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Canada's constitution mandates reviews of electoral divisions following each decennial [[census]] to reflect changes and movements in population. This parliament is the first one seated in accordance with the ''2023 representation orders''[{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Elections |title=Interactive Data Visualizer ? 2023 Representation Orders |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/tra/2023viz&document=index&lang=e |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250606190747/https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/tra/2023viz&document=index&lang=e |archive-date=2025-06-06 |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=Elections Canada |language=en}}] determined based on the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], which expanded the House of Commons by five seats (1 in British Columbia, 3 in Alberta, and 1 in Ontario).[{{Cite web |title=The Process for Readjusting the Seat Count in the House of Commons and the Boundaries of Electoral Districts |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/202227E#a2-3 |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=lop.parl.ca}}] |
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Canada's constitution mandates reviews of electoral divisions following each decennial [[census]] to reflect changes and movements in population. This parliament is the first one seated in accordance with the ''2023 representation orders''[{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Elections |title=Interactive Data Visualizer ? 2023 Representation Orders |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/tra/2023viz&document=index&lang=e |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250606190747/https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/tra/2023viz&document=index&lang=e |archive-date=2025-06-06 |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=Elections Canada |language=en}}] determined based on the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], which expanded the House of Commons by five seats (1 in British Columbia, 3 in Alberta, and 1 in Ontario).[{{Cite web |title=The Process for Readjusting the Seat Count in the House of Commons and the Boundaries of Electoral Districts |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/202227E#a2-3 |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=lop.parl.ca}}] |
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The session was [[2025 speech from the throne|opened]] personally by [[Charles III]], [[Monarchy of Canada|King of Canada]], on May 27, 2025, during his [[2025 royal tour of Canada|first royal visit to Canada]] as King.[{{cite news |date=May 2, 2025 |title=King Charles will visit Ottawa to give May 27 throne speech |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/cp-news-alert-king-charles-will-visit-ottawa-to-give-may-27-throne-speech/article_e45d208c-7efa-51cb-92a2-3aa47b20f558.html |url-access=limited |access-date=May 2, 2025 |work=The Toronto Star |archive-date=May 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502152856/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/cp-news-alert-king-charles-will-visit-ottawa-to-give-may-27-throne-speech/article_e45d208c-7efa-51cb-92a2-3aa47b20f558.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |last1=Woods |first1=Micheal |last2=Davison |first2=Janet |date=2025-05-02 |title=King Charles will visit Canada, deliver throne speech to open Parliament |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/king-charles-canada-visit-1.7524946 |access-date=2025-05-02 |work=[[CBC News]]}}] This was the first time in over half a century that the reigning monarch opened parliament, since [[Elizabeth II]] did so for the [[23rd Canadian Parliament]] in 1957, as well as the first time the sovereign had personally read the Speech from the Throne since Elizabeth II did so at the opening of the third session of the [[30th Canadian Parliament]] in 1977.[{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/what-is-a-throne-speech-why-king-charles-will-deliver-just-canadas-third-one-by-a-reigning-monarch|accessdate=May 3, 2025|date=May 3, 2025|work=The National Post|last=McFater|first=Madison|title=What is a throne speech? Why King Charles will deliver just Canada's third one by a reigning monarch}}] The legislative session commenced on May 26, 2025, with the unprecedented event of a prime minister taking a seat in parliament for the first time, and within a year became the first government to obtain a majority through a byelection.[{{Cite news |title=Carney secures majority government with sweep of 3 byelections|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/byelections-terrebonne-university-rosedale-scarborough-southwest-9.7162168 |access-date=2026-04-16|work=CBC News}}] |
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The session was [[2025 speech from the throne|opened]] personally by [[Charles III]], [[Monarchy of Canada|King of Canada]], on May 27, 2025, during his [[2025 royal tour of Canada|first royal visit to Canada]] as King.[{{cite news |date=May 2, 2025 |title=King Charles will visit Ottawa to give May 27 throne speech |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/cp-news-alert-king-charles-will-visit-ottawa-to-give-may-27-throne-speech/article_e45d208c-7efa-51cb-92a2-3aa47b20f558.html |url-access=limited |access-date=May 2, 2025 |work=The Toronto Star |archive-date=May 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502152856/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/cp-news-alert-king-charles-will-visit-ottawa-to-give-may-27-throne-speech/article_e45d208c-7efa-51cb-92a2-3aa47b20f558.html |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |last1=Woods |first1=Micheal |last2=Davison |first2=Janet |date=2025-05-02 |title=King Charles will visit Canada, deliver throne speech to open Parliament |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/king-charles-canada-visit-1.7524946 |access-date=2025-05-02 |work=[[CBC News]]}}] This was the first time in over half a century that the reigning monarch opened parliament, since [[Elizabeth II]] did so for the [[23rd Canadian Parliament]] in 1957, as well as the first time the sovereign had personally read the Speech from the Throne since Elizabeth II did so at the opening of the third session of the [[30th Canadian Parliament]] in 1977.[{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/what-is-a-throne-speech-why-king-charles-will-deliver-just-canadas-third-one-by-a-reigning-monarch|accessdate=May 3, 2025|date=May 3, 2025|work=The National Post|last=McFater|first=Madison|title=What is a throne speech? Why King Charles will deliver just Canada's third one by a reigning monarch}}] The legislative session commenced on May 26, 2025, with the unprecedented event of a prime minister taking a seat in parliament for the first time, and within a year became the first government to obtain a majority through party defections.[{{Cite news |title=Carney secures majority government with sweep of 3 byelections|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/byelections-terrebonne-university-rosedale-scarborough-southwest-9.7162168 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-04-16|work=CBC News}}] |
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|[[Bill C-202, an act to protect Canadian supply management in trade negotiations|An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management)]][{{Cite web |title=C-202 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada |url=https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-202 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/]20251004001254/https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-202 |archive-date=2025-10-04 |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=www.parl.ca |language=en}} |
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|[[Bill C-202, an act to protect Canadian supply management in trade negotiations|An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management)]][{{Cite web |title=C-202 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada |url=https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-202 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/202510040012sin54/https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/c-202 |archive-date=2025-10-04 |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=www.parl.ca |language=en}}] |
