The Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship was an office in the

Cabinet of Canada The Cabinet of Canada (french: Cabinet du Canada) is a body of Minister of the Crown, ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada. Chaired by the ...

from 1991 to 1996 and from 2013 and 2015. It was superseded in 1996 and again in 2015 by the

Minister of Canadian Heritage The minister of Canadian heritage (french: ministre du patrimoine canadien) is the minister of the Crown who heads Canadian Heritage, the department of the Government of Canada responsible for culture, media, sports, and the arts. History The po ...

. In 2019,

Bardish Chagger Bardish Chagger (born April 6, 1980) is a Canadian politician who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Chagger has sat in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Waterloo si ...

was appointed as

Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth The minister of housing and diversity and inclusion (french: ministre du logement et de la diversité et de l’inclusion) is a minister of the Crown and a member of the Cabinet of Canada. The minister is associated with the Department of Canadi ...

, taking on some of the responsibilities formerly associated with the position. The responsibility of citizenship is now undertaken by the

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship The minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship (french: Ministre de l'immigration, des réfugiés et de la citoyenneté) is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The minister is responsible for Immigration, Refugees and Citi ...

. Prior to 1991, citizenship was within the portfolio of the

Secretary of State for Canada The Secretary of State for Canada, established in 1867 with a corresponding department, was a Canadian Cabinet position that served as the official channel of communication between the Dominion of Canada and the Imperial government in London. Scot ...

Ministers

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