This is a list of trade unions in Canada.

Canadian Labour Congress The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (french: Congrès du travail du Canada, link=no or ) is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated. History Formation The CLC was ...

National Affiliates

* Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists * British Columbia Teachers' Federation * Canadian Association of University Teachers *

Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union The Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE; french: Syndicat canadien des employées et employés professionnels et de bureau, link=no) is a Canadian labour union representing approximately 35,000 white-collar workers, in both the ...

Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association The Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA; french: Association canadienne des maîtres de poste et adjoints CMPAlink=no) represents rural postal workers for the Canada Post Corporation. The trade union belongs to the Canadian ...

Canadian Union of Postal Workers The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW; french: Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes TTP}) is a public-sector trade union representing postal workers including letter carriers, rural and suburban mail carriers, postal clerk ...

Canadian Union of Public Employees The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE; french: Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, links=no; french: SCFP, link=, label=none) is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector – although it has in recent years organized workpl ...

* Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario *

Manitoba Teachers' Society The Manitoba Teachers' Society (MTS) is the trade union representing schoolteachers in Manitoba, Canada. It was founded in 1919, and currently has around 16,000 members. It is an affiliate of the Canadian Teachers' Federation The Canadian Teach ...

* National Union of Public and General Employees *

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU; french: Fédération canadienne des syndicats d'infirmières et infirmiers, link=no) is a trade union centre in Canada. The CFNU is a federation of provincial unions representing registered nurses, ...

* Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association * Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation * Public Service Alliance of Canada * Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

International Affiliates

* Air Line Pilots Association, International * Amalgamated Transit Union *

American Federation of Musicians The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) labor union representing professional instrumental musicians in the United States and Canada. The AFM, which has its headquarters in New York City, ...

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union (BCTGM) is a labor union in the United States and Canada primarily representing workers in the food processing industry. The union was established in 1886 as the Jo ...

* CWA-Canadian Media Guild * International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada * International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers *

International Association of Fire Fighters The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing paid full-time firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL ...

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers The International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers (AWIU or Insulators) is a trade union in the United States and Canada, founded in 1903. It is affiliated with the AFL–CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress and the Nort ...

* International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers * International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers * International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers * International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers * International Longshore and Warehouse Union * International Longshoremen's Association *

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) is a labor union in the United States and Canada which represents bricklayers, restoration specialists, pointers/cleaners/caulkers, stonemasons, marble masons, cement masons, ...

International Union of Elevator Constructors The International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) is a trade union in the United States and Canada that represents members who construct, modernize, repair, and service elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and other conveyances. The IUEC ...

International Union of Operating Engineers The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a trade union within the United States-based AFL–CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers (also ...

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) is a union representing about 100,000 painters, glaziers, wall coverers, flooring installers, convention and trade show decorators, glassworkers, sign and display workers, asbestos wor ...

* Laborers' International Union of North America * Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association *

Seafarers' International Union of Canada The Seafarers International Union of Canada (SIU) is a Canadian labour union representing seafarers working aboard Canadian flag vessels. The Seafarers’ International Union of Canada is affiliated with the Seafarers’ International Union of Nor ...

* Service Employees International Union ** Workers United Canada Council * Sheet Metal Workers International Association * United Auto Workers * United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America * United Food and Commercial Workers Union *

United Mine Workers of America The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American Labor history of the United States, labor union best known for representing coal miners. Today, the Union also represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing worke ...

United Steelworkers The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, commonly known as the United Steelworkers (USW), is a general trade union with members across North America. Headqua ...

* United Transportation Union * United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry * UNITE HERE

Independent Unions/Other Afflictions

Alliance des professeures et professeurs de Montréal The Alliance des professeures et professeurs de Montréal is a professional trade union that represents teachers in the Commission scolaire de Montréal The Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSM ''Montreal school board''), was a board from 1998 u ...

* Canadian Actors' Equity Association * Centrale des syndicats du Québec *

Christian Labour Association of Canada The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) is a labour union that represents companies in the construction, healthcare, and food industries. It was established in 1952 to represent workers on the basis of "Christian social principles". Th ...

* Confédération des syndicats nationaux *

Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (Quebec) The Congress of Democratic Trade Unions ( French: ''Centrale des syndicats démocratiques'', CSD) is a national trade union centre in Quebec formed on 8 June 1972 in response to a split within the Confederation of National Trade Unions Confédér ...

* Confederation of Canadian Unions * Industrial Workers of the World * Major League Baseball Players Association * National Hockey League Players' Association *

National Police Federation National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers *

Teaching Support Staff Union The Teaching Support Staff Union is an independent labour union operating at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. It represents adjunct labour at the University, including teaching assistants and sessional instructors. Histor ...

* Teamsters Canada *

Writers Guild of Canada The Writers Guild of Canada is an organization representing more than 2,500 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and digital media production in Canada. Members of the Guild write dramatic TV series, feature films, Movies of th ...

* Unifor

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