Explore Your Topic: Citizenship
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Citizenship Guide
To locate your federal riding and Member of Parliament, use Find your Member of Parliament using your Postal Code
Contact the Government of Canada at these sites:
Government of Canada: http://www.canada.ca/en/index.html
Citizenship and Immigration Canada: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
Head of State: The representative of the King for my province is:
The Lieutenant-Governor: Hon. Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia
Head of the government: The Premier is The Hon. David Eby
The Provincial party in power is: the NDP (New Democratic Party)
The other parties with representatives in the BC Legislature are:
The Conservative Party
The Leader of the Conservative Party and the Official Opposition is: John Rustad
The Green Party
The Leader of the Green Party is Jeremy Valeriote (interim)
The provincial representatives, known as MLAs, are:
BASIC CITIZENSHIP INFORMATION
LAST UPDATED: March 2025
HEAD OF STATE: The representative of the King for all Canada is:
The Governor General: Rt. Hon. Mary Simon
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT in power:
The Prime Minister is the Rt. Hon. Mark Carney
The Party in Power at present is the Liberal Party of Canada
The Opposition party is the Conservative Party
The Leader of the Party is the Hon. Pierre Poilievre
The other federal parties in Parliament and their leaders are:
The Member of Parliament (M.P.) for North Vancouver is Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson (Liberal)
The Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country is Hon. Patrick Weiler (Liberal)
The Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Burnaby North-Seymour is Hon. Terry Beech (Liberal)
To locate your MLA, enter your postal code in the MLA Finder
THE NORTH SHORE
The North Shore consists of these 3 municipalities:
Municipal Governments on the North Shore:
Contact your city or district hall:
District of North Vancouver: http://www.dnv.org
North Vancouver City: http://www.cnv.org
District of West Vancouver: http://westvancouver.ca//
OTHER SITES
Online version of Discover Canada
Richmond Public Library’s online Canadian Citizenship Practice Test