Modern party system in Canada. Features of development

Abstract

The article aims to conduct a historical - comparative study of party systems in Canada at the Federal and provincial levels. The author comes to the conclusion that at the national level, there is a two-party system of Canada, unlike the regional ones, where a multi-party system is a possibility. The author believes that social and regional base,shaped for party systems of Quebec, Ontario, provinces of the Canadian West, the Atlantic provinces of Canada, were closely connected with the historical, economic and national peculiarities of their development.