The minister of national revenue () is the minister of the Crown responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The role is currently styled Minister of Finance and National Revenue ().
François-Philippe Champagne has been Minister of National Revenue since May 13, 2025. He concurrently serves as the minister of finance.
History The responsibility for collecting taxes was first assigned to the minister of inland revenue, formed in 1867. Between 1892 and 1897, during the 7th Canadian Parliament, the portfolio was considered to be only of the ministry, but not the Cabinet, and was thus referred to as the controller of inland revenue during that time. The minister of inland revenue title returned after 1897 and remained until the office was formally abolished.
In 1918, the offices of the minister of inland revenue and the minister of customs were combined into a new position, the minister of customs and inland revenue. In 1921, the minister of customs and inland revenue was replaced by the minister of customs and excise by Statute 11-12 Geo. V, c. 26, which assented to on 4 June 1921.
On March 31, 1927, the position of minister of customs and excise was abolished and replaced by the present minister of national revenue. The new National Revenue department was established by expanding the former Department of Customs and Excise with a new facility for the collection of income tax, which had formerly been the responsibility of the Department of Finance. The department became known as Revenue Canada during the 1970s, and subsequently became the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) in 1999. In 2003, the CCRA was split into the Canada Revenue Agency and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the latter falling under the public safety and emergency preparedness portfolio.
On March 14, 2025, at the start of the 30th Canadian Ministry, the position was renamed the minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency, before finance minister François-Philippe Champagne was appointed to the role as the minister of finance and national revenue on May 13, 2025.
List of ministers Key:
No.PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyMinistryMinister of National Revenue1William Daum EulerMarch 21, 1927August 7, 1930Liberal14 (King)2Edmond Baird RyckmanAugust 7, 1930December 1, 1933Conservative15 (Bennett)3Robert Charles MatthewsDecember 6, 1933August 13, 1935Conservative4Earl LawsonAugust 14, 1935October 23, 1935Conservative5James Lorimer IlsleyOctober 24, 1935July 7, 1940Liberal16 (King)6Colin William George GibsonJuly 8, 1940March 7, 1945Liberal-James Angus MacKinnon (Acting)March 8, 1945April 18, 1945Liberal7David Laurence MacLarenApril 19, 1945July 29, 1945Liberal-James Angus MacKinnon (Acting)July 30, 1945August 28, 1945Liberal8James Joseph McCannAugust 29, 1945November 15, 1948LiberalNovember 15, 1948June 20, 195717 (St-Laurent)9George Clyde NowlanJune 21, 1957August 8, 1962Progressive Conservative18 (Diefenbaker)10Hugh John FlemmingApril 9, 1962April 21, 1963Progressive Conservative11Jack GarlandApril 22, 1963March 14, 1964Liberal19 (Pearson)-George McIlraith (Acting)March 19, 1964June 28, 1964Liberal12Edgar BensonJune 29, 1964January 17, 1968Liberal13Jean ChrétienJanuary 18, 1968April 20, 1968LiberalApril 20, 1968July 5, 196820 (P.E. Trudeau)14Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre CôtéJuly 6, 1968September 23, 1970Liberal15Herb GraySeptember 24, 1970November 26, 1972Liberal16Robert StanburyNovember 27, 1972August 7, 1974Liberal17Ron BasfordAugust 8, 1974September 25, 1975Liberal18Bud CullenSeptember 26, 1975September 13, 1976Liberal19Monique BéginSeptember 14, 1976September 15, 1977Liberal20Joseph-Philippe GuaySeptember 16, 1977November 23, 1978Liberal21Tony AbbottNovember 24, 1978June 3, 1979Liberal22Walter BakerJune 4, 1979March 2, 1980Progressive Conservative21 (Clark)23Bill RompkeyMarch 3, 1980September 29, 1982Liberal22 (P.E. Trudeau)24Pierre BussièresSeptember 30, 1982June 29, 1984Liberal25Roy MacLarenJune 30, 1984September 16, 1984Liberal23 (Turner)26Perrin BeattySeptember 17, 1984August 19, 1985Progressive Conservative24 (Mulroney)27Elmer MacKayAugust 20, 1985January 29, 1989Progressive Conservative28Otto JelinekJanuary 30, 1989June 24, 1993Progressive Conservative29Garth TurnerJune 25, 1993November 