Senate of Canada

Senate of Canada Sénat du Canada
43rd Parliament
Type
Type	Upper House of the Parliament of Canada
Leadership
Speaker	George Furey, non-affiliated since December 3, 2015
Speaker Pro Tempore	Pierrette Ringuette since May 1, 2020
Representative of the Government	Marc Gold since January 24, 2020
Senate Opposition Leader	Don Plett, Conservative since November 5, 2019
Facilitator of the ISG	Yuen Pau Woo since September 25, 2017
Leader of the CSG (interim)	Scott Tannas since November 4, 2019
Leader of the PSG	Jane Cordy since December 12, 2019
Structure
Seats	105
Political groups	Independent Senators Group (44)   Conservative Party (20)   Canadian Senators Group (13)   Progressive Senate Group (11)   Non-affiliated (6)   Vacant (11)
Elections
Voting system	Appointment by the Governor General on advice of the Prime Minister
Meeting place
Senate Chamber Senate of Canada Building 2 Rideau Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Website
sencanada.ca

The Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. There are 105 members of the Canadian senate. They are appointed by the Governor General of Canada with the advise of the Prime Minister of Canada.

The number of senators from the different parts of Canada varies. Four regions have 24 senators each.