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| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointed by: | Michaëlle Jean as Governor General of Canada |
| First : | Sir John A. Macdonald |
| Formation: | July 1, 1867 |
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The Minister of Justice (French: Ministre de la Justice) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Department of Justice and is also Attorney General of Canada.
This cabinet position is usually reserved for someone with formal legal training. This cabinet portfolio has been held by many individuals who went on to become Prime Minister including John Sparrow David Thompson, R.B. Bennett, Louis St Laurent, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, John Turner, Kim Campbell and Jean Chrétien. This is the only Canadian Ministry which has not been reorganized since its creation in 1867.
The current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada is Rob Nicholson.
Ministers of Justice
| 1. | John A. Macdonald | July 1, 1867 - November 5, 1873 | as PM |
| 2. | Antoine Dorion | November 7, 1873 - May 31, 1874 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie |
| * | Albert James Smith (Acting) | June 1, 1874 - July 7, 1874 | |
| 3. | Télesphore Fournier | July 8, 1874 - May 18, 1875 | |
| 4. | Edward Blake | May 19, 1875 - June 7, 1877 | |
| 5. | T. A. R. Laflamme | June 8, 1877 - October 8, 1878 | |
| 6. | James McDonald | October 17, 1878 - May 18, 1881 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald |
| 7. | Alexander Campbell | May 20, 1881 - September 24, 1885 | |
| 8. | John Sparrow David Thompson | September 26, 1885 - June 6, 1891 | |
| June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John Abbott | ||
| December 5, 1892 - December 12, 1894 | as PM | ||
| 9. | Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper | December 21, 1894 - January 5, 1896 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell |
| * | Thomas Mayne Daly (Acting) | January 6, 1896 - January 14, 1896 | |
| 10. | Arthur Rupert Dickey | January 15, 1896 - April 27, 1896 | |
| May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Charles Tupper | ||
| 11. | Oliver Mowat | July 13, 1896 - November 17, 1897 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier |
| 12. | David Mills | November 18, 1897 - February 7, 1902 | |
| 13. | Charles Fitzpatrick | February 11, 1902 - June 3, 1906 | |
| 14. | Allen Aylesworth | June 4, 1906 - October 6, 1911 | |
| 15. | Charles Doherty | October 10, 1911 - July 9, 1920 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Borden |
| July 10, 1920 - September 20, 1921 | under Prime Minister Arthur Meighen | ||
| 16. | R. B. Bennett | October 4, 1921 - December 28, 1921 | |
| 17. | Lomer Gouin | December 29, 1921 - January 3, 1924 | Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| * | Ernest Lapointe (Acting) | January 4, 1924 - January 29, 1924 | |
| 18. | Ernest Lapointe | January 30, 1924 - June 28, 1926 | |
| * | Hugh Guthrie (Acting) | June 29, 1926 - July 12, 1926 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Arthur Meighen |
| 19. | Esioff-Léon Patenaude | July 13, 1926 - September 24, 1926 | |
| Ernest Lapointe (2nd time) | September 25, 1926 - August 6, 1930 | Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| 20. | Hugh Guthrie | August 7, 1930 - August 11, 1935 | Cabinet of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett |
| 21. | George Reginald Geary | August 14, 1935 - October 22, 1935 | |
| Ernest Lapointe (3rd time) | October 23, 1935 - November 26, 1941 | Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| * | Joseph Enoil Michaud (Acting) | November 27, 1941 - December 9, 1941 | |
| 22. | Louis Saint-Laurent | December 10, 1941 - December 9, 1946 | |
| 23. | James Lorimer Ilsley | December 10, 1946 - June 30, 1948 | |
| * | Louis Saint-Laurent (Acting) | July 1, 1948 - September 9, 1948 | |
| Louis Saint-Laurent (2nd time) | September 10, 1948 - November 14, 1948 | ||
| 24. | Stuart Sinclair Garson | November 15, 1948 - June 20, 1957 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent |
| 25. | E. Davie Fulton | June 21, 1957 - August 8, 1962 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker |
| 26. | Donald Fleming | August 9, 1962 - April 21, 1963 | |
| 27. | Lionel Chevrier | April 22, 1963 - February 2, 1964 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson |
| 28. | Guy Favreau | February 3, 1964 - June 29, 1965 | |
| * | George McIlraith (Acting) | June 30, 1965 - July 6, 1965 | |
| 29. | Louis Cardin | July 7, 1965 - April 3, 1967 | |
| 30. | Pierre Trudeau | April 4, 1967 - April 19, 1968 | |
| April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968 | as Prime minister | ||
| 31. | John Turner | July 6, 1968 - January 27, 1972 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau |
| 32. | Otto Lang | January 28, 1972 - September 25, 1975 | |
| 33. | Ron Basford | September 26, 1975 - August 2, 1978 | |
| * | Otto Lang (Acting) | August 3, 1978 - August 8, 1978 | |
| Otto Lang (2nd time) | August 9, 1978 - November 23, 1978 | ||
| 34. | Marc Lalonde | November 24, 1978 - June 3, 1979 | |
| 35. | Jacques Flynn | June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark |
| 36. | Jean Chrétien | March 3, 1980 - September 9, 1982 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau |
| 37. | Mark MacGuigan | September 10, 1982 - June 29, 1984 | |
| 38. | Donald Johnston | June 30, 1984 - September 16, 1984 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John Turner |
| 39. | John Crosbie | September 17, 1984 - June 29, 1986 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney |
| 40. | Ray Hnatyshyn | June 30, 1986 - December 7, 1988 | |
| * | Joe Clark (Acting) | December 8, 1988 - January 29, 1989 | |
| 41. | Doug Lewis | January 30, 1989 - February 22, 1990 | |
| 42. | Kim Campbell | February 23, 1990 - January 3, 1993 | |
| 43. | Pierre Blais | January 4, 1993 - June 24, 1993 | |
| June 25, 1993 - November 3, 1993 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell | ||
| 44. | Allan Rock | November 4, 1993 - June 10, 1997 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien |
| 45. | Anne McLellan | June 11, 1997 - January 14, 2002 | |
| 46. | Martin Cauchon | January 15, 2002 - December 11, 2003 | |
| 47. | Irwin Cotler | December 12, 2003 - February 5, 2006 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin |
| 48. | Vic Toews | February 6, 2006 - January 3, 2007 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
| 49. | Rob Nicholson | January 4, 2007 – present |
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