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| Incumbent Steven Blaney PC, MP |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointed by | David Johnston as Governor General of Canada |
| First | Ian Alistair Mackenzie |
| Formation | 18 October 1944 |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
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| Website | www.vac-acc.gc.ca |
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The Minister of Veterans Affairs (French: Ministre des Anciens Combattants) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet whose position was created in 1944. The Department of Veterans Affairs Canada was split from the Department of Pensions and National Health and was given the responsibility of administering benefits and pensions for war veterans. Its first responsibility was assisting in the reintegration of demobilised soldiers into civilian life and assisting them with health care, education, employment, loans and pensions. Today the department is largely responsible for medical care and pensions for aging veterans via the Canadian Pension Commission, War Veterans Appeal Board, and Bureau of Pensions Advocates.
| 1. | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | Cabinet of King | October 18, 1944 – January 18, 1948 |
| 2. | Milton Gregg | Cabinet of King | January 19, 1948 – November 15, 1948 |
| Cabinet of St-Laurent | November 15, 1948 – August 6, 1950 | ||
| 3. | Hugues Lapointe | Cabinet of St-Laurent | August 7, 1950 – June 20, 1957 |
| 4. | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Cabinet of Diefenbaker | June 21, 1957 – October 10, 1960 |
| 5. | Gordon Churchill | Cabinet of Diefenbaker | October 11, 1960 – February 11, 1963 |
| 6. | Marcel Lambert | Cabinet of Diefenbaker | February 12, 1963 – April 21, 1963 |
| 7. | Roger Teillet | Cabinet of Pearson | April 22, 1963 – April 19, 1968 |
| Cabinet of Trudeau | April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968 | ||
| 8. | Jean-Eudes Dubé | Cabinet of Trudeau | July 6, 1968 – January 27, 1972 |
| 9. | Arthur Laing | Cabinet of Trudeau | January 28, 1972 – November 26, 1972 |
| 10. | Daniel J. MacDonald | Cabinet of Trudeau | November 27, 1972 – June 3, 1979 |
| 11. | Allan McKinnon | Cabinet of Clark | June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980 |
| Daniel J. MacDonald (2nd time) | Cabinet of Trudeau | March 3, 1980 – September 30, 1980 | |
| * | Gilles Lamontagne (acting) | Cabinet of Trudeau | October 1, 1980 – September 21, 1981 |
| 12. | W. Bennett Campbell | Cabinet of Trudeau | September 22, 1981 – June 29, 1984 |
| Cabinet of Turner | June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984 | ||
| 13. | George Hees | Cabinet of Mulroney | September 17, 1984 – September 14, 1988 |
| 14. | Gerald Stairs Merrithew | Cabinet of Mulroney | September 18, 1988 – January 3, 1993 |
| 15. | Kim Campbell | Cabinet of Mulroney | January 4, 1993 – June 24, 1993 |
| 16. | Peter McCreath | Cabinet of Campbell | June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993 |
| 17. | David Collenette | Cabinet of Chrétien | November 4, 1993 – October 4, 1996 |
| 18. | Doug Young | Cabinet of Chrétien | October 5, 1996 – June 10, 1997 |
| 19. | Fred Mifflin | Cabinet of Chrétien | June 11, 1997 – August 2, 1999 |
| 20. | George Baker | Cabinet of Chrétien | August 3, 1999 – October 17, 2000 |
| 21. | Ron Duhamel | Cabinet of Chrétien | October 18, 2000 – January 14, 2002 |
| 22. | Rey Pagtakhan | Cabinet of Chrétien | January 15, 2002 – December 11, 2003 |
| 23. | John McCallum | Cabinet of Martin | December 12, 2003 – July 19, 2004 |
| 24. | Albina Guarnieri | Cabinet of Martin | July 20, 2004 - February 5, 2006 |
| 25. | Greg Thompson | Cabinet of Harper | February 6, 2006 - January 16, 2010 |
| Vacant | January 16, 2010 - January 19, 2010 | ||
| 26. | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | Cabinet of Harper | January 19, 2010 – May 18, 2011 |
| 27. | Steven Blaney | Cabinet of Harper | May 18, 2011 – present |
Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Veterans Affairs portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health.