Prime Minister of Canada

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head of government role political office

The Prime Minister of Canada is the head of government who leads the federal executive branch, sets national policy priorities, and represents the country domestically and internationally.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Prime Minister of Canada canonical 79
Premier ministre du Canada 1
Prime Minister of Canada (indirectly, through confidence) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government role ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appointedBy Governor General of Canada ⓘ
Monarch of Canada ⓘ
appointmentBasis ability to command confidence of the House of Commons ⓘ
associatedBody House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
associatedBuilding Centre Block (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Centre Block
constitutingInstrument Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currentHolder Justin Trudeau ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 2015-11-04 ⓘ
eligibleFrom member of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
firstHolder John A. Macdonald ⓘ
formationDate 1867-07-01 ⓘ
governmentBranch federal executive branch of Canada ⓘ
jurisdiction Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: federal government of Canada
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
leads Cabinet of Canada ⓘ
Privy Council Office ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of Canada ⓘ
Queen’s Privy Council for Canada ⓘ
nativeName Prime Minister of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Premier ministre du Canada
nominatedBy political party caucus ⓘ
officeHoldersCount over 20 individuals have held the office ⓘ
officeLocation Privy Council Office ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council

Parliament Hill ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of Canada ⓘ
residence 24 Sussex Drive ⓘ
Rideau Cottage ⓘ
responsibleFor chairing cabinet meetings ⓘ
coordinating federal government policy ⓘ
leading the federal executive branch ⓘ
leading the governing political party ⓘ
overseeing federal public administration ⓘ
recommending appointments to the Governor General ⓘ
recommending dissolution of Parliament ⓘ
recommending prorogation of Parliament ⓘ
representing Canada internationally ⓘ
selecting federal cabinet ministers ⓘ
setting national policy priorities ⓘ
roleIn Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada
seat Ottawa ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
symbol Flag of Canada ⓘ
termCondition must maintain confidence of the House of Commons ⓘ
serves at pleasure of the monarch ⓘ
termLength no fixed term ⓘ
typicalBackground leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons ⓘ

Referenced by (83)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Justin Trudeau → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Crown in right of Canada → actsThrough → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Cabinet of Canada → leaderTitle → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Cabinet of Canada → composedOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Premier of Ontario → isDifferentFrom → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada → appoints → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Canada (indirectly, through confidence)
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario → appointmentOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
2021 Canadian federal election → calledByOffice → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Rideau Cottage → usedBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Rideau Cottage → residenceOfOfficeHolder → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Prime Minister of Canada → nativeName → Prime Minister of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Premier ministre du Canada
Governor General of Canada → appointedOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Office of the Prime Minister of Canada → officeHolders → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Bowles → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Lester Bowles Pearson
Secretary of State for External Affairs → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Secretary of State for External Affairs → appointmentOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Federal Court of Appeal → appointmentsOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec → appointmentMadeOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada → appointmentOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Newtonbrook, Ontario, Canada → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Lester B. Pearson
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan → appointmentOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) → nominatedBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Premier of British Columbia → equivalentOffice → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories → nominatedBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate → appointedOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Speaker of the Senate of Canada
Commissioner of Nunavut → nominatedBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → appointmentOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Wilfrid Laurier → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ontario or designate → appointmentOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada → associatedWithOffice → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Minister of Canada (when party forms government)
John A. Macdonald → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Commonwealth heads of government → hasMember → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
IJC → appointedBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: International Joint Commission
45th Canadian federal election → headOfGovernmentSelected → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador → appointmentOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador → nominator → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Queen’s Privy Council for Canada → appointmentsMadeOnAdviceOf → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: prime minister of Canada
Canadian federal agencies → overseenBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Government of the Dominion of Canada → headOfGovernment → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Meech Lake Accord → proposedByOffice → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff → selectionBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Clerk of the Privy Council → advises → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Clerk of the Privy Council → appointedBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Clerk of the Privy Council → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister → advises → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister → appointedBy → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada
Rosh HaMemshala → hasEquivalentOffice → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Louis St. Laurent → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