List of federal political parties in Canada

The following is a list of political parties which run for national federal office in Canada.

House of Commons

	Founded	Leader	Ideology	Position	MPs	Largest caucus
Liberal Party of Canada Parti libéral du Canada	1867	Mark Carney	Liberalism Social liberalism	Centre to centre-left	169 / 343	179 / 245 (1940)
Conservative Party of Canada Parti conservateur du Canada	2003	Pierre Pollievre	Conservatism Social conservatism Economic liberalism	Centre-right to right-wing	144 / 343	166 / 308 (2011)
Bloc Québécois	1991	Yves-François Blanchet	Quebec sovereignty Social democracy Republicanism Regionalism	Centre-left	22 / 343	54 / 295 (1993)
New Democratic Party Nouveau Parti démocratique	1961	Don Davies (acting)	Social democracy	Centre-left to left-wing	7 / 343	103 / 308 (2011)
Green Party of Canada Le Parti Vert du Canada	1983	Elizabeth May	Green politics	—	1 / 343	3 / 338 (2019)

Other parties registered with Elections Canada include:

Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada (founded in 2005) - environmentalist, animal liberationist
Canadian Action Party (founded in 1997) - populist, anti-globalization
Christian Heritage Party of Canada (founded in 1987) - social conservative, Judeo-Christian values^[1]
Communist Party of Canada (founded in 1921) - communist
Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (founded in 1970) - Marxist-Leninist
Libertarian Party of Canada (founded in 1975) - right-libertarian
Marijuana Party of Canada (founded in 2000) - pro-cannabis legalization
Rhinoceros Party (founded in 2006) - satirical party
Party for Accountability, Competency and Transparency (founded in 2010) - direct democracy
Pirate Party of Canada (founded in 2009) copyright reform, privacy, network neutrality, open government
Progressive Canadian Party (founded in 2004) - progressive conservative, Red Tory
United Party of Canada (founded in 2009) - centrist

Western Block Party (founded in 2005) - western separatist and paleoconservative/libertarian conservative
First Peoples National Party of Canada (founded in 2005) - Aboriginal rights advocacy
Freedom Party of Canada (founded in 2001)
Nationalist Party of Canada (founded in 1977)
National-Socialist Party of Canada (founded in 2006)
Newfoundland and Labrador First Party (founded in 2007) - Newfoundland and Labrador advocacy
People's Political Power of Canada (founded in 2006)- feminist, centrist, populist
Work Less Party (founded in 2007) - Labour rights
Natural Law Party of Canada (founded in 1992)