What is a #hashtag?

A user-created standard for identifying tweets belonging to a topic. Simply include the tag in your tweet and other people searching for the same tag will be able to find it. Below are the most popular Canadian political hashtags.
tag name description pop last used
#cdnpoliGeneric Canadian Politics107873 minutes ago
#lpcLiberal Party of Canada259115 minutes ago
#roftRight Of TwitterA discussion thread for all things Conservative, federally and provincially.132624 minutes ago
#gunregistryGun Registry125912 minutes ago
#lpcxLiberal Express Bus Tour125515 minutes ago
#gpcGreen Party of Canadageneral Green party discussions75334 minutes ago
#cpcConservative Party of Canadageneral hashtag for tweets related to the Conservative Party of Canada67034 minutes ago
#ndpNDPNew Democratic Party of Canada discussion, mostly federal but also used by provincial NDP'ers639Aug 09, 2009 1:52 am
#canpoliCanadian PoliticsSame purpose as #cdnpoli, generic or non-partisan political Twitter58612 minutes ago
#cdnleftCanadian Political LeftCanadian progressive discussion on twitter. In response to #roft this is "Left of Twitter".2311 hour ago
#elxn4141st General ElectionDiscuss the next Canadian federal election, whenever it might be. This tag is for discussion related to nominations, financing, and election information.1048 hours ago
#pmharperPMHarperA collection of tweets which have Prime Minister Stephen Harper as their subject.4518 hours ago
#laytonJack Laytontweets about the new democrats leader361 hour ago
#hocHouse of CommonsCanada's House of Commons. Twits about Question Period, debates, bills introduced -- anything going in the lower chamber.342 hours ago
#rcmpRoyal Canadian Mounted Police211 hour ago
#ptlibCanadian Liberals207 hours ago
#listeriaListeriosis crisis1823 minutes ago
#fairvoteElectoral Reformcatch all for electoral reform, strategic voting, vote swapping etc154 hours ago
#byelxnBy-election Twitterdiscuss federal By-elections, By-election and candidate news153 hours ago
#oliOliphant CommissionCommission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney.136 hours ago
#cpacCable Public Affairs Channeldiscuss programming on Canada's CPAC TV channel13Thu 11:14 am
#tousensembleTous EnsembleUsed by Federal Liberals Mostly "All Together"112 hours ago
#pttoryCanadian Conservatives10Wed 7:46 pm
#ottawaspendsEconomic Stimulus PlanThe federal government's spending announcements, spending plans, spending intentions. Started up by David Akin to track any announcements of federal spending and trends.9Aug 26, 2010 2:31 pm
#ignatieffMichael Ignatiefftweets about the liberal leader9Thu 5:59 am
#CINDUCommittee on IndustryThe House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology (INDU).6
#cdnsenCanadian Senatediscuss topics related to the Canadian senate6Wed 10:45 am
#can150Canada 150From March 26-28, some of Canada's leading thinkers and doers will meet in Montreal to grapple with the big issues facing our country3Aug 12, 2010 7:30 am
#ptndpCanadian New Democrats2Jul 26, 2010 7:33 pm
#ppocPirate Party of Canada2Tue 10:35 pm
#ctvppCTV's Power Play with Tom Clarkdiscussion of the topics of the day on CTV's political show "Power Play" hosted by Tom Clark2Jun 18, 2010 5:32 pm
#van09Liberal Convention 2009tweets about the Liberal Biennial Convention 2009 in Vancouver1Jun 09, 2010 5:06 pm
#ptgreenCanadian Greens1Jan 27, 2010 8:02 am
#ptblocCanadian Bloc Quebecois1Dec 15, 2009 9:56 am
#changecampChangeCampdiscuss participatory governance in a web-enabled world12 hours ago
#harperfactsHarper "Facts"Facts about Harper, sometimes not true and sometimes comical.1Aug 04, 2010 9:17 am
#IggyfactsIgnatieff "Facts"Facts about Michael Ignatieff, sometimes not true and sometimes comical.1Jul 28, 2009 11:07 am
#hfx09New Democrat Federal ConventionNDP 2009 Convention in Halifax1Apr 06, 2010 2:01 pm
#libcaucusLiberal Caucus RetreatThe summer caucus retreat begins this Monday, August 31, and continues until Wednesday, September 2, in Sudbury, Ontario.1Sun 4:48 pm
#CBCQotDCBC Question of the DayCBC Power & Politics: Question of the Day by political blogger Kady O'Malley1Jun 23, 2010 5:44 pm
#CBCPoliticsCBC Politics12 hours ago
#prorogueHarper's Proroguing of the parliament1Aug 16, 2010 5:20 pm

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If your twitter is not used primarily for politics but want to include the occasional political tweet, you can use one of our #hash tags. If you add any of these hash tags to your tweet it will be included on the site.


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Archived Hashtags

tag name description
#caneventsCanadian National Events
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