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In theHouse of Commons of Canada, thenon-governing political parties establishshadow cabinets, which are teams offrontbench MPs that scrutinise the policies and actions of theCabinet of Canada.

Although shadow cabinets have existed throughout most of Canadian parliamentary history, this list of shadow cabinets begins with the shadow cabinets of the39th Canadian Parliament, as parliamentary records and media coverage on the composition of shadow cabinets was less common prior to the2006 Canadian federal election, making a complete list difficult to produce.

Shadow cabinets by parliament

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Party key
	Conservative
	Liberal
	New Democratic
	Bloc Québécois

2006–present

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Parliament	Leader of the Opposition			Other opposition
39th Parliament (2006–2008)	Stéphane Dion	Dion I	Harper (28th Ministry)	Duceppe V Layton III
40th Parliament (2008–2011)	Stéphane Dion	Dion II, Ignatieff I		Duceppe VI Layton IV
40th Parliament (2008–2011)	Michael Ignatieff^[a]	Dion II, Ignatieff I		Duceppe VI Layton IV
41st Parliament (2011–2015)	Jack Layton	Layton V, Turmel, Mulcair I		Rae, J. Trudeau Barbot, Paillé, Bellavance, Fortin I, Beaulieu I^[b]
	Nycole Turmel^[c]
	Tom Mulcair
42nd Parliament (2015–2019)	Rona Ambrose^[d]	Ambrose, Scheer I	J. Trudeau (29th Ministry)	Mulcair II, Singh I Fortin II, Ouellet, Beaulieu II, Blanchet I
42nd Parliament (2015–2019)	Andrew Scheer	Ambrose, Scheer I
43rd Parliament (2019–2021)	Andrew Scheer	Scheer II, O'Toole I		Blanchet II Singh II
43rd Parliament (2019–2021)	Erin O'Toole	Scheer II, O'Toole I		Blanchet II Singh II
44th Parliament (2021–2025)	Erin O'Toole	O'Toole II, Bergen, Poilievre I		Blanchet III Singh III
	Candice Bergen^[d]
	Pierre Poilievre
	Pierre Poilievre		Carney (30th Ministry)
45th Parliament (2025–present)	Andrew Scheer^[e]	Poilievre II		Blanchet IV Davies
45th Parliament (2025–present)	Pierre Poilievre	Poilievre II		Blanchet IV Davies

^Interim leader of the Liberal Party from December 10, 2008 to May 2, 2009. Permanent leader from May 2, 2009 to May 25, 2011.
^From December 16, 2013 to June 25, 2014, the Bloc Québécois's leadership position was vacant, withAndré Bellavance and laterJean-François Fortin serving asparliamentary leaders.
^Interim leader of the New Democratic Party
^^a ^bInterim leader of the Conservative Party
^From May 6, 2025 to August 18, 2025, Andrew Scheer served as leader of the Opposition due to Pierre Poilievrelosing his seat in the2025 Canadian federal election.

Shadow cabinets by party

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Bloc Québécois

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Parliament	Shadow Cabinet	Legislative role
	39th Canadian Parliament (2006–2008)	Duceppe V	Gilles Duceppe	Third party
	40th Canadian Parliament (2008–2011)	Duceppe VI	Third party
	41st Canadian Parliament (2011–2015)	Barbot	Vivian Barbot (interim)	Fourth party
Paillé	Daniel Paillé
Bellavance / Fortin I	vacant
Beaulieu I	Mario Beaulieu
Duceppe VII	Gilles Duceppe
	42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019)	Fortin II	Rhéal Fortin (interim)	Fourth party
Oullet	Oullet
Beaulieu II	Mario Beaulieu
Blanchet I	Yves-François Blanchet
	43rd Canadian Parliament (2019–2021)	Blanchet II	Third party
	44th Canadian Parliament (2021–2025)	Blanchet III	Third party
	45th Canadian Parliament (2025–present)	Blanchet IV	Third party

Conservative Party

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Parliament	Shadow Cabinet	Party leader	Legislative role
	39th Canadian Parliament (2006–2008)	Governing party (Harper ministry)
	40th Canadian Parliament (2008–2011)
	41st Canadian Parliament (2011–2015)
	42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019)		Ambrose	Rona Ambrose (interim)	Official Opposition
Scheer I	Andrew Scheer
	43rd Canadian Parliament (2019–2021)		Scheer II	Official Opposition
O'Toole I	Erin O'Toole
	44th Canadian Parliament (2021–2025)		O'Toole II	Official Opposition
Bergen	Candice Bergen (interim)
Poilievre I	Pierre Poilievre
	45th Canadian Parliament (2025–present)		Poilievre II	Official Opposition

Liberal Party

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Parliament	Shadow Cabinet	Party leader	Legislative role
	39th Canadian Parliament (2006–2008)		Dion I	Stéphane Dion	Official Opposition
	40th Canadian Parliament (2008–2011)		Dion II	Official Opposition
Ignatieff	Michael Ignatieff
	41st Canadian Parliament (2011–2015)		Rae	Bob Rae (interim)	Third party
J. Trudeau	Justin Trudeau
	42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019)	Governing party (J. Trudeau ministry) (Carney ministry)
	43rd Canadian Parliament (2019–2021)
	44th Canadian Parliament (2021–2025)
	45th Canadian Parliament (2025–present)

New Democratic Party

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Parliament	Shadow Cabinet	Legislative role
	39th Canadian Parliament (2006–2008)	Layton III	Jack Layton	Fourth party
	40th Canadian Parliament (2008–2011)	Layton IV	Fourth party
	41st Canadian Parliament (2011–2015)	Layton V	Official Opposition
Turmel	Nycole Turmel (interim)
Mulcair I	Tom Mulcair
	42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019)	Mulcair II	Third party
Singh I	Jagmeet Singh
	43rd Canadian Parliament (2019–2021)	Singh II	Fourth party
	44th Canadian Parliament (2021–2025)	Singh III	Fourth party^[a]
	45th Canadian Parliament (2025–present)	Davies	Don Davies (interim)	Fourth party

Notes

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^Confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal government from 2022 to 2024.

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Fourth party	New Democratic (2006–2008) New Democratic (2008–2011) Bloc Québécois (2011–2015) Bloc Québécois (2015–2019) New Democratic (2019–2021) New Democratic (2021–2025) New Democratic (2025–present)

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