Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Vice-première ministre du Canada
Incumbent Chrystia Freeland since November 20, 2019
Government of Canada Privy Council Office
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Parliament[1] Privy Council Cabinet[2]
Reports to	Parliament Prime Minister of Canada[3]
Appointer	Monarch (represented by the governor general) on the advice of the prime minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Allan MacEachen
Formation	September 16, 1977
Salary	CA$299,900 (2024)[NB 1][4]
Website	deputypm.canada.ca

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The deputy prime minister of Canada (French: vice-première ministre du Canada)^{[NB 2]} is a minister of the Crown and a member of the Canadian Cabinet. The office is conferred at the discretion of the prime minister and does not have an associated departmental portfolio. Canadian deputy prime ministers are appointed to the Privy Council and styled as the Honourable (French: l'honorable), a privilege maintained for life.

Chrystia Freeland is the tenth and current deputy prime minister of Canada, having assumed the role on November 20, 2019. She serves concurrently as the minister of finance, and was the minister of foreign affairs before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau elevated her to the position of deputy prime minister following the 2019 federal election.^[5] The post was vacant from 2006 to 2019.

The deputy prime minister should not be confused with the position of the clerk of the Privy Council, who is effectively the deputy minister (the senior civil servant in a department) of the prime minister's department (which is the Privy Council Office).

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