Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Incumbent Marco Mendicino since 20 November 2019
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Style	The Honourable
Member of	House of Commons Privy Council Cabinet
Reports to	Parliament Prime Minister
Appointer	Monarch (represented by the governor general); on the advice of the prime minister
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Precursor	Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship Minister of Employment and Immigration
Inaugural holder	Sergio Marchi
Formation	30 June 1994
Salary	CA$269,800 (2019)
Website	www.cic.gc.ca

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The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (French: Ministre de l'Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté), previously known as the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (French: Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration), is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, which is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for immigration, refugee and citizenship issues. The minister is also responsible for the Immigration and Refugee Board.

The current minister is Marco Mendicino.

History

Prior to 1950, the responsibilities of the original citizenship and immigration portfolio were largely within the post of Minister of Reconstruction and Supply, with the Indian Affairs branch the responsibility of the Minister of Mines and Resources. In 1966, the portfolio was largely replaced by that of the Minister of Manpower and Immigration, while Indian Affairs was relocated to the new portfolio of Minister of Indian affairs and Northern Development.

Prior to 1994, the responsibilities of the current citizenship and immigration portfolio were divided between the posts of Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship and Minister of Employment and Immigration. When the post of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration was resuscitated in 1994, those two portfolios were substantially revamped.

From 1966 to 1977 the immigration portfolio was under the Minister of Manpower and Immigration and from 1977 to 1996 under the Minister of Employment and Immigration.

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
1		Walter Harris	January 18, 1950	June 30, 1954	Liberal	17 (St. Laurent)
2		Jack Pickersgill	July 1, 1954	June 21, 1957	Liberal
–		Davie Fulton (Acting)	June 21, 1957	May 11, 1958	Progressive Conservative	18 (Diefenbaker)
3		Ellen Fairclough	May 12, 1958	August 8, 1962	Progressive Conservative
4		Dick Bell	August 9, 1962	April 22, 1963	Progressive Conservative
5		Guy Favreau	April 22, 1963	February 2, 1964	Liberal	19 (Pearson)
6		René Tremblay	February 3, 1964	February 14, 1965	Liberal
7		John Robert Nicholson	February 15, 1965	December 17, 1965	Liberal
8		Jean Marchand	December 18, 1965	September 30, 1966	Liberal
For ministers responsible for immigration between 1966-1977, see Minister of Manpower and Immigration (Canada).
For ministers responsible for immigration between 1977-1994, see Minister of Employment and Immigration (Canada).
9		Sergio Marchi	June 30, 1994	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
10		Lucienne Robillard	January 25, 1996	August 2, 1999	Liberal
11		Elinor Caplan	August 3, 1999	January 14, 2002	Liberal
12		Denis Coderre	January 15, 2002	December 11, 2003	Liberal
13		Judy Sgro	December 12, 2003	January 13, 2005	Liberal	27 (Martin)
14		Joe Volpe	January 14, 2005	February 5, 2006	Liberal
15		Monte Solberg	February 6, 2006	January 3, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)
16		Diane Finley	January 4, 2007	October 29, 2008	Conservative
17		Jason Kenney	October 30, 2008	July 15, 2013	Conservative
18		Chris Alexander	July 15, 2013	November 3, 2015	Conservative
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
19		John McCallum	November 4, 2015	January 10, 2017	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
20		Ahmed Hussen	January 10, 2017	November 20, 2019	Liberal
21		Marco Mendicino	November 20, 2019	Incumbent	Liberal

See also

• Immigration to Canada
• Canadian citizenship