The following is a list of political parties in Ontario, Canada.

Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Name Founded Ideology Leader MPPs
  Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario		 1854 Conservatism Doug Ford 79
  Ontario New Democratic Party
Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario		 1961 Social democracy Marit Stiles 28
  Ontario Liberal Party
Parti libéral de l'Ontario		 1857 Liberalism Bonnie Crombie 9
  Green Party of Ontario
Parti vert de l’Ontario		 1983 Green politics Mike Schreiner 2

Other parties registered with Elections Ontario

NameFoundedIdeologyLeaderNotes
  Canadians' Choice Party
Le Parti du choix des Canadiens et Canadiennes		2011Direct democracy, Right-wing populism, Far-right politicsBahman Yazdanfar
  Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)
Parti communiste du Canada (Ontario)		1940CommunismDrew GarvieKnown as the Labor-Progressive Party from 1941 to 1949. Had two MPPs from 1943 to 1951, and one from 1951 to 1955.
  Consensus Ontario2018Populism, Non-partisan consensus government[1]Brad Harness
  Electoral Reform Party2022Electoral reformPeter House
  Freedom of Choice, Peace & Justice Party2022Lilya Eklishaeva
  Freedom Party of Ontario
Parti de la Liberté - Ontario		1984ObjectivismPaul McKeever
  New Blue Party of Ontario
Nouveau Parti Bleu de l'Ontario		2020Right-wing populismJim KarahaliosBriefly held one seat in the legislature from 2020-2022 after PC MPP Belinda Karahalios crossed the floor to the party.
  None of the Above Direct Democracy Party
Aucune de ces Réponses Démocratie Directe Parti		2014Direct democracyGreg Vezina
  Northern Ontario Party
Parti de l'Ontario Nord		1977RegionalismTrevor HollidayKnown as Northern Ontario Heritage Party from 1977-1985, 2010-2016, Disbanded in 1985, Revived in 2010, Separatist from 2016-2018
  Ontario Alliance
Alliance de l'Ontario		2017Social conservatism, Right-wing populism[2]
Joshua E. EriksenKnown as Reform Party of Ontario from 1989-2015
  Ontario Centrist Party2022CentrismMansoor Qureshi
  Ontario Libertarian Party
Parti libertarien de l'Ontario		1975LibertarianismKeith Komar
  Ontario Moderate Party2014CentrismYuri Duboisky
  Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party1989Conservatism, Canadian nationalism, Anti-bilingualismMurray Reid
  Party for People with Special Needs
Parti pour les gens qui ont des besoins spéciaux		2007Disability rights activism, Single-issue politicsLionel Wayne Poizner
  People's Progressive Common Front of Ontario2022Raymond Samuels
  Populist Party Ontario
Parti Populiste Ontario		2022PopulismJim Torma
  Public Benefit Party of Ontario2022Kay Sayer
  Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda2016Social conservatism,[3] Single-issue politicsQueenie Yu

Parties listed in the order they are alphabetized by Elections Ontario.[4]

Unregistered parties

Historical parties that held seats in the Legislative Assembly

Pre-Confederation parties

Other historical parties

NamePeriodIdeologyNotes
Canadian Economic Party2018-2019Basic income advocacy, Single-issue politics[1]
Cultural Action Party of Ontario2016-2018Known as Canadian Constituents' Party from 2016-2017
Equal Parenting Party2014-2018Father's rights
Go Vegan2011-before 2022 electionEnvironmentalism, Animal rights[3]
Natural Law Party of Ontario1993-2000Pro-Transcendental Meditation
New Reform Party of Ontario1987-2016Known as Family Coalition Party of Ontario from 1987-2015
Multicultural Party of Ontario
Parti Multiculturel de l'Ontario		2018-before 2022 electionSingle-issue politics
Ontario Social Reform Party2018-2019Populism[1]
Parliamentary Freedom Party2018-2019
Party for Human Rights in Ontario2011
Party of Objective Truth2018-2019Meritocratic social democracy[1]
Pauper Party of Ontario
Parti Pauvre de l'Ontario		2011-before 2022 electionSocial credit, Libertarianism[3]
People First Republican Party of Ontario2007-2019Big Tent, Grassroots democracy, Republicanism
Reform Party of Ontario1989-2015Right-wing populism, Social conservatismKnown as Ontario Alliance in 2017
Representative Party of Ontario2005Right-wing populism, Social conservatismA faction of the Reform Party that existed in 2005
Social Credit Party of Ontario/Union of Electors1945-1985Social credit, Social conservatism
Stop Climate Change
Arrêtons le Changement Climatique		2018-before 2022 electionEnvironmentalism,[3] Single-issue politics
The New People's Choice Party of Ontario2017-2019Left-wing populism[1]
The Peoples Political Party2011-2023Left-wing populism
The Only Party 2011
Unparty1980-1983ObjectivismSucceeded by Freedom Party of Ontario

Toronto municipal parties

NamePeriod
Toronto Party2007
Civic Action (CIVAC)1969
Metro New Democratic Party1969-1990s
Civic Liberals1969

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Draaisma, Muriel (June 3, 2018). "9 new political parties vying for seats in Ontario election". CBC Toronto.
  2. ↑ Paikin, Steve (19 July 2017). "It's the best of times and the worst of times for Ontario Tories". TVO. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Crawford, Blair. "Here is every political party running in Ontario's June 7 election," Ottawa Citizen, May 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Registered Political Parties". Retrieved June 18, 2021.
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