Legislative assemblies of Canadian provinces and territories


This is a list of the legislative assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories. Each province's legislative assembly, along with the province's lieutenant governor, form the province's legislature. Historically, several provinces had bicameral legislatures, but they all eventually dissolved their upper house or merged it with their lower house, so that all provincial legislatures are now unicameral.
Members of the legislative assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories are called by various names. In most provinces and all three territories, they are called Members of the Legislative Assembly in English. In Ontario, they are called members of Provincial Parliament ; in Quebec, they are called members of the National Assembly ; and in Newfoundland and Labrador, they are called Newfoundland and Labrador [House of Assembly|members of the House of Assembly].
The legislative assembly with the most members is the National Assembly of Quebec, which consists of 125 MNAs. The provincial legislative assembly with the fewest members is the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, which consists of 27 MLAs. All of the legislative assemblies of Canada's territories have fewer members than that of Prince Edward Island.

Current legislative assemblies

Current composition of legislative assemblies

In the table below, the parties with shading form part of the provincial government whilst the parties in bold have official party status.
ProvinceSeats
GreenLiberalNDPPCOther parties
Other parties
Ind.Last
election		Next
election
ProvinceSeats
Other parties
Other parties
Ind.Last
election		Next
election
Alberta87
--38-UCP 47PT 11202332nd
British Columbia93
2-47--CPBC 39, 1BC 14202444th
Manitoba57
-13421--1Manitoba general election|2023]44th
New Brunswick49
231-16---202442nd
Newfoundland
and Labrador		40
-15221--22025 [Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2025]53rd
Nova Scotia55
-2943--1Nova Scotia general election|2024]65th
Ontario124
2142780--1202545th
Prince
Edward Island		27
33-21---2023 [Prince Edward Island general election|2023]68th
Quebec125
-19--CAQ 88QS 12, PQ 4
2202244th
Saskatchewan61
--27-Sask. 34--202431st

TerritorySeats
ConsensusLiberalNDPOther parties
Last
election		Next
election
TerritorySeats
ConsensusOther parties
Last
election		Next
election
Northwest
Territories		19
19---202326th
Nunavut22
22---20258th
Yukon21
-16Yukon 14202541st

Past legislative chambers

Past legislative chambers of provinces and territories

*Included some elected members, but did not have responsible government.
PeriodLower houseUpper houseViceroyParliament
1655–1713rowspan="4" rowspan="4" Governor of Plaisancerowspan="4"
1713–1770Lieutenant Governor of Placentia---
1770–1825 ---
1825–1833Governor of Newfoundland---
1833–1934Governor of NewfoundlandNewfoundland House of AssemblyLegislative Council of NewfoundlandGeneral Assembly of Newfoundland
1934–1949Governor of NewfoundlandCommission of GovernmentGovernor-in-Council
1949–present*Newfoundland and Labrador House of AssemblyLieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and LabradorGeneral Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

* Labrador was added to the name of the province in 2001. Before then, the bodies were the Newfoundland House of Assembly, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland, and General Assembly of Newfoundland.
PeriodLower houseUpper houseViceroyParliament
1670–1821rowspan="5" rowspan="3" Governor of Rupert's Landrowspan="3"
1821–1839Governor of Rupert's Land Northern Department---
1839–1870Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land---
1870–1876Temporary North-West CouncilLieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the North-West TerritoriesGovernor-in-Council-
1876–18881st Council of the Northwest TerritoriesLieutenant governor of the North-West TerritoriesGovernor-in-Council-
1888–1905North-West Legislative AssemblyLieutenant governor of the North-West TerritoriesGovernor-in-Council
1905–19512nd Council of the Northwest TerritoriesGovernor General of Canada as represented by the Commissioner of the Northwest TerritoriesCommissioner-in-Council
1951–2014Legislative Council of the Northwest Territoriesrowspan="3" Governor General of Canada as represented by the Commissioner of the Northwest TerritoriesCommissioner-in-Council
2014–presentNorthwest Territories Legislative AssemblyLegislature of the Northwest TerritoriesGovernor General of Canada as represented by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories-

PeriodLower houseUpper houseViceroyParliament
1603–1713rowspan="3" rowspan="2" Governor of Acadiarowspan="2"
1713–1720Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia---
1720–1758Governor of Nova Scotia and PlacentiaNova Scotia CouncilGovernor-in-Council-
1758–1786Nova Scotia House of AssemblyNova Scotia CouncilGovernor of Nova ScotiaGeneral Assembly of Nova Scotia
1786-1838Nova Scotia House of AssemblyNova Scotia CouncilLieutenant Governor of Nova ScotiaGeneral Assembly of Nova Scotia
1838–1928Nova Scotia House of AssemblyLegislative Council of Nova ScotiaLieutenant Governor of Nova ScotiaGeneral Assembly of Nova Scotia
1928–presentNova Scotia House of AssemblyLieutenant Governor of Nova ScotiaGeneral Assembly of Nova Scotia

* The territory's name was changed from St. John's Island to Prince Edward Island in 1798. Before then, the bodies were the House of Assembly of the Island of St. John, Legislative Council of the Island of St. John, Lieutenant Governor of the Island of St. John, and General Assembly of the Island of St. John.