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Deputy premier (Canada)

Canadian deputy head of government

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ108730138 ↗
Source-derived summary

In Canada, a deputy premier is the deputy head of government of a province or territory. As of April 2026, eleven of thirteen provinces and territories have a deputy premier in office.

As the prime minister–premier distinction does not exist in French, the federal and provincial deputy first ministers are styled as vice-premier ministre (masculine) or vice-première ministre (feminine).

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Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2026—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Deputy, premier and Canada can be independently traced.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108730138. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Deputy premier (Canada)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.