Chrystia Freeland

**Christina Alexandra "Chrystia" Freeland** (born August 2, 1968 in Peace River, Alberta) is a Canadian politician of the Liberal Party of Canada. She was the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from 2019 until her resignation in 2024.

Freeland has been a member of parliament since 2013. From 2015 to 2017 she was also minister of trade and the minister of foreign affairs from 2017 to 2019.

Previously she was a freelance journalist. She has written several non-fiction books.

On December 16, 2024, Freeland unexpectedly resigned from the Trudeau cabinet hours before she was to deliver the fall economic statement. She resigned because of disagreements with Trudeau on tax breaks, disbursements and tariffs proposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Canadian goods.

On 17 January 2025, Freeland announced her candidacy for Leader of the Liberal Party in the 2025 leadership election.

## Other websites

- Official Twitter

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific prefix**: The Honourable
- **name**: Chrystia Freeland
- **image**: Chrystia Freeland 2023 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Freeland in 2023
- **office**: Minister of Transport (Canada), Minister of Transport Minister for Internal Trade (Canada), and Internal Trade
- **primeminister**: Mark Carney
- **term start**: March 14, 2025
- **predecessor**: Anita Anand
- **order2**: 10th
- **office2**: Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- **primeminister2**: Justin Trudeau
- **term start2**: November 20, 2019
- **term end2**: December 16, 2024
- **predecessor2**: Anne McLellan (2006)
- **office3**: Minister of Finance (Canada), Minister of Finance
- **primeminister3**: Justin Trudeau
- **term start3**: August 18, 2020
- **term end3**: December 16, 2024
- **predecessor3**: Bill Morneau
- **successor3**: Dominic LeBlanc
- **office4**: Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons
for University—Rosedale (federal electoral district), University—Rosedale
- **term start4**: October 19, 2015
- **predecessor4**: _Riding established_
- **office5**: Member of the House of Commons
for Toronto Centre (federal electoral district), Toronto Centre
- **term start5**: November 24, 2013
- **term end5**: October 19, 2015
- **predecessor5**: Bob Rae
- **successor5**: Bill Morneau
- **office6**: Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
- **primeminister6**: Justin Trudeau
- **term start6**: November 20, 2019
- **term end6**: August 18, 2020
- **predecessor6**: Dominic LeBlanc
- **successor6**: Dominic LeBlanc
- **office7**: Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada), Minister of Foreign Affairs
- **primeminister7**: Justin Trudeau
- **term start7**: January 10, 2017
- **term end7**: November 20, 2019
- **predecessor7**: Stéphane Dion
- **successor7**: François-Philippe Champagne
- **office8**: Minister of International Trade Diversification, Minister of International Trade
- **primeminister8**: Justin Trudeau
- **term start8**: November 4, 2015
- **term end8**: January 10, 2017
- **predecessor8**: Ed Fast
- **successor8**: François-Philippe Champagne
- **birth name**: Christina Alexandra Freeland
- **birth place**: Peace River, Alberta, Canada
- **party**: Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal
- **spouse**: Graham Bowley
- **children**: 3
- **residence**: Summerhill, Toronto, Ontario
- **awards**: Rhodes Scholarship (1993)