Executive Council of Ontario

Executive Council of Ontario
Conseil des ministres de l'Ontario

Coat of arms of Ontario
Nickname	Cabinet of Ontario
Formation	July 20, 1867 (1867-07-20)
Membership	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Premier of Ontario and other ministers of the Crown
Monarch of Canada	Charles III
Represented by	Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor
Chair	Vic Fedeli, Chair of Cabinet
Staff	Government of Ontario

Politics of Ontario
Crown
Monarch: King Charles III Lieutenant Governor (list): Edith Dumont
Provincial legislature
Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker: Ted Arnott Current assembly (list) Political parties Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Green Recent elections: 2022 2025 Next By-elections Electoral districts
Government
Premier (list): Doug Ford Cabinet: Official Opposition Opposition Leader: Marit Stiles Shadow cabinet
See also
Politics of Canada
Politics by province / territory
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The Executive Council of Ontario (French: Conseil des ministres de l'Ontario), often informally referred to as the Cabinet of Ontario (French: Cabinet de l'Ontario), is the cabinet of the Canadian province of Ontario. It comprises ministers of the provincial Crown, who are selected by the premier of Ontario (the first minister of the Crown) and appointed by the lieutenant governor. The activities of the Government of Ontario are directed by the Executive Council.

The Executive Council is almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Though the lieutenant governor does not generally attend Cabinet meetings, directives issued by the Crown on the advice of the ministers are said to be ordered by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council. Unless disqualified by law, Ministers are granted honorific prefix "The Honourable" and post-nominal “ECO” for life. The honorific applies to current and future ministers, as well as to former ministers who were alive in June 2025.^[1]

The Cabinet is similar in structure and role to the federal Privy Council for Canada, though smaller in size, and, whereas the federal Cabinet is actually a committee of the Privy Council, the Executive Council of Ontario and Cabinet of Ontario are, for the most part, one and the same (past members of the Executive Council are appointed honorary members of the Executive Council, without a right to attend Cabinet meetings or having any other rights except the use of The Honourable before their name and the post-nominal ECO). ^[2]

Doug Ford and his Cabinet were sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29, 2018, following the 2018 general election. This is the current cabinet of Ontario:^[3]

Lieutenant Governor

Premier

Other ministers

• Ministry of Children's Services (2003–2004)
• Ministry of Citizenship and Culture (1983–1987)
• Ministry of Citizenship (1987–1995; 2001–2003)
• Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation (1995–2001)
• Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (2016–2018)
• Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade (2003–2016)
• Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services (2002–2003)
• Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (2003–2019)
• Ministry of Consumer and Business Services (2003–2005)
• Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972–2001)
• Ministry of Correctional Services (1972–1993; 1999–2002)
• Ministry of Culture and Communications (1987–1993)
• Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation (1993–1995)
• Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism (1995–1999; 2008–2011)
• Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (1999−2008)
• Ministry of Education and Training (1993–1999)
• Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (2007–2010)
• Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology (1997–2002)
• Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (2002–2003)
• Ministry of Environment and Energy (1993–1997; 2002)
• Ministry of Financial Institutions (1986–1993)
• Ministry of Health (1972–1999)
• Ministry of Housing (1973–1981; 1985–1995)
• Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology (1985–1993)
• International Trade
• Ministry of Municipal Affairs (1985–1995; 2003–2004)
• Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal (2005−2008)
• Ministry of Public Safety and Security (2002–2003)
• Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science (2013–2018)
• Ministry of Revenue (1968–2012)
• Ministry of Skills Development (1985–1993)
• Ministry of the Solicitor General (1972–1993; 1999–2002)
• Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services (1993–1999)
• Ministry of Tourism (1999–2001)
• Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation (2001–2002)
• Ministry of Transportation and Communications (1971–1987)
• Ministry of Treasury and Economics (1978–1993)
• Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario (from 1961 Provincial Secretary and Minister of Citizenship) (list) (1867–1975)

• Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 43rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario

• Order of precedence in Ontario

• Cabinet of Ontario