| tag | name | description | pop | last used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #cdnpoli | Generic Canadian Politics | 42680 | 8 minutes ago | |
| #ndp | NDP | New Democratic Party of Canada discussion, mostly federal but also used by provincial NDP'ers | 3823 | Aug 09, 2009 1:52 am |
| #gunregistry | Gun Registry | 2441 | 16 hours ago | |
| #canpoli | Canadian Politics | Same purpose as #cdnpoli, generic or non-partisan political Twitter | 2175 | 3 hours ago |
| #lpc | Liberal Party of Canada | 1942 | 32 minutes ago | |
| #cpc | Conservative Party of Canada | general hashtag for tweets related to the Conservative Party of Canada | 1885 | 16 hours ago |
| #roft | Right Of Twitter | A discussion thread for all things Conservative, federally and provincially. | 672 | 2 hours ago |
| #elxn41 | 41st General Election | Discuss the next Canadian federal election, whenever it might be. This tag is for discussion related to nominations, financing, and election information. | 490 | 58 minutes ago |
| #p2ca | Progressives in Canada | A resource for progressives in Canada using social media, and an umbrella tag for information for progressives in Canada on Twitter. Separate from the blog-dominated #cdnprog and #cdnleft tags, and similar to the USA-centred #p2. | 405 | 17 hours ago |
| #gpc | Green Party of Canada | general Green party discussions | 285 | Oct 19, 2010 3:00 am |
| #pmharper | PMHarper | A collection of tweets which have Prime Minister Stephen Harper as their subject. | 168 | 50 minutes ago |
| #yegfed | Edmonton Ridings Federal Election | Relevant to the 2011/2012 Canadian Federal election, as it pertains to Edmonton AB (airport code yeg) | 109 | Sat 8:04 am |
| #CdesCom | French discussions on Federal politics | Abbreviation of Chambre des Communes | 81 | 16 hours ago |
| #goc | Government of Canada | hashtag used mostly by public servant to talk about the government | 74 | Sep 04, 2011 2:46 pm |
| #ottawaspends | Economic Stimulus Plan | The federal government's spending announcements, spending plans, spending intentions. Started up by David Akin to track any announcements of federal spending and trends. | 40 | Mon 9:00 am |
| #cdnleft | Canadian Political Left | Canadian progressive discussion on twitter. In response to #roft this is "Left of Twitter". | 35 | 8 hours ago |
| #byelxn | By-election Twitter | discuss federal By-elections, By-election and candidate news | 25 | 10 hours ago |
| #cpac | Cable Public Affairs Channel | discuss programming on Canada's CPAC TV channel | 23 | Feb 10, 2011 9:30 pm |
| #crtc | Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission | 23 | Sep 04, 2011 8:00 pm | |
| #demreform | Democratic Reform in Canada | 21 | 17 hours ago | |
| #femvote | Women's Representation and Issues | discuss women's representation and issues in the election. | 21 | Feb 02, 2012 9:20 am |
| #parl41 | Canada's 41st Parliament | 20 | Dec 14, 2011 1:57 pm | |
| #fairvote | Electoral Reform | catch all for electoral reform, strategic voting, vote swapping etc | 15 | 15 hours ago |
| #cdnsen | Canadian Senate | discuss topics related to the Canadian senate | 11 | Tue 12:35 pm |
| #ctvpp | CTV's Power Play with Tom Clark | discussion of the topics of the day on CTV's political show "Power Play" hosted by Tom Clark | 8 | 5 hours ago |
| #CINDU | Committee on Industry | The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology (INDU). | 6 | |
| #prorogue | Harper's Proroguing of the parliament | 5 | Jan 29, 2012 4:33 pm | |
| #fed2011 | French-language version of #elxn41 | discuss the 2011 federal election en francais | 3 | Sat 6:43 am |
| #billc32 | An Act to amend the Copyright Act | Bill C-32, "An Act to amend the Copyright Act" | 2 | Jan 30, 2012 10:32 am |
| #layton | Jack Layton | tweets about the new democrats leader | 1 | Oct 10, 2010 12:30 pm |
| #ptlib | Canadian Liberals | 1 | Jan 01, 2012 3:32 pm | |
| #pttory | Canadian Conservatives | 1 | Jan 02, 2012 5:13 am | |
| #ptndp | Canadian New Democrats | 1 | Jan 02, 2012 6:48 am | |
| #ptgreen | Canadian Greens | 1 | Aug 16, 2011 7:06 am | |
| #ptbloc | Canadian Bloc Quebecois | 1 | Jan 02, 2012 6:50 am | |
