The first Canadian foray into green politics took place in the Maritimes when 11 independent candidates (including one in Montreal and one in Toronto) ran in the 1980 federal election under the banner of the Small Party.
加拿大第一次踏入綠色政治是在1980年聯邦選舉，濱海省份的11位獨立參選人（包含一位蒙特婁和一位多倫多參選人）以「小黨」（Small Party）的名義參加選舉。