Known as Canadian Constituents' Party from 2016-2017
Equal Parenting Party	2014-2018	Father's rights
Family Rights Party	2024-2025	Family rights
Freedom of Choice, Peace & Justice Party	2022-2025
Go Vegan	2011-before 2022 election	Environmentalism, Animal rights ^[2]
Natural Law Party of Ontario	1993-2000	Pro-Transcendental Meditation
New Reform Party of Ontario	1987-2016		Known as Family Coalition Party of Ontario from 1987-2015
Multicultural Party of Ontario Parti Multiculturel de l'Ontario	2018-before 2022 election	Single-issue politics
Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party	1989-2025	Conservatism, Canadian nationalism, Anti-bilingualism
Ontario Social Reform Party	2018-2019	Populism ^[4]
Parliamentary Freedom Party	2018-2019
Party for Human Rights in Ontario	2011
Party of Objective Truth	2018-2019	Meritocracy ^[4]
Pauper Party of Ontario Parti Pauvre de l'Ontario	2011-before 2022 election	Social credit, Libertarianism ^[2]
People First Republican Party of Ontario	2007-2019	Big Tent, Grassroots democracy, Republicanism
People's Progressive Common Front of Ontario	2022-2025
Public Benefit Party of Ontario	2022-2025
Reform Party of Ontario	1989-2015	Right-wing populism, Social conservatism
Representative Party of Ontario	2005	Right-wing populism, Social conservatism	A faction of the Reform Party that existed in 2005
Social Credit Party of Ontario/Union of Electors	1945-1985	Social credit, Social conservatism
Stop Climate Change Arrêtons le Changement Climatique	2018-before 2022 election	Environmentalism,^[2] Single-issue politics
The New People's Choice Party of Ontario	2017-2019	Left-wing populism ^[4]
The Peoples Political Party	2011-2023	Left-wing populism
The Only Party	2011
Unparty	1980-1983	Objectivism	Succeeded by Freedom Party of Ontario

Toronto municipal parties

Name	Period
Toronto Party	2007
Civic Action (CIVAC)	1969
Metro New Democratic Party	1969-1990s
Civic Liberals	1969

References

↑ Paikin, Steve (19 July 2017). "It's the best of times and the worst of times for Ontario Tories". TVO. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
1 2 3 4 Crawford, Blair. "Here is every political party running in Ontario's June 7 election," Ottawa Citizen, May 22, 2018.
↑ "Registered Political Parties" . Retrieved June 18, 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 Draaisma, Muriel (June 3, 2018). "9 new political parties vying for seats in Ontario election". CBC Toronto.

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[1] Paikin, Steve (19 July 2017). "It's the best of times and the worst of times for Ontario Tories". TVO. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[Crawford_May_22-2] 1 2 3 4 Crawford, Blair. "Here is every political party running in Ontario's June 7 election," Ottawa Citizen, May 22, 2018.

[3] "Registered Political Parties" . Retrieved June 18, 2021.

[Ontario2018Parties-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Draaisma, Muriel (June 3, 2018). "9 new political parties vying for seats in Ontario election". CBC Toronto.

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v t e Provincial political parties in Ontario
Legislative Assembly	Progressive Conservative (80) New Democratic (27) Liberal (14) Green (2) Independent (1)
Other recognized parties	Alliance Canadians' Choice Centrist Communist Electoral Reform Freedom Libertarian Moderate New Blue None of the Above Northern Ontario Ontario Party People with Special Needs Populist Progress Party Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda
Historical parties represented in the legislature	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Labour Labor-Progressive Liberal-Labour Liberal-Progressive Patrons of Industry Protestant Protective Association Soldier Trillium United Farmers
Other historical parties	Family Coalition Natural Law Peoples Reform Social Credit Socialist Socialist-Labor
Pre-confederation parties	Clear Grits Family Compact Reform (Mackenzie) Reform (Baldwinite)
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