| #libcaucus | Liberal Caucus Retreat | The summer caucus retreat begins this Monday, August 31, and continues until Wednesday, September 2, in Sudbury, Ontario. | 1 | Jan 20, 2012 7:49 am |
| #CBCPolitics | CBC Politics | 1 | Jan 31, 2012 9:59 am | |
| #bdgt11 | Government Budget 2011 | 1 | Sep 04, 2011 10:11 am | |
| #elxn2011 | Less Popular version of #elxn41 | tweets about the 2011 Canadian federal election. Recommend using te shorter and much mroe widely used #elxn41 instead. | 1 | Jan 13, 2012 9:31 am |
| #wlcan | Wikileaks Canada | wikileaks related to Canada | 1 | Jun 13, 2011 3:14 am |
| #enCA | The Senate of Canada | 1 | Dec 12, 2011 5:04 am |
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Archived Hashtags
| tag | name | description |
|---|---|---|
| #hoc | House of Commons | Canada's House of Commons. Twits about Question Period, debates, bills introduced -- anything going in the lower chamber. no longer indexed because usage dropped and othe groups started using this hashtag for non Canadian politics tweets. |
| #rcmp | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | |
| #db8 | 2011 Election Leaders Debate | discussion around the english language tv debates during #elxn41 |
| #followelectionday | Follow Friday But on Election Day! | |
| #debat | 2011 French language Leaders Debate en francais | |
| #oli | Oliphant Commission | Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney. |
| #2getmyvote | To Get My Vote | Canadians are using this hashtag to explain what the parties have to do to earn their votes. |
| #canevents | Canadian National Events | |
| #ignatieff | Michael Ignatieff | tweets about the liberal leader |
| #van09 | Liberal Convention 2009 | tweets about the Liberal Biennial Convention 2009 in Vancouver |
| #changecamp | ChangeCamp | discuss participatory governance in a web-enabled world |
| #tousensemble | Tous Ensemble | Used by Federal Liberals Mostly "All Together" |
| #harperfacts | Harper "Facts" | Facts about Harper, sometimes not true and sometimes comical. |
| #Iggyfacts | Ignatieff "Facts" | Facts about Michael Ignatieff, sometimes not true and sometimes comical. |
| #hfx09 | New Democrat Federal Convention | NDP 2009 Convention in Halifax |
| #listeria | Listeriosis crisis | |
| #ppoc | Pirate Party of Canada | |
| #CBCQotD | CBC Question of the Day | CBC Power & Politics: Question of the Day by political blogger Kady O'Malley |
| #can150 | Canada 150 | From March 26-28, some of Canada's leading thinkers and doers will meet in Montreal to grapple with the big issues facing our country |
| #lpcx | Liberal Express Bus Tour | |
| #byelxn40 | Byelection | |
| #cv11 | CBC's Canada Votes 2011 | CBC's own version of the #elxn41 hashtag for tweets about the 2011 Federal election |
| #ctvelexn | CTV Election 2011 | CTV's own version of the #elxn41 hashtag for tweets about the 2011 Federal election |
| #votecompass | CBC's Vote Compass | Vote Compass is an online tool that helps Canadians find out how your views and values align with the parties. Do you know where you stand? |
| #emayin | Elizabeth May TV Debate | discussion around the inclusion of Elizabeth May in the election TV debates |
| #db41 | 2011 Election Leaders Debate | please use the shorter and more widely used hashtag #db8 for tweets about the leaders debates |
| #db841 | 2011 Election Leaders Debate | discussion around the english language tv debates during #elxn41 |
| #Laytondb8 | 2011 Election Leaders Debate Jack Layton | discussion among NDP'ers during the debates |
| #ivoteca | I Vote Because | |
| #db8fr | 2011 Election French Language Leaders Debate | |
| #dba | 2011 French language Leaders Debate en francais | |
| #CPCMajority | Conservative Majority | |
| #AskLayton | Jack Layton Town Hall | Jack Layton nation-wide town hall in Toronto during 2011 federal election |
| #tweettheresults | Tweets about the elxn41 result blackout period | Section 329 of Canada's Elections Act prohibits the transmission of voting results until all polling stations, have closed. Will results be tweeted during the blackout? follow this hashtag to find out. |
| #s329 | Section 329 of the Elections Act | |
| #CLSH | Conservative Leader Stephen Harper | |
| #cab41 | 41st Parliament Cabinet |