Women in Canadian provincial and territorial legislatures
This is a list of women who are currently members of the provincial and territorial Legislative Assemblies in Canada.
Rankings
To date, no provincial or territorial legislative assembly has ever achieved gender parity between women and men. Women currently represent 33.9 per cent of all provincial and territorial legislators across Canada as a whole. As of October 2019, the Northwest Territories is the only province or territory in Canada with a female Premier.Rank | Province or territory | Electoral districts | Women representatives | Percentage |
1 | Northwest Territories | 19 | 9 | 47.3 |
2 | Quebec | 125 | 55 | 44.0 |
3 | Ontario | 124 | 49 | 39.5 |
4 | British Columbia | 87 | 34 | 39.0 |
5 | Yukon | 19 | 7 | 36.8 |
6 | Nova Scotia | 51 | 16 | 31.3 |
7 | Alberta | 87 | 26 | 29.8 |
8 | Nunavut | 22 | 6 | 27.2 |
9 | Manitoba | 57 | 15 | 26.3 |
10 | Saskatchewan | 61 | 16 | 26.2 |
11 | Prince Edward Island | 27 | 7 | 25.9 |
12 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 40 | 9 | 22.5 |
13 | New Brunswick | 49 | 11 | 22.4 |