List of trade unions in Canada

This is a list of trade unions in Canada, broken down by affiliation.[1]

## Canadian Labour Congress

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Main article: Affiliated unions of the Canadian Labour Congress

### National Affiliates

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* Air Canada Pilots Association (1995-2023)
* Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
* British Columbia Teachers' Federation
* Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
* Canadian Football League Players' Association (CFLPA)[2]
* Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union
* Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association
* Canadian Union of Postal Workers
* Canadian Union of Public Employees
* Directors Guild of Canada
* Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
* National Union of Public and General Employees
* National Union of the Canadian Association of University Teachers
* Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association
* Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
* Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
* Public Service Alliance of Canada

### International Affiliates

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* Air Line Pilots Association, International
* Amalgamated Transit Union
* American Federation of Musicians
* Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union
* Communications Workers of America
* International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
* International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
* International Association of Fire Fighters
* International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers
* International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
* International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
* International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
* International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
* International Longshore and Warehouse Union
* International Longshoremen's Association
* International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers' Union of North America
* International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
* International Union of Operating Engineers
* International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
* Laborers' International Union of North America
* Office and Professional Employees International Union
* Seafarers' International Union of North America
* Service Employees International Union
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* United Association
* United Auto Workers
* United Food and Commercial Workers
* United Mine Workers of America
* United Steelworkers

## Independent Unions/Other Affiliations

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Further information: List of trade unions in Quebec

* Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
* Alliance des professeures et professeurs de Montréal
* Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens
* Canadian Actors' Equity Association
* Canadian Teachers’ Federation
* Centrale des syndicats du Québec
* Christian Labour Association of Canada
* Confédération des syndicats nationaux
* Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
* Confederation of Canadian Unions
* Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec
* Industrial Workers of the World
* International Union of Elevator Constructors
* Major League Baseball Players Association
* Major League Soccer Players Association
* National Basketball Players Association
* National Hockey League Players' Association
* National Police Federation
* Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association
* Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers
* Teaching Support Staff Union
* International Brotherhood of Teamsters
* Teamsters Canada
* Writers Guild of Canada
* Unifor
* United Brotherhood of Carpenters

## Defunct trade unions

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* All-Canadian Congress of Labour (1926-1940)
* Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association
* Boot and Shoe Workers' Union
* Canadian Association of Industrial Mechanical and Allied Workers
* Canadian Auto Workers
* Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
* Canadian Chemical Workers' Union
* Canadian Food and Allied Workers
* Canadian Labour Union
* Canadian Mineworkers Union
* Canadian Paperworkers' Union
* Canadian Seamen's Union
* Communication Workers of Canada
* Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada
* Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
* Energy and Chemical Workers Union
* Graphic Arts International Union
* Graphic Communications International Union
* International Printing and Graphic Communications Union
* International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America
* International Union of Electrical Workers
* International Woodworkers of America
* Journeymen Tailors Union
* Lumber Workers Industrial Union
* Lumber Workers Industrial Union of Canada
* Mine Workers' Union of Canada
* One Big Union (Canada)
* Paving Cutters' Union
* Relief Camp Workers' Union
* Union of Russian Workers
* United Brotherhood of Railway Employees
* United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union
* Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers' Association
* Western Federation of Miners
* Workers' Unity League

## See also

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* Global list of trade unions
* List of trade unions in the United States
* List of unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO
* Canadian labour law
* Canadian Labour Code
* Labour movement

## References

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1. ^ "Affiliates". Canadian Labour Congress. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
2. ^ jishimwe (2024-04-18). "Touchdown! CFLPA joins Canadian Labour Congress". Canadian Labour Congress. Retrieved 2025-06-26.

## External links

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* "Highlights in Canadian labour history" CBC News (2009)
* "Labour Organization". The Canadian Encyclopedia (2014)

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