List of political parties in Ontario

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

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Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

NameFoundedIdeologyLeader MPPs
  Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario
1854 Conservatism Doug Ford 79
  Ontario New Democratic Party
Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario
1961 Social democracy Marit Stiles 28
  Ontario Liberal Party
Parti libéral de l'Ontario
1857 Liberalism Bonnie Crombie 9
  Green Party of Ontario
Parti vert de l’Ontario
1983 Green politics Mike Schreiner 2

Other parties registered with Elections Ontario

NameFoundedIdeologyLeaderNotes
  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 GarvieKnown as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1941 to 1949. Had two MPPs from 1943 to 1951, and one from 1951 to 1955.
  Consensus Ontario 2018 Populism, Non-partisan consensus government [1] Ron Patava
 Electoral Reform Party2022 Electoral reform Peter House
 Family Rights Party2024 Family rights Anthony Walton
 Freedom of Choice, Peace & Justice Party2022Lilya Eklishaeva
  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 Trevor HollidayKnown 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 [2]
Joshua E. EriksenKnown as Reform Party of Ontario from 1989-2015
 Ontario Centrist Party2022 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
  Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party 1989 Conservatism, Canadian nationalism, Anti-bilingualism Murray Reid
  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
 People's Progressive Common Front of Ontario2022Raymond Samuels
  Populist Party Ontario
Parti Populiste Ontario
2022 Populism Jim Torma
 Public Benefit Party of Ontario2022Kay Sayer
  Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda 2016 Social conservatism, [3] Single-issue politics John Kanary

Parties listed in the order they are alphabetized by Elections Ontario. [4]

Unregistered parties

Historical parties that held seats in the Legislative Assembly

Pre-Confederation parties

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

NamePeriodIdeologyNotes
Canadian Economic Party2018-2019 Basic income advocacy, Single-issue politics [1]
Cultural Action Party of Ontario2016-2018Known as Canadian Constituents' Party from 2016-2017
Equal Parenting Party 2014-2018 Father's rights
Go Vegan 2011-before 2022 election Environmentalism, Animal rights [3]
Natural Law Party of Ontario 1993-2000Pro-Transcendental Meditation
New Reform Party of Ontario 1987-2016Known 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 Social Reform Party2018-2019 Populism [1]
Parliamentary Freedom Party2018-2019
Party for Human Rights in Ontario2011
Party of Objective Truth 2018-2019Meritocratic social democracy [1]
Pauper Party of Ontario
Parti Pauvre de l'Ontario
2011-before 2022 election Social credit, Libertarianism [3]
People First Republican Party of Ontario 2007-2019 Big Tent, Grassroots democracy, Republicanism
Reform Party of Ontario 1989-2015 Right-wing populism, Social conservatism Known as Ontario Alliance in 2017
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 Electors1945-1985 Social credit, Social conservatism
Stop Climate Change
Arrêtons le Changement Climatique
2018-before 2022 election Environmentalism, [3] Single-issue politics
The New People's Choice Party of Ontario2017-2019 Left-wing populism [1]
The Peoples Political Party 2011-2023 Left-wing populism
The Only Party2011
Unparty 1980-1983 Objectivism Succeeded by Freedom Party of Ontario

Toronto municipal parties

NamePeriod
Toronto Party2007
Civic Action (CIVAC)1969
Metro New Democratic Party 1969-1990s
Civic Liberals1969

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References

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