This group has more Ontarians and far less Prairie representation. And it’s just a little older, on average.
Members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet listen as he speaks during a news conference following a swearing in ceremony for the new liberal minority government at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Nov. 20, 2019. (David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Justin Trudeau’s brand-new cabinet for a challenging era of minority government is bigger, more Ontarian and slightly older than the first group of ministers he picked four years ago. Because it’s 2019, no one between British Columbia and Manitoba will sit at the cabinet table. In 2015, five of 31 ministers hailed from the Prairies. That’s down to just one. Thirty-five per cent of his first ministers were from Ontario. Now closer to half—45 per cent—are from the province where the Liberals won big in October. The median age of cabinet at the start of Trudeau’s first mandate was 48. That number ticked up through various shuffles over four years, but has now settled at 49.
Check out the graphics below for provincial, regional and age breakdowns of cabinet (both in 2015 and 2019). You can also find charts with the median total household incomes in each minister’s riding—as well as each riding’s density—compared to the national median. (The source for income and density data is Statistics Canada’s 2016 census. The income data is from 2015.)
Also, click here for the full list of cabinet ministers.
Portfolio: Family, Children and Social Development
Riding: York South—Weston
Province: Ont.
Age: 43
Portfolio: Public Service and Procurement
Riding: Oakville
Province: Ont.
Age: 52
Portfolio: Diversity, Inclusion and Youth
Riding: Waterloo
Province: Ont.
Age: 39
Portfolio: Fisheries and Oceans
Riding: South Shore—St. Margarets
Province: N.S.
Age: 56
Portfolio: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Riding: Scarborough Southwest
Province: Ont.
Age: 65
Portfolio: Finance
Riding: Toronto Centre
Province: Ont.
Age: 57
Portfolio: Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion
Riding: Delta
Province: B.C.
Age: 48
Portfolio: Crown-Indigenous Relations
Riding: Toronto–St. Paul’s
Province: Ont.
Age: 68
Portfolio: Infrastructure and Communities
Riding: Ottawa Centre
Province: Ont.
Age: 48
Portfolio: Deputy PM and Intergovernmental Affairs
Riding: University–Rosedale
Province: Ont.
Age: 51
Portfolio: Justice
Riding: LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
Province: Que.
Age: 57
Portfolio: Seniors
Riding: King—Vaughan
Province: Ont.
Age: 59
Portfolio: National Revenue
Riding: Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Province: Que.
Age: 60
Portfolio: President of the Privy Council
Riding: Beauséjour
Province: N.B.
Age: 51
Portfolio: Labour
Riding: Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Province: Ont.
Age: 47
Portfolio: Foreign Affairs
Riding: Saint-Maurice—Champlain
Province: Que.
Age: 49
Portfolio: National Defence
Riding: Vancouver South
Province: B.C.
Age: 49
Portfolio: President of the Treasury Board
Riding: Québec
Province: Que.
Age: 54
Portfolio: Environment and Climate Change
Riding: North Vancouver
Province: B.C.
Age: 54
Portfolio: Digital Government
Riding: Vancouver Quadra
Province: B.C.
Age: 65
Portfolio: Prime Minister
Riding: Papineau
Province: Que.
Age: 47
Portfolio: International Development
Riding: Burlington
Province: Ont.
Age: 32
Portfolio: Veterans Affairs
Riding: Cardigan
Province: P.E.I.
Age: 73
Portfolio: Transport
Riding: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount
Province: Que.
Age: 70
Portfolio: Indigenous Services
Riding: Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs
Province: Que.
Age: 46
Portfolio: Agriculture and Agri-Food
Riding: Compton–Stanstead
Province: Que.
Age: 49
Portfolio: International Trade
Riding: Markham—Thornhill
Province: Ont.
Age: 49
Portfolio: Women and Gender Equality
Riding: Peterborough–Kawartha
Province: Ont.
Age: 35
Portfolio: Economic Development
Riding: Ahuntsic–Cartierville
Province: Que.
Age: 40
Portfolio: Middle Class Prosperity
Riding: Ottawa—Vanier
Province: Ont.
Age: 47
Portfolio: Innovation, Science and Industry
Riding: Mississauga–Malton
Province: Ont.
Age: 42
Portfolio: Government House Leader
Riding: Honoré-Mercier
Province: Que.
Age: 52
Portfolio: Health
Riding: Thunder Bay–Superior North
Province: Ont.
Age: 53
Portfolio: Natural Resources
Riding: St. John’s South—Mount Pearl
Province: N.L.
Age: 48
Portfolio: Canadian Heritage
Riding: Laurier—Sainte-Marie
Province: Que.
Age: 49
Portfolio: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Riding: Eglinton—Lawrence
Province: Ont.
Age: 46
Portfolio: Northern Affairs
Riding: Saint Boniface—Saint Vital
Province: Man.
Age: 59