3, 1993Progressive Conservative25 (Campbell)30David AndersonNovember 4, 1993January 24, 1996Liberal26 (Chrétien)31Jane StewartJanuary 25, 1996June 10, 1997Liberal32Herb DhaliwalJune 11, 1997August 2, 1999Liberal33Martin CauchonAugust 3, 1999January 14, 2002Liberal34Elinor CaplanJanuary 15, 2002December 11, 2003Liberal35Stan KeyesDecember 12, 2003July 19, 2004Liberal27 (Martin)36John McCallumJuly 20, 2004February 5, 2006Liberal37Carol SkeltonFebruary 6, 2006August 14, 2007Conservative28 (Harper)38Gordon O'ConnorAugust 14, 2007October 29, 2008Conservative39Jean-Pierre BlackburnOctober 30, 2008January 19, 2010Conservative40Keith AshfieldJanuary 19, 2010May 18, 2011Conservative41Gail SheaMay 18, 2011July 15, 2013Conservative42Kerry-Lynne FindlayJuly 15, 2013November 4, 2015Conservative43Diane LebouthillierNovember 4, 2015July 26, 2023Liberal29 (J. Trudeau)44Marie-Claude BibeauJuly 26, 2023December 20, 2024Liberal45Élisabeth BrièreDecember 20, 2024March 14, 2025LiberalMinister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency(45)Élisabeth BrièreMarch 14, 2025May 12, 2025Liberal30 (Carney)Minister of National Revenue46François-Philippe ChampagneMay 13, 2025IncumbentLiberal30 (Carney)
Predecessors
Minister of Inland Revenue MinisterFromToMinistryDescriptionMinister of Inland RevenueWilliam Pearce Howland1 July 186714 July 18681st (Macdonald)Alexander Campbell, Senator (acting)15 July 186815 November 1869Alexander Morris16 November 18691 July 1872Charles Tupper2 July 18723 March 1873Concurrently served as Minister of CustomsJohn O'Connor4 March 187330 June 1873O'Connor was appointed Postmaster General on 1 July 1873.Thomas Nicholson Gibbs1 July 18735 November 1873Télesphore Fournier7 November 18737 July 18742nd (Mackenzie)Fournier was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General (AG) on 3 July 1874.Félix Geoffrion8 July 18748 November 1876Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme9 November 18767 June 1877Laflamme was appointed Minister of Justice and AG on 8 June 1877Joseph-Édouard Cauchon8 June 18777 October 1877Wilfrid Laurier8 October 18778 October 1878vacant17 October 187825 October 18783rd (Macdonald)Louis François Georges Baby26 October 187828 October 1880vacant29 October 18807 November 1880James Cox Aikins, Senator8 November 188022 May 1882John Costigan23 May 188224 November 18924th (Abbott)Controller of Inland RevenueJohn Fisher Wood5 December 189216 December 18955th (Thompson)6th (Bowell)Edward Gawler Prior17 December 18958 July 18967th (Tupper)Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière13 July 189629 June 18978th (Laurier)Joly was not in cabinet until 29 June 1897, thereafter Minister of Inland RevenueMinister of Inland RevenueHenri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière29 June 189721 June 19008thMichel Esdras Bernier22 June 190018 January 1904Louis-Philippe Brodeur19 January 19045 February 1906William Templeman6 February 19066 October 1911Wilfrid Bruno Nantel10 October 191119 October 19149th (Borden)Pierre-Édouard Blondin20 October 19145 October 1915Esioff-Léon Patenaude6 October 19157 January 1917Albert Sévigny8 January 19171 April 191810th (Borden)vacant2 April 191813 May 191810thArthur Lewis Sifton14 May 191817 May 1918Sifton was also Minister of Customs, and was appointed Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue on May 18, 1918.
Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue No.MinisterTermMinistryMinister of Customs and Inland Revenue1.Arthur Lewis SiftonMay 18, 1918 – September 1, 1919Cabinet of Borden2.John Dowsley Reid (acting)September 2, 1919 – December 30, 19193.Martin BurrellDecember 31, 1919 – July 7, 1920vacantJuly 8, 1920 – July 10, 19204.Rupert Wilson WigmoreJuly 13, 1920 – June 3, 1921Cabinet of MeighenMinister of Customs and Excise1.Rupert Wilson WigmoreJune 4, 1921 – September 20, 1921Cabinet of Meighen2.John Babington Macaulay BaxterSeptember 21, 1921 – December 29, 19213.Jacques BureauDecember 29, 1921 – September 4, 1925Cabinet of King4.Georges-Henri BoivinSeptember 5, 1925 – June 28, 19265.Henry Herbert Stevens (acting until July 12)June 29, 1926 – September 25, 1926Cabinet of Meighen6.William Daum EulerSeptember 25, 1926 – March 30, 1927Cabinet of King
See also
Taxation in Canada Government revenue Revenue service
References
External links Canada Revenue Agency