Canada is a parliamentary democracy and federal system with a constitutional monarchy in North America. The King serves as head of state, represented domestically by the Governor General, while the Prime Minister heads the government, and the bicameral Parliament of Canada, comprising the Senate and the House of Commons, holds legislative power.
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Constitution of Canada, the current constitutional order of Canada.
Source Constitution of Canada (Wikipedia)
Governed By
Source Mark Carney (Wikipedia)
Practices
Source Canada (Wikipedia)
Source Canada (Wikipedia)
Source First-past-the-post voting (Wikipedia)
Source Canada (Wikipedia)
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1. Freedom House: Canada (Freedom in the World 2025)
Freedom HouseOverview, Global Freedom Score 97/100 (free)Quote, Overview, Global Freedom Score 97/100 (free)
Canada has a strong history of respect for political rights and civil liberties, though in recent years citizens have been concerned about laws relating to the administration of elections, government transparency, the treatment of inmates in prisons, and restrictions on public-sector employees wearing religious symbols.
2. Canada (Wikipedia)
Infobox: established_date1
July 1, 1867
Practices: Federal System, Infobox: government_type
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Practices: Parliamentary Democracy, Infobox: government_type
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Practices: Constitutional Monarchy, Infobox: government_type
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
View the SourcePolitics of Canada (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
The politics of Canada functions within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system with strong democratic traditions.
Mark Carney (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGoverned By: Carney Government, Lead sectionQuote, Governed By: Carney Government, Lead section
has served as Canada's 24th Prime Minister since 14 March 2025
First-past-the-post voting (Wikipedia)
Practices: First Past the Post, Article textQuote, Practices: First Past the Post, Article text
Canada uses FPP and only two of the last seven federal Canadian elections (2011 and 2015) produced single-party majority governments.
Liberal Party of Canada (CIA World Factbook archive, Canada)
Encompasses: Liberal Party of Canada, Government: partiesQuote, Encompasses: Liberal Party of Canada, Government: parties
Liberal Party (169); Conservative Party (144); Bloc Québécois (BQ) (22); Other (30)
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