Deputy Prime Minister of Canada

The deputy prime minister of Canada (French: vice-première ministre du Canada) is a position in the Canadian Cabinet which is created from time to time by the prime minister of Canada, who has the power to designate a Cabinet minister as the deputy prime minister. That position does not have any standing at law and does not automatically have any formal duties. It does not have an associated departmental portfolio, since it is almost always conferred on an individual who already holds a position as Cabinet minister. As a Cabinet minister, deputy prime ministers are appointed to the Privy Council and styled as the Honourable (French: l'honorable), a privilege maintained for life.

There is currently no position of deputy prime minister. There was no deputy prime minister under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, nor initially under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau until November 20, 2019, when he appointed Chrystia Freeland. While deputy prime minister, she served concurrently first as minister of intergovernmental affairs, then as minister of finance. She resigned her Cabinet positions in December 2024. Neither Trudeau nor his successor, Prime Minister Mark Carney, have recreated the position.

The deputy prime minister should not be confused with the position of the clerk of the Privy Council, who is effectively the deputy minister (the senior civil servant in a department) of the prime minister's department (which is the Privy Council Office).