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| Incumbent Ed Fast PC, MP since 18 May 2011 |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointed by | David Johnston as Governor General of Canada |
| First | Gerald Regan |
| Formation | 8 December 1983 |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
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| Website | www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca |
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The Minister of International Trade (French: Ministre du Commerce international) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet is the head of the federal government's international trade department (International Trade Canada) and the provisions of treaties such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The post was first established in 1983 as the Minister for International Trade. This title changed to Minister of International Trade under Prime Minister Paul Martin when he split the former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The current Minister of International Trade is Ed Fast.
| 1. | Gerald Regan | December 8, 1983 - June 29, 1984 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau |
| 2. | Francis Fox | June 30, 1984 - September 16, 1984 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John Napier Turner |
| 3. | James F. Kelleher | September 17, 1984 - June 29, 1986 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney |
| 4. | Pat Carney | June 30, 1986 - March 30, 1988 | |
| 5. | John Crosbie | March 31, 1988 - April 20, 1991 | |
| 6. | Michael Wilson | April 21, 1991 - June 24, 1993 | |
| 7. | Tom Hockin | June 25, 1993 - November 3, 1993 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell |
| 8. | Roy MacLaren | November 4, 1993 - January 24, 1996 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien |
| 9. | Art Eggleton | January 25, 1996 - June 10, 1997 | |
| 10. | Sergio Marchi | June 11, 1997 - August 2, 1999 | |
| 11. | Pierre Pettigrew | August 3, 1999 - December 11, 2003 | |
| 12. | Jim Peterson | December 12, 2003 - February 5, 2006 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin |
| 13. | David Emerson | February 6, 2006 - June 24, 2008 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
| 14. | Michael Fortier | June 25, 2008 - October 29, 2008 | |
| 15. | Stockwell Day | October 30, 2008 - January 19, 2010 | |
| 16. | Peter Van Loan | January 19, 2010 - May 18, 2011 | |
| 17. | Ed Fast | May 18, 2011 - present |