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| Incumbent Gerry Ritz PC, MP since 14 August 2007 |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointed by | Michaëlle Jean as Governor General of Canada |
| First | Ralph Goodale |
| Formation | 12 January 1995 |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
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| Website | www.agr.gc.ca |
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The Minister of Agriculture (French: Ministre de l’Agriculture) is a Minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian Dairy Commission, Farm Credit Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission. The current Minister of Agriculture is Gerry Ritz.
Since 1995, the post has been more formally termed the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (French: Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire).
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| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
| 1 | Jean-Charles Chapais | July 1, 1867 | November 15, 1869 | Conservative (historical) | 1 (Macdonald) | |
| 2 | Christopher Dunkin | November 16, 1869 | October 24, 1871 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| 3 | John Henry Pope (1st time) |
October 25, 1871 | November 5, 1873 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| 4 | Luc Letellier de St-Just | November 7, 1873 | December 14, 1876 | Liberal | 2 (Mackenzie) | |
| – | Isaac Burpee (Acting) |
December 15, 1876 | January 25, 1877 | Liberal | ||
| 5 | Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier | January 25, 1877 | October 8, 1878 | Liberal | ||
| (3) | John Henry Pope (2nd time) |
October 17, 1878 | September 25, 1885 | Liberal-Conservative | 3 (Macdonald) | |
| 6 | John Carling | September 25, 1885 | June 6, 1891 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| June 16, 1891 | November 24, 1892 | 4 (Abbott) | ||||
| 7 | Auguste-Réal Angers | December 7, 1892 | December 12, 1894 | Conservative (historical) | 5 (Thompson) | |
| December 21, 1894 | July 12, 1895 | 6 (Bowell) | ||||
| 8 | Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (Acting) |
July 13, 1895 | December 20, 1895 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| 9 | Walter Humphries Montague (1st time) |
December 21, 1895 | January 5, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| – | Donald Ferguson (Acting) |
January 6, 1896 | January 4, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| (9) | Walter Humphries Montague (2nd time) |
January 15, 1896 | April 27, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| May 1, 1896 | July 8, 1896 | 7 (Tupper) | ||||
| 10 | Sydney Arthur Fisher | July 13, 1896 | October 6, 1911 | Liberal | 8 (Laurier) | |
| 11 | Martin Burrell | October 16, 1911 | October 12, 1917 | Conservative (historical) | 9 (Borden) | |
| 12 | Thomas Crerar (1st time) |
October 12, 1917 | June 11, 1919 | Unionist | 10 (Borden) | |
| – | James Alexander Calder (Acting) |
June 18, 1919 | August 11, 1919 | Unionist | ||
| 13 | Simon Fraser Tolmie (1st time) |
August 12, 1919 | July 10, 1920 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| July 10, 1920 | December 29, 1921 | 11 (Meighen) | ||||
| 14 | William Richard Motherwell (1st time) |
December 29, 1921 | June 28, 1926 | Liberal | 12 (King) | |
| – | Henry Herbert Stevens (Acting) |
June 29, 1926 | July 12, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | 13 (Meighen) | |
| (13) | Simon Fraser Tolmie (2nd time) |
July 13, 1926 | September 25, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| (14) | William Richard Motherwell (2nd time) |
September 25, 1926 | August 7, 1930 | Liberal | 14 (King) | |
| 15 | Robert Weir | August 8, 1930 | October 23, 1935 | Conservative (historical) | 15 (Bennett) | |
| – | Thomas Crerar (2nd time; Acting) |
October 25, 1935 | November 3, 1935 | Liberal | 16 (King) | |
| 16 | James Garfield Gardiner | November 4, 1935 | November 15, 1948 | Liberal | ||
| November 15, 1948 | June 21, 1957 | 17 (St. Laurent) | ||||
| 17 | Douglas Harkness | June 21, 1957 (Acting until Aug.7) |
October 10, 1960 | Progressive Conservative | 18 (Diefenbaker) | |
| 18 | Alvin Hamilton | October 11, 1960 | April 22, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 19 | Harry Hays | April 22, 1963 | December 17, 1965 | Liberal | 19 (Pearson) | |
| 20 | John James Greene | December 18, 1965 | April 20, 1968 | Liberal | ||
| April 20, 1968 | July 5, 1968 | 20 (Trudeau) | ||||
| 21 | Bud Olson | July 6, 1968 | November 26, 1972 | Liberal | ||
| 22 | Eugene Whelan (1st time) |
November 27, 1972 | June 3, 1979 | Liberal | ||
| 23 | John Wise (1st time) |
June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Progressive Conservative | 21 (Clark) | |
| (22) | Eugene Whelan (2nd time) |
March 3, 1980 | June 29, 1984 | Liberal | 22 (Trudeau) | |
| 24 | Ralph Ferguson | June 30, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | Liberal | 23 (Turner) | |
| (23) | John Wise (2nd time) |
September 17, 1984 | September 14, 1988 | Progressive Conservative | 24 (Mulroney) | |
| 25 | Don Mazankowski | September 15, 1988 | April 20, 1991 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 26 | Bill McKnight | April 21, 1991 | January 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 27 | Charles Mayer | January 4, 1993 | June 24, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| June 24, 1993 | November 3, 1993 | 25 (Campbell) | ||||
| 28 | Ralph Goodale | November 4, 1993 | January 11, 1995 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) | |
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| 28 | Ralph Goodale | January 12, 1995 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) | |
| 29 | Lyle Vanclief | June 11, 1997 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | ||
| 30 | Bob Speller | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) | |
| 31 | Andy Mitchell | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | ||
| 32 | Chuck Strahl | February 6, 2006 | August 14, 2007 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) | |
| 33 | Gerry Ritz | August 14, 2007 | Incumbent | Conservative | ||
The portfolio was renamed from "Agriculture" to "Agriculture and Agri-Food" in 1995.