Communist Party of Canada

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Communist Party of Canada Parti communiste du Canada
Abbreviation	CPC (English) PCC (French)
Leader	Elizabeth Rowley
Founded	May 28, 1921; 102 years ago (1921-05-28)
Headquarters	290 Danforth Avenue Toronto, Ontario M4K 1N6
Newspaper	People's Voice
Youth wing	Young Communist League of Canada[a]
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	IMCWP (since 1998) Comintern (1921–1943)
Colours	Red
Senate	0 / 105
House of Commons	0 / 338
Website
communist-party.ca
Politics of Canada Political parties Elections

The Communist Party of Canada (French: Parti communiste du Canada) is a federal political party in Canada. Founded in 1921 under conditions of illegality, it is the second oldest active political party in Canada, after the Liberal Party of Canada. Although it does not currently have any parliamentary representation, the party's candidates have previously been elected to the House of Commons, the Ontario legislature, the Manitoba legislature, and various municipal governments across the country.

The Communist Party of Canada focuses on contributing to the "labour and people's movements" through extra-parliamentary activity.^[1] Throughout its history, the party has made significant contributions to Canada's trade union, labour, and peace movements.^[2] The Communist Party of Canada participates in the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties.

In 1993, Elections Canada deregistered the party and seized its assets in accordance with changes to the Canada Elections Act introduced by the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. Then party leader Miguel Figueroa subsequently began what would become a successful thirteen-year-long legal battle against the changes, which were struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada in Figueroa v. Canada (AG).

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