Women in national parliament in Canada

Women held 30.3% of seats in the national parliament of Canada in 2025.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Canada, 2025 30.3% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 30.7%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 34.3% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 73rd of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Canada over time

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% of seats in the single or lower chamber. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Women in national parliament (% of seats in the single or lower chamber), 2001 to 2025
Period CanadaWorld
2025 30.3% 27.2%
2024 30.7% 27.0%
2023 30.7% 26.7%
2022 30.5% 26.5%
2021 30.5% 26.1%
2020 29.0% 25.6%
2019 29.0% 24.6%
2018 26.9% 24.1%
2017 26.3% 23.6%
2016 26.0% 23.1%
2015 26.0% 22.8%
2014 25.1% 22.2%
2013 24.7% 21.8%
2012 24.7% 20.8%
2011 24.8% 19.8%
2010 22.1% 19.2%
2009 22.1% 19.0%
2008 22.1% 18.4%
2007 21.3% 17.9%
2006 20.8% 17.0%
2005 21.1% 16.5%
2004 21.1% 15.9%
2003 20.6% 15.2%
2002 20.6% 15.2%
2001 20.6% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 30.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 26.0%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Canada has the 73rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 27.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SG.GEN.PARL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2025 for Canada
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Inter-Parliamentary Union