Women in the 45th Canadian Parliament

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The 45th Canadian Parliament has a record number of women Members of Parliament, with 104 women elected to the 343-member House of Commons of Canada (30.3%) in the 2021 election. Due to six more seats the number of women as a percentage is slightly down. [1] Of those 104 women, 38 were elected for the first time in the 2025 election. This represents a gain of one seat over the previous record of 103 women elected at the beginning of the 44th Canadian Parliament.

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Party standings

PartyTotal women candidates in the 2025 election % women of total candidates in the 2025 electionTotal women elected in the 2025 election% women elected of total female candidates in the 2025 election% women elected of total elected in the 2025 electionTotal current female members of the House of Commons % women of current members in the House of Commons
Liberal 122 (of 342)35.7%68 (of 170)55.7%40.0%68 (of 343)19.8%
Conservative 78 (of 342)22.8%26 (of 143)33.3%18.8%26 (of 343)7.6%
Bloc Québécois 32 (of 78)41.0%5 (of 22)15.6%22.7%5 (of 343)1.5%
New Democrats 176 (of 342)51.5%4 (of 7)2.3%57.1%4 (of 343)1.2%
Green 87 (of 232)37.5%1 (of 1)1.2%100%1 (of 343)0.3%
Total104 (of 343)30.3%104 (of 343)30.3%
Table source: [2] Table source: [1] and List of House members of the 45th Parliament of Canada

