The responsibility for collecting taxes was first assigned to the
minister of inland revenue, formed in 1867. Between 1892 and 1897, during the
7th Canadian Parliament, the portfolio was considered to be only of the
ministry, but not the Cabinet, and was thus referred to as the
controller of inland revenue during that time. The
minister of inland revenue title returned after 1897 and remained until the office was formally abolished. In 2003, the CCRA was split into the Canada Revenue Agency and the
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the latter falling under the
public safety and emergency preparedness portfolio. On March 14, 2025, at the start of the
30th Canadian Ministry, the position was renamed the
minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency, before finance minister François-Philippe Champagne was appointed to the role as the
minister of finance and national revenue on May 13, 2025. ==List of ministers==