Minister for Internal Trade (Canada)

The Minister for Internal Trade (French: ministre des commerce intérieur) is a member of the Cabinet of Canada. The minister can be appointed under the Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act of 1996. However, the position was not used until 2005, and it was disused during several periods of time thereafter. In the absence of a Minister for Internal Trade, the Minister of Industry was responsible for the administration of the act.

Minister for Internal Trade
Ministre des commerce intérieur
Incumbent Chrystia Freeland since March 14, 2025
Inaugural holder	Mauril Bélanger
Formation	May 17, 2005

Since December 20, 2024, each minister of internal trade has concurrently been minister of transport, styled as minister of transport and internal trade (French: ministre des transports et du commerce intérieur).

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry	Notes	ref
1		Mauril Bélanger	May 17, 2005	February 6, 2006	Liberal	27 (Martin)	While Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons	[1]
Vacant						28 (Harper)
						29 (J. Trudeau)
2		Dominic LeBlanc	July 18, 2018	November 20, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)	While Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs	[2]
Vacant						29 (J. Trudeau)
3		Anita Anand	December 20, 2024	March 14, 2025	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)	While Minister of Transport	[3]
4		Chrystia Freeland	March 14, 2025	Incumbent	Liberal	30 (Carney)	While Minister of Transport

See also

• Agreement on Internal Trade
• European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
• Directorate-General for Internal Market and Services (European Commission)