Female members

NamePartyElectoral districtNotes
  Sima Acan† Liberal Oakville West
 Hon. Rebecca Alty† Liberal Northwest Territories Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Former Mayor of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
 Hon. Anita Anand Liberal Oakville East Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Carol Anstey† Conservative Long Range Mountains
  Tatiana Auguste† Liberal Terrebonne
 Hon. Rachel Bendayan Liberal Outremont
  Kelly Block Conservative Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek
  Kathy Borrelli† Conservative Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore
 Hon. Élisabeth Brière Liberal Sherbrooke Former Minister of National Revenue
 Hon. Bardish Chagger Liberal Waterloo Former Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Youth
 Hon. Rebecca Chartrand† Liberal Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
  Sophie Chatel Liberal Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi
  Madeleine Chenette† Liberal Thérèse-De Blainville
  Maggie Chi† Liberal Don Valley North
  Leslie Church† Liberal Toronto—St. Paul's
  Sandra Cobeña† Conservative Newmarket—Aurora
  Connie Cody† Conservative Cambridge
 Hon. Julie Dabrusin Liberal Toronto—Danforth Minister of Environment and Climate Change
  Raquel Dancho Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul
  Marianne Dandurand† Liberal Compton—Stanstead
  Claude DeBellefeuille Bloc Québécois Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon Whip of the Bloc Québécois
  Kelly DeRidder† Conservative Kitchener Centre
  Caroline Desrochers† Liberal Trois-Rivières
  Anju Dhillon Liberal Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
 Hon. Lena Diab Liberal Halifax West Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
  Julie Dzerowicz Liberal Davenport
  Rosemarie Falk Conservative Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake
  Jessica Fancy-Landry† Liberal South Shore—St. Margarets
 Hon. Mona Fortier Liberal Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester Former President of the Treasury Board
 Hon. Chrystia Freeland Liberal University—Rosedale Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
 Hon. Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre Longest currently-serving female Member of Parliament
 Hon. Anna Gainey Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Secretary of State (Children and Youth)
  Cheryl Gallant Conservative Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke
  Marie-Hélène Gaudreau Bloc Québécois Laurentides—Labelle Chair of the Bloc Québécois caucus
  Leah Gazan New Democratic Winnipeg Centre
  Marilène Gill Bloc Québécois Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan
  Marilyn Gladu Conservative Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong
  Laila Goodridge Conservative Fort McMurray—Cold Lake
 Hon. Karina Gould Liberal Burlington Former Leader of the Government in the House; former Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
  Mandy Gull-Masty† Liberal Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Minister of Indigenous Services
 Hon. Patty Hajdu Liberal Thunder Bay—Superior North Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
  Emma Harrison† Liberal Peterborough
  Lisa Hepfner Liberal Hamilton Mountain
  Alana Hirtle† Liberal Cumberland—Colchester
  Lori Idlout New Democratic Nunavut
 Hon. Helena Jaczek Liberal Markham—Stouffville Former minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
  Tamara Jansen Conservative Cloverdale—Langley City
 Hon. Mélanie Joly Liberal Ahuntsic-Cartierville Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
 Hon. Arielle Kayabaga Liberal London West Former Leader of the Government in the House
  Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills
  Rhonda Kirkland† Conservative Oshawa
  Helena Konanz† Conservative Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay
  Annie Koutrakis Liberal Vimy
  Shelby Kramp-Neuman Conservative Hastings—Lennox and Addington
  Tamara Kronis† Conservative Nanaimo—Ladysmith
  Stephanie Kusie Conservative Calgary Midnapore
  Jenny Kwan New Democratic Vancouver East Chair of the NDP caucus
  Marie-France Lalonde Liberal Orléans
  Emmanuella Lambropoulos Liberal Saint-Laurent
  Melissa Lantsman Conservative Thornhill Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
  Linda Lapointe†† Liberal Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
  Viviane Lapointe Liberal Sudbury
  Andréanne Larouche Bloc Québécois Shefford
  Patricia Lattanzio Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
  Ginette Lavack† Liberal St. Boniface—St. Vital
  Leslyn Lewis Conservative Haldimand—Norfolk
  Elizabeth May Green Saanich—Gulf Islands
  Jennifer McKelvie† Liberal Ajax Former Toronto City Councillor
 Hon. Jill McKnight† Liberal Delta Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
 Hon. Stephanie McLean† Liberal Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Secretary of State (Seniors), Former Alberta Cabinet Minister and Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
  Heather McPherson New Democratic Edmonton—Strathcona
  Marie-Gabrielle Ménard† Liberal Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est
  Alexandra Mendès Liberal Brossard—Saint-Lambert
 Hon. Marjorie Michel† Liberal Papineau Minister of Health
  Shannon Miedema† Liberal Halifax
  Giovanna Mingarelli† Liberal Prescott—Russell—Cumberland
  Juanita Nathan† Liberal Pickering—Brooklin Former Markham City Councillor
  Chi Nguyen† Liberal Spadina—Harbourfront
  Christine Normandin Bloc Québécois Saint-Jean
  Dominique O'Rourke† Liberal Guelph Former Guelph City Councillor
 Hon. Eleanor Olszewski† Liberal Edmonton Centre Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
 Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor Liberal Moncton—Dieppe Former President of the Treasury Board
 Hon. Nathalie Provost† Liberal Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville Secretary of State (Nature)
 Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner Conservative Calgary Nose Hill
  Anna Roberts Conservative King—Vaughan
  Pauline Rochefort† Liberal Nipissing—Timiskaming
  Sherry Romanado Liberal Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
  Lianne Rood Conservative Middlesex—London
  Zoë Royer† Liberal Port Moody—Coquitlam
 Hon. Ruby Sahota Liberal Brampton North—Caledon Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)
 Hon. Judy Sgro Liberal Humber River—Black Creek
  Sonia Sidhu Liberal Brampton South
  Amandeep Sodhi† Liberal Brampton Centre
  Shannon Stubbs Conservative Lakeland
  Jenna Sudds Liberal Kanata—Carleton
  Kristina Tesser Derksen† Liberal Milton East—Halton Hills South
  Rachael Thomas Conservative Lethbridge
 Hon. Joanne Thompson Liberal St. John's East Minister of Fisheries
 Hon. Rechie Valdez Liberal Mississauga—Streetsville Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)
  Anita Vandenbeld Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean
  Dominique Vien Conservative Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
  Cathay Wagantall Conservative Yorkton—Melville
  Jean Yip Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt
  Salma Zahid Liberal Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East

Accessibility to office and equal representation

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Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "Current Members of Parliament". House of Commons of Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
    2. ↑ "Women Candidates in General Elections". Library of Parliament. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
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