House of Commons Canada

Detailed information for 2026

Data from the House of Commons of Canada are used to create two indicators for the Gender Results Framework (GRF). The purpose is to present the gender distribution of members of federal Parliament, including Cabinet members and Secretaries of State.

Data release - November 16, 2024

• Description
• Data sources and methodology
• Data accuracy

Description

The House of Commons of Canada provide data on the gender distribution of members of federal Parliament and among Cabinet members and Secretaries of State. These statistics can also be used to track changes over time.

These data are used to support two indicators from the Gender Results Framework (GRF). The GRF represents the Government of Canada's vision for gender equality. The GRF contains 43 indicators designed to track how Canada is currently performing, define what is needed to achieve greater equality and determine how progress will be measured going forward.

The data can be used to support evidence-based policy development and decision making at all levels of government, as well as broader applications of Gender-based Analysis Plus by academics, researchers, and other analysts.

Reference period: July 1st

Subjects

• Employment and remuneration
• Government
• Society and community
• Women and gender

Data sources and methodology

Target population

The observed population is all members of federal Parliament and Cabinet members and Secretaries State.

Instrument design

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Sampling

This survey is a census with a cross-sectional design.

This methodology does not apply.

Data sources

Data are collected from other Statistics Canada surveys and/or other sources.

The data are open data collected and provided by the House of Commons of Canada. These downloadable files are freely shared from the House of Commons of Canada website and contain lists of all members of Parliament, by gender, since 1997, as well as Cabinet members and Secretaries of State, by gender, since 2001. The files contain names, titles and mandates' start and end dates.

Data from the House of Commons of Canada were retrieved under the Open Government License - Canada. (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

Error detection

This methodology does not apply.

Imputation

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Estimation

This methodology does not apply.

Quality evaluation

This methodology does not apply.

Disclosure control

Open data are defined as structured data that are machine-readable, freely available, used and built on without restrictions.

As a result, these data are not obtained under the Statistics Act and, hence, are not subject to the requirements of the Statistics Act.

Additionally, as stated in the Privacy Act, the act does not apply to political representatives (including members of Parliament).

For these reasons, no disclosure control methods were applied to these data.

Revisions and seasonal adjustment

This methodology type does not apply to this survey.

Data accuracy

This type of methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.