First woman elected to Parliament First Scottish-Canadian woman elected to Parliament First Progressive woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Ontario
First English-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Only Labor-Progressive or Unity (i.e., Communist) woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Saskatchewan
First Conservative woman elected to Parliament First woman to serve in Cabinet Secretary of State for Canada (1957–1958) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1958–1962) Postmaster General (1962–1963)
First Italian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Quebec (of 3) Minister of National Revenue (1976–1977) Minister of Health (1977–1979, 1980–1984)
First woman elected to Parliament from Quebec (of 3) First woman to be Speaker of the House of Commons First woman to be appointed Governor General Minister of the Environment (1974–1975) Minister of Communications (1975–1979) Speaker of the House of Commons (1980–1984)
First woman to be appointed to a senior economic cabinet portfolio Minister of Energy (1984–1986) Minister of International Trade (1986–1988) President of the Treasury Board (1988)
First Finnish-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister for Mines (1980–1983) Minister for Status of Women (1981–1984) Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1983–1984)
First Black Canadian and Grenadian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister for Multiculturalism (2002–2004) Minister for Status of Women (2002–2004)
First Trinidadian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister for Multiculturalism (1996–2002) Minister for Status of Women (1996–2002) Longest-serving female MP
Minister of Natural Resources (1993–1997) Minister of Justice (1997–2002) Minister of Health (2002–2003) Deputy Prime Minister (2003–2006) Minister of Public Safety (2003–2006)
Minister of Labour (1995–1996) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1996–1999) President of the Treasury Board (1999–2003) Minister of Industry (2003–2004) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2004–2006)
Minister for Public Health (2003–2006) Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs/Crown–Indigenous Relations (2015–2021) Minister of Mental Health and Addictions (2021–2023)
Minister of the Environment (2006–2007) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2007–2008) Minister of Western Economic Diversification (2007–2008) Minister of Labour (2008–2010) Minister of Public Works (2010–2013) Minister for the Status of Women (2010–2013) Minister of Health (2013–2015)
First Japanese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister of Canadian Heritage (2006–2007) Minister for the Status of Women (2006–2007) Minister of International Cooperation (2007–2012)
Minister of International Cooperation (2006–2007) Minister of Canadian Heritage (2007–2008) Minister for the Status of Women (2007–2008) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2008–2011)
First South African-Canadian woman elected to Parliament President of the Treasury Board (2019) Minister of Digital Government (2019–2021) Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (2021–2023)
Minister of International Trade (2015–2017) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2017–2019) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2019–2020) Deputy Prime Minister (2019–present) Minister of Finance (2020–present)
Minister of International Development (2015–2019) Minister for La Francophone (2015–2018) Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (2019–2023) Minister of National Revenue (2023–present)
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (2017–2018) Minister of Democratic Institutions (2017–2019) Minister of International Development (2019–2021) Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (2021–2023) House Leader of the Government (2023–present)
Minister for the Status of Women (2015–2017) Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour (2017–2019) Minister of Health (2019–2021) Minister of Indigenous Services; Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (2021–present)
Minister of Canadian Heritage (2015–2018) Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie (2018–2019) Minister of Economic Development/Official Languages (2019–2021) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2021–present)
First Afghan-Canadian women elected to Parliament President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada; Minister of Democratic Institutions (2015–2017) Minister of International Development (2019) Minister for the Status of Women/Women and Gender Equality (2017–2021) Minister of Rural Economic Development (2019–2021)
Minister of Health (2017–2019) Minister of Official Languages (2021–2023) Minister of Veterans Affairs; Associate Minister of National Defence (2023–present)
First former Paralympian elected to Parliament Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities (2015–2017) Minister of Public Services and Procurement/Public Services and Procurement, and Accessibility; Receiver General (2017–2019) Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion (2019–2023) Minister of Sport and Physical Activity (2023–present)
Minister for Seniors (2018–2019) Minister of Labour (2019–2021) Minister of Public Services and Procurement; Receiver General; Minister for Canada Post Corp. (2021–present)
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion/Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade/International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development (2018–present)
Minister of Public Services and Procurement; Receiver General (2019–2021) Minister of National Defence (2021–2023) President of the Treasury Board (2023–present)
Minister of Public Services and Procurement; Receiver General (2022–2023) Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (2021–2022)
First LGBT female cabinet minister Minister of Canadian Heritage (2023–present) Minister for Sport; Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec (2021–2023)
Numbers and proportions are as they were directly after the relevant election and do not take into account by-elections, defections, or other changes in membership. Instead, women who were initially by-elected to their seats and later successful in holding them at a subsequent federal election are counted as having won the latter to serve full terms, if completed. "Others" include the Reform Party between 1988 and 1997, the Canadian Alliance only in 2000, Bloc Québécois since 1993, and the Greens since 2011.