Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature

The minister of the environment, climate change and nature (French: ministre de l'environnement, du changement climatique et de la nature) is the minister of the Crown responsible for Environment and Climate Change Canada, Parks Canada and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.^[6] The minister is a member of the King's Privy Council for Canada and the Canadian Cabinet.

Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature
Ministre de l'Environnement, du Changement climatique et de la Nature
Incumbent Julie Dabrusin since May 13, 2025
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Style	The Honourable
Member of	House of Commons Privy Council Cabinet[1]
Reports to	Parliament Prime Minister[2]
Appointer	Monarch (represented by the governor general);[3] on the advice of the prime minister[4]
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Jack Davis
Formation	11 June 1971
Salary	CA$299,900 (2024)[5]
Website	www.ec.gc.ca

Julie Dabrusin has been the minister since May 13, 2025.^[7] The minister is selected by the prime minister and appointed by the Crown. The role was introduced in 1971 as the minister of environment. Until 1979, the role was also responsible for fisheries. Environment Canada was rebranded to include climate change in its name in 2015, and the minister's title was renamed Minister of Environment and Climate Change.^[8] After re-absorbing responsibility for Parks Canada in 2025, the current title was adopted.^[9]

List of ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Historical conservative parties: Liberal-Conservative, Conservative (historical), Unionist, National Liberal and Conservative, Progressive Conservative

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry	Refs.
Minister of Environment Minister of Fisheries
1		Jack Davis	June 11, 1971	August 7, 1974	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)	[10][11]
2		Jeanne Sauvé	August 8, 1974	December 4, 1975	Liberal		[11][12]
–		Roméo LeBlanc (Acting)	December 5, 1975	January 21, 1976	Liberal		[11][13]
3		Jean Marchand	January 22, 1976	June 30, 1976	Liberal		[11][14]
–		Roméo LeBlanc (Acting)	July 1, 1976	September 13, 1976	Liberal		[11][13]
Minister of Fisheries and the Environment
4		Roméo LeBlanc	September 14, 1976	April 1, 1979	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)	[11][13]
Minister of the Environment
5		Leonard Marchand	April 2, 1979	June 3, 1979	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)	[11][15]
6		John Allen Fraser	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)	[16][17]
7		John Roberts	March 3, 1980	August 11, 1983	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)	[18][19]
8		Charles Caccia	August 12, 1983	June 29, 1984	Liberal		[19][20]
			June 30, 1984	September 16, 1984		23 (Turner)	[20][21]
9		Suzanne Blais-Grenier	September 17, 1984	August 19, 1985	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)	[22][23]
10		Thomas McMillan	August 20, 1985	December 7, 1988	Progressive Conservative		[23][24]
11		Lucien Bouchard	December 8, 1988 (Acting until Jan.30, 1989)	May 21, 1990	Progressive Conservative		[23][25]
–		Frank Oberle (Acting)	May 22, 1990	May 22, 1990	Progressive Conservative		[23][26]
12		Robert de Cotret	May 23, 1990 (Acting until Sep.20)	April 20, 1991	Progressive Conservative		[23][27]
13		Jean Charest	April 21, 1991	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative		[23][28]
14		Pierre H. Vincent	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)	[29][30]
15		Sheila Copps	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)	[31][32]
16		Sergio Marchi	January 25, 1996	June 10, 1997	Liberal		[32][33]
17		Christine Stewart	June 11, 1997	August 2, 1999	Liberal		[32][34]
18		David Anderson	August 3, 1999	December 11, 2003	Liberal		[32][35]
			December 12, 2003	July 19, 2004		27 (Martin)	[35][36]
19		Stéphane Dion	July 20, 2004	February 5, 2006	Liberal		[36][37]
20		Rona Ambrose	February 6, 2006	January 3, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)	[38][39]
21		John Baird	January 4, 2007	October 29, 2008	Conservative		[39][40]
22		Jim Prentice	October 30, 2008	November 5, 2010	Conservative		[39][41]
23		John Baird	November 7, 2010	January 3, 2011	Conservative		[39][42]
24		Peter Kent	January 4, 2011	July 15, 2013	Conservative		[39][43]
25		Leona Aglukkaq	July 15, 2013	November 4, 2015	Conservative
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
26		Catherine McKenna	November 4, 2015	November 20, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)	[44]
27		Jonathan Wilkinson	November 20, 2019	October 26, 2021	Liberal
28		Steven Guilbeault	October 26, 2021	March 14, 2025	Liberal
29		Terry Duguid	March 14, 2025	May 12, 2025	Liberal	30 (Carney)	[45]
30		Julie Dabrusin	May 13, 2025	December 1, 2025	Liberal
Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature
(30)		Julie Dabrusin	December 1, 2025	Incumbent	Liberal	30 (Carney)

Secretary of State (Nature)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
Secretary of State (Nature)
1		Nathalie Provost	May 13, 2025	present	Liberal	30 (Carney)

See also

• International list of ministers of the environment