Please note that this list includes both political and non-political government Twitter users. If you are not a politician, please ignore the "party, "province" and "riding" fields. Filling out your position however, would be highly appreciated. For a live aggregate feed of Canadian politicians on Twitter, please visit: http://politwitter.ca/.
Name |
Twitter Account |
Party |
Province |
Riding |
Position |
Brad Lavigne | bradlavigne | NDP | National Director of New Democratic Party | ||
Brent Rathgeber | BrentRathgeber | Conservative | Alberta | Edmonton—St. Albert | MP |
Patrick Brown | brownbarrie | Conservative | Ontario | Barrie | MP |
Cheryl Gallant | cherylgallant | Conservative | Ontario | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | MP |
Don Davies | dondavies | NDP | British Columbia | Vancouver Kingsway | NDP MP |
Elizabeth May | ElizabethMay | Green Party | Leader of the Green Party | ||
Royal Galipeau | GalipeauMP | Conservative | Ontario | Ottawa—Orléans | MP |
Grants Loans Canada | grants_loans | ||||
John Rafferty | JohnRaffertyMP | NDP | Ontario | Thunder Bay—Rainy River | MP |
Kelly Block | KellyBlockMP | Conservtive | Saskatechwan | Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar | MP |
Kevin Gaudet | KevinGaudet | Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. | |||
Libby Davies | LibbyDavies | NDP | British Columbia | Vancouver East | NDP MP |
Lois Brown | loisbrownmp | Conservative | Ontario | Newmarket—Aurora | MP |
Martin Dumont | Martin_Dumont | Chief of Staff @ Ottawa | |||
Jason Kenney | MinJK | Conservative | Alberta | Calgary Southeast | MP & Minister |
Peter Julian | MPJulian | NDP | British Columbia | Burnaby—New Westminster | MP |
Niki Ashton | nikiashton | NDP | Manitoba | Churchill | MP |
Olivia Chow | oliviachow | NDP | Ontario | Trinity—Spadina | MP |
Ontario NDP | OntarioNDP | NDP | |||
Paul Calandra | PaulCalandra | Conservative | Ontario | Oak Ridges—Markham | MP |
Peter Braid | peterbraid | Conservative | Ontario | Kitchener—Waterloo | MP |
Stephen Harper | pmharper | Conservative | Prime Minister | ||
Rick Dykstra | RickDykstra | Conservative | Alberta | Calgary Southwest | MP |
Sally Housser | salhous | NDP | Assistant for Jack Harris, MP | ||
Sen. ML MacDonald | SenatorJake | Nova Scotia | Senator | ||
Siobhan Coady | SiobhanCoadyMP | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's South—Mount Pearl | MP |
Steven Fletcher | stevenjfletcher | Conservative | Manitoba | Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia | MP |
Name |
Twitter Account |
Province |
Position |
Notes |
Alison Redford | premier_redford | Alberta | MLA & Premier |
MLA for Calgary-Elbow and Premier of Alberta (October 2011-present) |
Kent Hehr | calgarybuffalo | Alberta | MLA | |
Cindy Ady | CindyAdy_MLA | Alberta | MLA & Minister | I am the third term MLA for Calgary Shaw and, in addition, am serving as the Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation. |
Dave Hancock | DaveHancockMLA | Alberta | MLA & Minister | Minister of Education, Alberta |
Doug Elniski | ElniskiMLA | Alberta | MLA | |
Fred Horne | FredHorneMLA | Alberta | MLA | |
Doug Griffiths | GriffMLA | Alberta | MLA | MLA for Battle River - Wainwright |
Jonathan Denis | JonoMLA | Alberta | MLA | I'm the Progressive Conservative MLA for Calgary-Egmont. |
Kyle Fawcett | KyleMLA | Alberta | MLA | |
Lindsay Blackett | LindsayBlackett | Alberta | MLA & Minister | Alberta Culture and Community Spirit Minister and his staff |
Ontario MNR | MNRcentral | Ontario | Natural Resources | Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources |
Nova Scotia Gov. | nsgov | Nova Scotia | ||
Field Crop News | onfieldcrops | Ontario | Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs | Ontario Field Crop News from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs |
OMAFRA Hort Update | onhortcrops | Ontario | Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs | Ontario Horticulture Crop News from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs |
Ontario Parks | ontarioparks | Ontario | ||
OntarioREV | OntarioREV | Ontario | Revenue | The Ontario Ministry of Revenue administers most of the province's tax statutes, tax credit and benefit programs. |
OntMinFinance | OntMinFinance | Ontario | Finance | The Ontario Ministry of Finance promotes an innovative and growing economy and manages the fiscal, financial and related regulatory affairs of Ontario. |
OntMinLabour | OntMinLabour | Ontario | Labour | The Ontario Ministry of Labour's mission is to advance safe, fair and harmonious workplace practices. Questions? Visit our website for contact info. |
Ontario MMAH | OntMMAH | Ontario | Municipal Affairs and Housing | Ontario made up of safe and strong urban and rural communities with dynamic local economies, abundant greenspace and a quality of life that is second to none. |
