| Cabinet Name: | 16th Canadian Ministry 16e conseil des ministres du Canada |
| Cabinet Type: | ministry |
| Cabinet Number: | 16th |
| Jurisdiction: | Canada |
| Flag: | Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921-1957.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | 23 October 1935 |
| Date Dissolved: | 15 November 1948 |
| Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
| Government Head: | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| State Head Title: | Monarch |
| Represented By Title: | Governor General |
| Represented By: | Earl Bessborough John Buchan Earl Athlone |
| Political Party: | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Legislature Status: | (1935–1940) (1940–1945) Supermajority (1945–1948) Minority |
| Election: | 1935, 1940, 1945 |
| Previous: | 15th Canadian Ministry |
| Successor: | 17th Canadian Ministry |
The Sixteenth Canadian Ministry was the third cabinet chaired by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. It governed Canada from 23 October 1935 to 15 November 1948, including all of the 18th and 19th Canadian Parliaments, as well as the beginning of the 20th. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada. Mackenzie King[1] was also Prime Minister in the Twelfth and Fourteenth Canadian Ministries.
| Portfolio | Minister | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| Vacant (George Barton was acting) | 23 October 1935 | 25 October 1935 | |
| Thomas Crerar (acting) | 25 October 1935 | 4 November 1935 | |
| 4 November 1935 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 1 January 1946 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 9 May 1940 | ||
| 9 May 1940 | 19 January 1948 | ||
| 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 4 September 1946 | ||
| 4 September 1946 | 10 September 1948 | ||
| 10 September 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 6 September 1939 | ||
| 6 September 1939 | 8 July 1940 | ||
| 8 July 1940 | 10 December 1946 | ||
| 10 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 7 October 1942 | ||
| 7 October 1942 | 30 August 1945 | ||
| 30 August 1945 | 11 August 1947 | ||
| Vacant (Stewart Bates was acting) | 11 August 1947 | 14 August 1947 | |
| Ernest Bertrand (acting) | 14 August 1947 | 2 September 1947 | |
| 2 September 1947 | 19 January 1948 | ||
| 19 January 1948 | 11 June 1948 | ||
| 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 | ||
| 1 December 1936 | 18 April 1945 | ||
| 18 April 1945 | 11 June 1948 | ||
| 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 27 November 1941 | ||
| Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) | 27 November 1941 | 10 December 1941 | |
| 10 December 1941 | 10 December 1946 | ||
| 10 December 1946 | 1 July 1948 | ||
| Louis St. Laurent (acting) | 1 July 1948 | 10 September 1948 | |
| 10 September 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 | ||
| 19 September 1939 | 15 December 1941 | ||
| 15 December 1941 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 18 October 1944 | 1 May 1948 | ||
| 1 May 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 11 March 1942 | ||
| James Horace King (acting) | 11 March 1942 | 26 May 1942 | |
| 26 May 1942 | 25 August 1945 | ||
| 25 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 2 November 1936 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 | ||
| 1 December 1936 | 18 April 1945 | ||
| 18 April 1945 | 11 June 1948 | ||
| 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 9 April 1940 | 1 January 1946 | ||
| 12 July 1940 | 27 November 1944 | ||
| Vacant | 27 November 1944 | 15 November 1948 | |
| 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 | ||
| 19 September 1939 | 11 June 1940 | ||
| Charles Gavan Power (acting) | 11 June 1940 | 5 July 1940 | |
| 5 July 1940 | 2 November 1944 | ||
| 2 November 1944 | 21 August 1945 | ||
| 21 August 1945 | 12 December 1946 | ||
| 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| Vacant (Charles Gavan Power was acting) | 22 May 1940 | 23 May 1940 | |
| 23 May 1940 | 30 November 1944 | ||
| Angus Lewis Macdonald (acting) | 30 November 1944 | 11 January 1945 | |
| Colin W. G. Gibson (acting) | 11 January 1945 | 8 March 1945 | |
| 8 March 1945 | 12 December 1946 | ||
| 12 July 1940 | 18 April 1945 | ||
| 18 April 1945 | 12 December 1946 | ||
| 18 October 1944 | 12 December 1946 | ||
| 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 8 July 1940 | ||
| 8 July 1940 | 8 March 1945 | ||
| James Angus MacKinnon (acting) | 8 March 1945 | 19 April 1945 | |
| 19 April 1945 | 30 July 1945 | ||
| James Angus MacKinnon (acting) | 30 July 1945 | 29 August 1945 | |
| 29 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 12 July 1940 | 11 June 1941 | ||
| 11 June 1941 | 7 October 1942 | ||
| 7 October 1942 | 18 April 1945 | ||
| 18 April 1945 | 19 January 1948 | ||
| Vacant | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
| 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 | ||
| 19 September 1939 | 18 October 1944 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 23 January 1939 | ||
| 23 January 1939 | 19 September 1939 | ||
| 19 September 1939 | 23 May 1940 | ||
| James Lorimer Ilsley (acting) | 23 May 1940 | 8 July 1940 | |
| 8 July 1940 | 9 June 1945 | ||
| Vacant (Walter James Turnbull was acting) | 9 June 1945 | 29 August 1945 | |
| 29 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 13 May 1942 | ||
| Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) | 13 May 1942 | 7 October 1942 | |
| 7 October 1942 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 2 November 1936 | ||
| Vacant (C. D. Howe was acting) | 30 June 1944 | 13 October 1944 | |
| 13 October 1944 | 1 January 1946 | ||
| 1 January 1946 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 12 July 1939 | ||
| Vacant (Ephraim Herbert Coleman was acting) | 12 July 1939 | 26 July 1939 | |
| Ernest Lapointe (acting) | 26 July 1939 | 9 May 1940 | |
| 9 May 1940 | 15 December 1941 | ||
| 15 December 1941 | 18 April 1945 | ||
| 18 April 1945 | 12 December 1946 | ||
| 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| Vacant | 23 October 1935 | 18 April 1945 | |
| 18 April 1945 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 9 May 1940 | ||
| 9 May 1940 | 19 January 1948 | ||
| 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 2 November 1936 | 8 July 1940 | ||
| 8 July 1940 | 13 May 1942 | ||
| C. D. Howe (acting) | 13 May 1942 | 6 October 1942 | |
| 6 October 1942 | 18 April 1945 | ||
| 18 April 1945 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 18 October 1944 | 19 January 1948 | ||
| 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 | ||
| 23 October 1935 | 11 March 1942 | ||
| 23 January 1939 | 9 May 1940 | ||
| 26 May 1942 | 25 August 1945 | ||
| 4 September 1945 | 15 November 1948 | ||