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canadiennes, Parcs Canada et lieutenant du Québec</i></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px var( --border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1 ); line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_(52548719776)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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Canada">Government of Canada</a> responsible for <a href="/wiki/Canadian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian culture">culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Media_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Media in Canada">media</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport in Canada">sports</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Art_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Art in Canada">arts</a>. Since 2025, it has also been responsible for <a href="/wiki/Parks_Canada" title="Parks Canada">Parks Canada</a> (previously the responsibility of the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Environment_and_Climate_Change" title="Minister of Environment and Climate Change">Minister of Environment and Climate Change</a>), and as <a href="/wiki/Quebec_lieutenant" title="Quebec lieutenant">Quebec lieutenant</a> its holder is the government's main advisor or spokesperson on issues specific to <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Canadian_Culture_and_Identity,_Parks_Canada_and_Quebec_Lieutenant&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The position was created in 1996 as the <b>Minister of Canadian Heritage</b> to combine the posts of <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Multiculturalism_and_Citizenship_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (Canada)">minister of multiculturalism and citizenship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Communications_(Canada)" title="Minister of Communications (Canada)">minister of communications</a>. The "status of women" was merged from the <a href="/wiki/Minister_responsible_for_the_Status_of_Women_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister responsible for the Status of Women (Canada)">minister responsible for the status of women</a> in 2006. In 2008, the status of women portfolio was transferred to a <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State (Canada)">minister of state</a>. </p><p>On August 16, 2013, the multiculturalism portfolio was assigned to <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kenney" title="Jason Kenney">Jason Kenney</a>, who was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Multiculturalism_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Multiculturalism (Canada)">minister for multiculturalism</a> in addition to his other portfolios. </p><p>Those portfolios and responsibilities such as for the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Race_Relations_Foundation" title="Canadian Race Relations Foundation">Canadian Race Relations Foundation</a>, were returned to the heritage minister with the swearing in of the <a href="/wiki/29th_Canadian_Ministry" title="29th Canadian Ministry">29th Canadian Ministry</a> in November 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-Cabinet_name_changes_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cabinet_name_changes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The heritage minister also gained responsibility for the <a href="/wiki/National_Capital_Commission" title="National Capital Commission">National Capital Commission</a>, which was formerly under the senior <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>-area cabinet minister under the Harper government; and the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Secretary_to_the_Queen" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Secretary to the Queen">Canadian secretary to the Queen</a>, which was previously under the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_Office_(Canada)" title="Privy Council Office (Canada)">Privy Council Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cabinet_name_changes_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cabinet_name_changes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The position was modified slightly on March 14, 2025, at the start of the <a href="/wiki/30th_Canadian_Ministry" title="30th Canadian Ministry">30th Canadian Ministry</a>, gaining responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Parks_Canada" title="Parks Canada">Parks Canada</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Environment_and_Climate_Change" title="Minister of Environment and Climate Change">Minister of Environment and Climate Change</a> and being officially renamed the <b>Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada and Quebec Lieutenant</b>; while the role of <a href="/wiki/Quebec_lieutenant" title="Quebec lieutenant">Quebec lieutenant</a> had previously been held by <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Rodriguez_(Canadian_politician)" title="Pablo Rodriguez (Canadian politician)">Pablo Rodriguez</a> during his stint as Minister of Canadian Heritage, this was the first time the role of Quebec lieutenant was formally included in the minister's title. </p><p>Traditionally, the minister attends the <a href="/wiki/Juno_Awards" title="Juno Awards">Juno Awards</a> to present the awards for Breakthrough Artist and Breakthrough Group Of The Year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ministers">List of ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Canadian_Culture_and_Identity,_Parks_Canada_and_Quebec_Lieutenant&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Key:</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#EA6D6A; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party of Canada</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#6495ED; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th>Ministry </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Minister of Canadian Heritage </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white">1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheila_Copps_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Sheila_Copps_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Sheila_Copps_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Sheila_Copps_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Sheila_Copps_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="486" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Copps" title="Sheila Copps">Sheila Copps</a> </td> <td>July 12, 1996</td> <td>December 11, 2003 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/26th_Canadian_Ministry" title="26th Canadian Ministry">26</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Chrétien</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white">2 </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Scherrer" title="Hélène Scherrer">Hélène Scherrer</a> </td> <td>December 12, 2003</td> <td>July 19, 2004 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/27th_Canadian_Ministry" title="27th Canadian Ministry">27</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Martin</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white">3 </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liza_Frulla" title="Liza