Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience
| Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience | |
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| Ministre de la Gestion des urgences et de la Résilience des communautés | |
since May 13, 2025 | |
| Public Safety Canada | |
| Style | The Honourable |
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| Seat | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Appointer | Monarch (represented by the governor general);[3] on the advice of the prime minister[4] |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | October 26, 2021 |
| Salary | CA$269,800 (2019)[5] |
| Website | www |
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The minister of emergency management and community resilience (French: ministre de la gestion des urgences et de la résilience des communautés) is a minister of the Crown supported by the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. The minister exercises powers under the Emergency Management Act and is responsible for emergency management and disaster response. The minister is a member of the King's Privy Council for Canada and the Canadian Cabinet.
Eleanor Olszewski has served as the minister since May 13, 2025. The minister is selected by the prime minister and appointed by the Crown. The role was first created in 2021 as the minister of emergency preparedness; its current title was adopted in 2025.
Role and history
Minister of Emergency Preparedness (2021–2025)
Emergency management is typically the responsibility of the minister of public safety and emergency preparedness. The portfolio was split in 2021, when a minister of state, styled as the minister of emergency preparedness, was created to assist the minister of public safety in a Cabinet shuffle following the 2021 federal election.[6][7][8] The minister of emergency preparedness exercised the powers of the minister under section 7 of the Emergency Management Act.
Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience (2025–present)
In May 2025, the present role of minister of emergency management and community resilience was introduced, with subsequent orders-in-council issued to designate Public Safety Canada as the department supporting the minister,[9] and transferring section 7 powers to the re-created portfolio.[10]
Section 7, Emergency Management Act
The Emergency Management Act allows the minister to make orders and regulations to:[11]
- Create and implement emergency management plans
- Use federal resources to response to civil emergencies
- Declare a provincial emergency to be of concern to the federal government
- Provide financial assistance to a province
List of ministers
Key:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry (Prime Minister) | |
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Bill Blair | October 26, 2021 | July 26, 2023 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
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Harjit Sajjan | July 26, 2023 | March 14, 2025 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
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| 2 | Eleanor Olszewski | May 13, 2025 | Incumbent | Liberal | 30 (Carney) | |
See also
References
- ^ "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF).
- ^ "Constitutional Duties". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Parliamentary Institutions - Canadian Parliamentary Institutions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Library of Parliament. April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Government of Canada (November 10, 2021). "Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 155, Number 23: Order Assigning the Honourable William Sterling Blair, Minister of State (Emergency Preparedness), to Assist the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness". Canada Gazette. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ Tunney, Catharine (October 26, 2021). "Anand to Defence, Joly to Foreign Affairs: Trudeau announces major cabinet shakeup". CBC News.
- ^ Curry, Bill; Kirkup, Kristy; Raman-Wilms, Menaka; Dickson, Janice (October 26, 2021). "Trudeau cabinet shuffle: Anita Anand moves to Defence, Steven Guilbeault to Environment, Mélanie Joly to Foreign Affairs". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ Government of Canada (June 4, 2025). "Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 159, Number 12: Order Designating the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to Provide Support to the Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience". Canada Gazette. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ Government of Canada (June 4, 2025). "Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 159, Number 12: Order Transferring from the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to the Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience the Powers, Duties and Functions Under Section 7 of the Emergency Management Act". Canada Gazette. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ Department of Justice Canada (August 3, 2007). "Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Emergency Management Act". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved August 12, 2025.