| tag | name | description | pop | last used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #cdnpoli | Generic Canadian Politics | 10787 | 3 minutes ago | |
| #lpc | Liberal Party of Canada | 2591 | 15 minutes ago | |
| #roft | Right Of Twitter | A discussion thread for all things Conservative, federally and provincially. | 1326 | 24 minutes ago |
| #gunregistry | Gun Registry | 1259 | 12 minutes ago | |
| #lpcx | Liberal Express Bus Tour | 1255 | 15 minutes ago | |
| #gpc | Green Party of Canada | general Green party discussions | 753 | 34 minutes ago |
| #cpc | Conservative Party of Canada | general hashtag for tweets related to the Conservative Party of Canada | 670 | 34 minutes ago |
| #ndp | NDP | New Democratic Party of Canada discussion, mostly federal but also used by provincial NDP'ers | 639 | Aug 09, 2009 1:52 am |
| #canpoli | Canadian Politics | Same purpose as #cdnpoli, generic or non-partisan political Twitter | 586 | 12 minutes ago |
| #cdnleft | Canadian Political Left | Canadian progressive discussion on twitter. In response to #roft this is "Left of Twitter". | 231 | 1 hour 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. | 104 | 8 hours ago |
| #pmharper | PMHarper | A collection of tweets which have Prime Minister Stephen Harper as their subject. | 45 | 18 hours ago |
| #layton | Jack Layton | tweets about the new democrats leader | 36 | 1 hour ago |
| #hoc | House of Commons | Canada's House of Commons. Twits about Question Period, debates, bills introduced -- anything going in the lower chamber. | 34 | 2 hours ago |
| #rcmp | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 21 | 1 hour ago | |
| #ptlib | Canadian Liberals | 20 | 7 hours ago | |
| #listeria | Listeriosis crisis | 18 | 23 minutes ago | |
| #fairvote | Electoral Reform | catch all for electoral reform, strategic voting, vote swapping etc | 15 | 4 hours ago |
| #byelxn | By-election Twitter | discuss federal By-elections, By-election and candidate news | 15 | 3 hours ago |
| #oli | Oliphant Commission | Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney. | 13 | 6 hours ago |
| #cpac | Cable Public Affairs Channel | discuss programming on Canada's CPAC TV channel | 13 | Thu 11:14 am |
| #tousensemble | Tous Ensemble | Used by Federal Liberals Mostly "All Together" | 11 | 2 hours ago |
| #pttory | Canadian Conservatives | 10 | Wed 7:46 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. | 9 | Aug 26, 2010 2:31 pm |
| #ignatieff | Michael Ignatieff | tweets about the liberal leader | 9 | Thu 5:59 am |
| #CINDU | Committee on Industry | The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology (INDU). | 6 | |
| #cdnsen | Canadian Senate | discuss topics related to the Canadian senate | 6 | Wed 10:45 am |
| #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 | 3 | Aug 12, 2010 7:30 am |
| #ptndp | Canadian New Democrats | 2 | Jul 26, 2010 7:33 pm | |
| #ppoc | Pirate Party of Canada | 2 | Tue 10:35 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 | 2 | Jun 18, 2010 5:32 pm |
| #van09 | Liberal Convention 2009 | tweets about the Liberal Biennial Convention 2009 in Vancouver | 1 | Jun 09, 2010 5:06 pm |
| #ptgreen | Canadian Greens | 1 | Jan 27, 2010 8:02 am | |
| #ptbloc | Canadian Bloc Quebecois | 1 | Dec 15, 2009 9:56 am | |
| #changecamp | ChangeCamp | discuss participatory governance in a web-enabled world | 1 | 2 hours ago |
| #harperfacts | Harper "Facts" | Facts about Harper, sometimes not true and sometimes comical. | 1 | Aug 04, 2010 9:17 am |
| #Iggyfacts | Ignatieff "Facts" | Facts about Michael Ignatieff, sometimes not true and sometimes comical. | 1 | Jul 28, 2009 11:07 am |
| #hfx09 | New Democrat Federal Convention | NDP 2009 Convention in Halifax | 1 | Apr 06, 2010 2:01 pm |
| #libcaucus | Liberal Caucus Retreat | The summer caucus retreat begins this Monday, August 31, and continues until Wednesday, September 2, in Sudbury, Ontario. | 1 | Sun 4:48 pm |
| #CBCQotD | CBC Question of the Day | CBC Power & Politics: Question of the Day by political blogger Kady O'Malley | 1 | Jun 23, 2010 5:44 pm |
| #CBCPolitics | CBC Politics | 1 | 2 hours ago | |
| #prorogue | Harper's Proroguing of the parliament | 1 | Aug 16, 2010 5:20 pm |
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| #canevents | Canadian National Events |