Frulla">Liza Frulla</a> </td> <td>July 20, 2004</td> <td>February 5, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#6495ED;">4 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bev_Oda_UNDP_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Bev_Oda_UNDP_2010.jpg/50px-Bev_Oda_UNDP_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Bev_Oda_UNDP_2010.jpg/75px-Bev_Oda_UNDP_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Bev_Oda_UNDP_2010.jpg/100px-Bev_Oda_UNDP_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="458" data-file-height="599" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bev_Oda" title="Bev Oda">Bev Oda</a> </td> <td>February 6, 2006</td> <td>August 14, 2007 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/28th_Canadian_Ministry" title="28th Canadian Ministry">28</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Harper</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#6495ED;">5 </th> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9e_Verner" title="Josée Verner">Josée Verner</a> </td> <td>August 14, 2007</td> <td>October 29, 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#6495ED;">6 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Moore_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/James_Moore_2014.jpg/50px-James_Moore_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/James_Moore_2014.jpg/75px-James_Moore_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/James_Moore_2014.jpg/100px-James_Moore_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1651" data-file-height="2218" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Moore_(Canadian_politician)" title="James Moore (Canadian politician)">James Moore</a> </td> <td>October 30, 2008</td> <td>July 15, 2013 </td> <td rowspan="2">Conservative </td> <td rowspan="2">28 <small>(Harper)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#6495ED;">7 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shelly_Glover_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Shelly_Glover_2014.jpg/50px-Shelly_Glover_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Shelly_Glover_2014.jpg/75px-Shelly_Glover_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Shelly_Glover_2014.jpg/100px-Shelly_Glover_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1311" data-file-height="1689" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shelly_Glover" title="Shelly Glover">Shelly Glover</a> </td> <td>July 15, 2013</td> <td>November 4, 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Minister of Canadian Heritage </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white">8 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joly_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Joly_cropped.jpg/50px-Joly_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="62" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Joly_cropped.jpg/75px-Joly_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Joly_cropped.jpg/100px-Joly_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="896" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9lanie_Joly" title="Mélanie Joly">Mélanie Joly</a> </td> <td>November 4, 2015</td> <td>July 18, 2018 </td> <td rowspan="1">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/29th_Canadian_Ministry" title="29th Canadian Ministry">29</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">J. Trudeau</a>)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white">9 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_(inauguration)_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_(3-4_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_%28inauguration%29_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_%283-4_crop%29.jpg/60px-R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_%28inauguration%29_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_%283-4_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_%28inauguration%29_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_%283-4_crop%29.jpg/120px-R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_%28inauguration%29_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_%283-4_crop%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3799" data-file-height="5063" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Rodriguez_(Canadian_politician)" title="Pablo Rodriguez (Canadian politician)">Pablo Rodriguez</a> </td> <td>July 18, 2018</td> <td>November 20, 2019 </td> <td rowspan="1">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="1">29 <small>(J. Trudeau)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Minister of Canadian Heritage </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white">10 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_(52548719776)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1686" data-file-height="2531" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steven_Guilbeault" title="Steven Guilbeault">Steven Guilbeault</a> </td> <td>November 20, 2019</td> <td>October 26, 2021 </td> <td rowspan="3">Liberal </td> <td rowspan="3">29 <small>(J. Trudeau)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white"><small>(9)</small> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_(inauguration)_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_(3-4_crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_%28inauguration%29_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_%283-4_crop%29.jpg/60px-R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_%28inauguration%29_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_%283-4_crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_%28inauguration%29_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_%283-4_crop%29.jpg/120px-R%C3%A9seau_Express_M%C3%A9tropolitain_%28inauguration%29_12_-_Pablo_Rodriguez_%283-4_crop%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3799" data-file-height="5063" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Rodriguez_(Canadian_politician)" title="Pablo Rodriguez (Canadian politician)">Pablo Rodriguez</a> </td> <td>October 26, 2021</td> <td>July 26, 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white">11 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pascale_St-Onge_at_Halton_Field_Hockey_Club_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Pascale_St-Onge_at_Halton_Field_Hockey_Club_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Pascale_St-Onge_at_Halton_Field_Hockey_Club_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Pascale_St-Onge_at_Halton_Field_Hockey_Club_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Pascale_St-Onge_at_Halton_Field_Hockey_Club_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Pascale_St-Onge_at_Halton_Field_Hockey_Club_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Pascale_St-Onge_at_Halton_Field_Hockey_Club_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="1060" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pascale_St-Onge" title="Pascale St-Onge">Pascale St-Onge</a> </td> <td>July 26, 2023</td> <td>March 14, 2025<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada and Quebec Lieutenant </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#EA6D6A; color:white"><small>(10)</small> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_(52548719776)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/50px-Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Steven_Guilbeault_-_2022_%2852548719776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1686" data-file-height="2531" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steven_Guilbeault" title="Steven Guilbeault">Steven Guilbeault</a> </td> <td>March 14, 2025<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td>Liberal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/30th_Canadian_Ministry" title="30th Canadian Ministry">30</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Mark_Carney" title="Mark Carney">Carney</a>)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Canadian_Culture_and_Identity,_Parks_Canada_and_Quebec_Lieutenant&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to 2003, their responsibilities included <a href="/wiki/National_Parks_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parks of Canada">National Parks</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_historic_sites_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of national historic sites of Canada">historic sites</a>. The minister is responsible for: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Canadian_Heritage" title="Department of Canadian Heritage">Department of Canadian Heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_Council" title="Canada Council">Canada Council for the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Race_Relations_Foundation" title="Canadian Race Relations Foundation">Canadian Race Relations Foundation</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cabinet_name_changes_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cabinet_name_changes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Radio-television_and_Telecommunications_Commission" title="Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission">Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Secretary_to_the_King" title="Canadian Secretary to the King">Canadian Secretary to the King</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cabinet_name_changes_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cabinet_name_changes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_and_Archives_Canada" title="Library and Archives Canada">Library and Archives Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Arts_Centre" title="National Arts Centre">National Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Battlefields_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="National Battlefields Commission">National Battlefields Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Capital_Commission" title="National Capital Commission">National Capital Commission</a><sup id="cite_ref-Cabinet_name_changes_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cabinet_name_changes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Board_of_Canada" title="National Film Board of Canada">National Film Board of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Museum_of_History" title="Canadian Museum of History">Canadian Museum of History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_War_Museum" title="Canadian War Museum">Canadian War Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_Museum_of_New_France" title="Virtual Museum of New France">Virtual Museum of New France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Museum_for_Human_Rights" title="Canadian Museum for Human Rights">Canadian Museum for Human Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Museum_of_Immigration_at_Pier_21" title="Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21">Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Museum_of_Nature" title="Canadian Museum of Nature">Canadian Museum of Nature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingenium" title="Ingenium">Ingenium</a> (<a href="/wiki/Canada_Science_and_Technology_Museum" title="Canada Science and Technology Museum">Canada Science and Technology Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada_Agriculture_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada Agriculture Museum">Canada Agriculture and Food Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada_Aviation_and_Space_Museum" title="Canada Aviation and Space Museum">Canada Aviation and Space Museum</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Canada" title="National Gallery of Canada">National Gallery of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portrait_Gallery_of_Canada" title="Portrait Gallery of Canada">Portrait Gallery of Canada</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Commission_of_Canada" title="Public Service Commission of Canada">Public Service Commission of Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Service_Staff_Relations_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Service Staff Relations Board">Public Service Staff Relations Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telefilm_Canada" title="Telefilm Canada">Telefilm Canada</a></li></ul></div> <p>Since 2025, the minister has also been responsible for <a href="/wiki/Parks_Canada" title="Parks Canada">Parks Canada</a> and is the government's <a href="/wiki/Quebec_lieutenant" title="Quebec lieutenant">Quebec lieutenant</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_duties">General duties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Canadian_Culture_and_Identity,_Parks_Canada_and_Quebec_Lieutenant&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: General duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The minister's general powers, duties, and functions are set out by section 4 of the <i>Department of Canadian Heritage Act</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which provides as follows: </p><p><b>(1)</b> The powers, duties and functions of the Minister extend to and include all matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, not by law assigned to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, relating to Canadian identity and values, cultural development and heritage. </p><p><b>(2)</b> The Minister’s jurisdiction referred to in subsection (1) encompasses, but is not limited to, jurisdiction over </p> <ul><li>the promotion of a greater understanding of human rights, fundamental freedoms and related values;</li> <li>multiculturalism;</li> <li>the arts, including cultural aspects of the status of the artist;</li> <li>cultural heritage and industries, including performing arts, visual and audio-visual arts, publishing, sound recording, film, video and literature;</li> <li>national battlefields;</li> <li>the encouragement, promotion and development of sport;</li> <li>the advancement of the equality of status and use of English and French and the enhancement and development of the English and French linguistic minority communities in Canada;</li> <li>state ceremonial and Canadian symbols;</li> <li>broadcasting, except in respect of spectrum management and the technical aspects of broadcasting;</li> <li>the formulation of cultural policy, including the formulation of cultural policy as it relates to foreign investment and copyright;</li> <li>the conservation, exportation and importation of cultural property; and</li> <li>national museums, archives and libraries.</li></ul> <p>In addition, sections 42 to 44 of the Official Languages 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