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Minister of Jobs and Families

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Minister of Jobs and Families
Ministre de l’Emploi et des Familles
Incumbent Steven MacKinnon since 14 March 2025
Employment and Social Development 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	Steven MacKinnon
Formation	14 March 2025
Website	agr.gc.ca

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The minister of jobs and families (French: ministre de l’emploi et des familles) is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing Employment and Social Development Canada. The post was established at the start of the 30th Canadian Ministry on March 14, 2025, consolidating all positions associated with Employment and Social Development Canada (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Minister of Seniors, Minister of Citizens' Services, and Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities) into a single post.

The current minister of jobs and families is Steven MacKinnon.

List of ministers

Key:

Liberal Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1		Steven MacKinnon	March 14, 2025	Incumbent	Liberal	30 (Carney)

See also

Employment and Social Development Canada

References

^ "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF).
^ "Constitutional Duties". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
^ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Parliamentary Institutions - Canadian Parliamentary Institutions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.

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