Premier Ed Stelmach | premierstelmach | Alberta | Premier | Office of the Premier of Alberta |
Rick Miles | rickmiles | New Brunswick | MLA | |
Tourism Sask Updates | SaskSecrets | Saskatchewan | SaskSecrets is Tourism Saskatchewan's official online newsletter. It features stories about events, attractions packages and everything Saskatchewan. | |
Sask Media Updates | SaskTravelMedia | Saskatchewan | ||
SkillsCanadaAlberta | skillsalberta | Alberta | Celebrating Alberta's Finest Trade and Technology Students | |
Tim Hudak | timhudak | Ontario | Member of Ontario Provincial Parliament | |
Tourism Saskatchewan | TourismSask | Saskatchewan | ||
TravelAlberta | TravelAlberta | Alberta | The E-Marketing Team At Travel Alberta | |
TravelBC | TravelBC | British Columbia | ||
Alberta Gov. | YourAlberta | Alberta | Government of Alberta's Twitter account. Alerts, announcements, info for the public and some replies when we can. | |
Ontario Ombudsman | Ont_Ombudsman | Ontario | The official account of Ontario Ombudsman who investigates complaints about the ON government. Ombudsman André Marin tweets personally unless otherwise noted. | |
OntMinTransportation | OntMinTransport | Ontario | Transportation | |
Foodland Ontario | FoodlandOnt | Ontario | ||
Ont_ECO | Ont_ECO | Ontario | Ontario's independent environmental watchdog. Tasked with monitoring and reporting on the government’s compliance with the Environmental Bill of Rights. | |
NOHFC | NOHFC | Ontario | The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund proudly offers 6 funding programs to promote job creation and economic development in the North. | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | NLtweets | Newfoundland and Labrador | Tourism, Culture and Recreation | Yarns, travel tips and events from Gillian, Ed and Shelley of Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, Canada |
Community Accounts | CommAccountsNL | Newfoundland and Labrador | Municipal Affairs |
Name |
Twitter Account |
City |
Position |
Notes |
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G4 | G4Open | Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton + Vancouver | The cities of Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver are collaborating as the G4 to improve Canadian open data standards, licences and processes. | ||
City of Calgary | cityofcalgary | Calgary | |||
City of Edmonton | CityofEdmonton | Edmonton | |||
City of Guelph | cityofguelph | Guelph | |||
City of Windsor | cityofwindsor | Windsor | |||
Municipality of Clarington | ClaringtonON | |
Offical Twitter feed for the Municipality of Clarington | Clarington includes the communities of Bowmanville, Newcastle, Courtice (pronounced Curtis) and Orono. Rural and urban amenities. | |
George LeBlanc | georgeleblanc | Moncton | Mayor | ||
Jim Rennie | JimRennieWC | Woodland County | Mayor | ||
Joe Mihevc | joemihevc | Toronto | City Councillor | ||
John Tory |
johntoryTO | Toronto | Mayor | ||
City of Ottawa | ottawacity | Ottawa | |||
Toronto Council | TorontoCouncil | Toronto | City Clerk | ||
City of Toronto | Cityoftoronto | Toronto | Gateway to City of Toronto Twitter accounts. |
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311 Toronto | 311Toronto | Toronto | The public information and referral service for the City of Toronto. 24/7 access to information and non-emergency services online or by phone. |
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Lan Nguyen |
Toronto | Deputy Chief Information Officer | Oversees Open Data initiative for City of Toronto (in partnership with City Clerks Office) |
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Open Toronto | Open_TO | Toronto | The City of Toronto's official data set catalogue: toronto.ca/open. Toronto is committed to open, accessible and transparent government. | ||
Keith McDonald | COTkeith | Toronto | Open Data Lead |
City of Toronto Open Data Lead, G4 representation |
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Mount Pearl | Mount_Pearl | Mount Pearl |
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Name |
Twitter Account |
Organization |
Position |
Notes |
Public Health PHAC
Santé publique ASPC |
PHAC_GC - ENG ASPC_GC - FRE |
Public Health Agency of Canada / Agence de la santé publique du Canada | Public health tips, H1N1 updates, media advisories | |
Health Canada / Santé Canada | HealthCanadaGC -ENG SanteCanadaGC - FRE | Health Canada / Santé Canada | Tips on a variety of health topics, media advisories, product recalls |
Name |
Twitter Account |
Organization |
Position |
Notes |
Mike Kuajwski | mikekujawski | Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing | Marketing & Social Media Strategist/Speaker | |
Marquis Côté | marquiscote | digitalOttawa | Digital Communication Strategist and Creative Marketeer | |