Back New Democratic Party (Kanada) Afrikaans الحزب الديمقراطي الجديد Arabic الحزب الديموقراطى الجديد ARZ Нова демократическа партия (Канада) Bulgarian Nou Partit Democràtic (Canadà) Catalan Nová demokratická strana Czech Plaid Ddemocrataidd Newydd Welsh New Democratic Party Danish Neue Demokratische Partei German Νέο Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα (Καναδάς) Greek
New Democratic Party Nouveau Parti démocratique | |
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| Abbreviation | NDP NPD |
| Leader | Jagmeet Singh |
| President | Mary Shortall |
| National director | Lucy Watson[1] |
| Deputy leader | Alexandre Boulerice |
| House leader | Peter Julian |
| Founded | August 3, 1961[2] |
| Preceded by | |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Youth wing | Canada's Young New Democrats |
| Membership (2017) |  124,620[3][needs update] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance[4] |
| Union affiliate | Canadian Labour Congress |
| Colours | Orange |
| Senate | 0 / 105 |
| House of Commons | 24 / 338 |
| Website | |
| ndp | |
The New Democratic Party (NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique, NPD) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,[5] the party sits at the centre-left[10] to left-wing[18] of the Canadian political spectrum, with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party.[21] The party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress.[22]
The federal and provincial (or territorial) level NDPs are more integrated than other political parties in Canada, and have shared membership (except for the New Democratic Party of Quebec).[23] The NDP has never won the largest share of seats at the federal level and thus has never formed government. From 2011 to 2015, it formed the Official Opposition; apart from this, it has been the third or fourth-largest party in the House of Commons. However, the party has held the balance of power, and with it considerable influence, during periods of Liberal minority governments. Sub-national branches of the NDP have formed the government in six provinces (Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia) and the territory of Yukon. The NDP supports a mixed economy, broader welfare, LGBTQ rights, international peace, environmental stewardship, and expanding Canada's universal healthcare system to include dental care, mental health care, eye and hearing care, infertility procedures, and prescription drugs.
Since 2017, the NDP has been led by Jagmeet Singh, who is the first visible minority to lead a major federal party in Canada on a permanent basis. As of 2025, it is the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons, with 24 seats.
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Given that the BQ and NDP are left-wing parties, both being socially progressive and economically leftist, it is not surprising to see similar trends on these dimensions.
- ^ Cochrane, Christopher (2010). "Left/Right Ideology and Canadian Politics". Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique. 43 (3). Canadian Political Science Association: 583–603. doi:10.1017/S0008423910000624. JSTOR 40983510.
- ^ Kiss, Simon; Polacko, Matt; Graefe, Peter (October 24, 2023). "Educated voters in Canada tend to vote for left-leaning parties while richer voters go right". The Conversation. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ^ Honderich, Holly (September 4, 2024). "Canada's NDP pulls support for Trudeau's Liberals". BBC. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
Canada's left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) has pulled the plug on a two-and-a-half-year-old agreement with Justin Trudeau's Liberals that had helped keep his minority government in power.
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[…] and at times the left-wing New Democratic party has held the balance of power.
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