Mark Carney is sworn in as prime minister during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

By The Canadian Press

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Mark Carney sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister

Mar 14, 2025 | 10:17 AM

Mark Carney has been officially sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister in a ceremony at Rideau Hall, about an hour after Justin Trudeau formally resigned.

Carney told reporters on his way into the ceremony that his government is focused and ready to get to work.

The new Liberal government has 24 ministers, including Carney, and includes a mix of Trudeau-era ministers and new faces who will lead during the coming federal election campaign.

Here’s a list of ministers and their portfolios:

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• Dominic LeBlanc, minister of international trade and intergovernmental affairs and president of the King’s Privy Council for Canada

• Mélanie Joly, minister of foreign affairs and international development

• François-Philippe Champagne, minister of finance

• Anita Anand, minister of innovation, science and industry

• Bill Blair, minister of national defence

• Patty Hajdu, minister of Indigenous services

• Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of energy and natural resources

• Ginette Petitpas Taylor, president of the Treasury Board

• Steven Guilbeault, minister of Canadian culture and identity, Parks Canada and Quebec lieutenant

• Chrystia Freeland, minister of transport and internal trade

• Kamal Khera, minister of health

• Gary Anandasangaree, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada and minister of Crown-Indigenous relations and northern affairs

• Rechie Valdez, chief government whip

• Steven MacKinnon, minister of jobs and families

• David McGuinty, minister of public safety and emergency preparedness

• Terry Duguid, minister of environment and climate change

• Nate Erskine-Smith, minister of housing, infrastructure and communities

• Rachel Bendayan, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship

• Élisabeth Brière, minister of veterans affairs and minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency

• Joanne Thompson, minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard

• Arielle Kayabaga, leader of the government in the House of Commons and minister of democratic institutions

• Kody Blois, minister of agriculture and agri-food and rural economic development

• Ali Ehsassi, minister of government transformation, public services and procurement.

This cabinet is expected to be in place when a general election is launched — likely before March 24, the date Parliament is set to resume.