The Politwitter database has grown too large (17 million tweets and growing), due too this the site no longer indexes hashtag tweets. We only fetch tweets FROM and TO people in our directory.
| tag | name | description | pop | last used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #cdnpoli | Generic Canadian Politics | 2287 | 1 hour ago | |
| #cpc | Conservative Party of Canada | general hashtag for tweets related to the Conservative Party of Canada | 173 | Thu 8:57 pm |
| #canpoli | Canadian Politics | Same purpose as #cdnpoli, generic or non-partisan political Twitter | 111 | 1 hour ago |
| #SenCA | Canadian Senate | 103 | 10 hours ago | |
| #lpc | Liberal Party of Canada | 78 | 5 hours ago | |
| #ndp | NDP | New Democratic Party of Canada discussion, mostly federal but also used by provincial NDP'ers | 53 | Aug 09, 2009 1:52 am |
| #gpc | Green Party of Canada | general Green party discussions | 8 | Oct 19, 2010 3:00 am |
| #ptlib | Canadian Liberals | 4 | Mon 1:20 pm | |
| #pttory | Canadian Conservatives | 3 | Sep 21, 2016 6:15 pm | |
| #cdnsen | Canadian Senate | discuss topics related to the Canadian senate | 2 | Oct 07, 2016 11:58 am |
| #CdesCom | French discussions on Federal politics | Abbreviation of Chambre des Communes | 2 | Oct 07, 2016 11:58 am |
| #goc | Government of Canada | hashtag used mostly by public servant to talk about the government | 2 | Sep 04, 2011 2:46 pm |
| #roft | Right Of Twitter | A discussion thread for all things Conservative, federally and provincially. | 1 | Oct 26, 2015 10:25 pm |
| #ptndp | Canadian New Democrats | 1 | Sun 4:16 pm | |
| #ptgreen | Canadian Greens | 1 | Nov 17, 2016 11:59 am | |
| #ptbloc | Canadian Bloc Quebecois | 1 | Oct 16, 2016 8:54 pm | |
| #cdnleft | Canadian Political Left | Canadian progressive discussion on twitter. In response to #roft this is "Left of Twitter". | 1 | Mar 20, 2016 8:40 pm |
| #cpac | Cable Public Affairs Channel | discuss programming on Canada's CPAC TV channel | 1 | Feb 10, 2011 9:30 pm |
| #crtc | Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission | 1 | Sep 04, 2011 8:00 pm |
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* popularity is tracked by politwitter counting how many times the hash tag is used in the last month
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.
You can also add a federal riding hashtag to your local tweets. Use our tool to find your federal riding ID hashtag.
If you know of any other popular provincial hash tags please contact me!
Archived Hashtags
| tag | name | description |
|---|---|---|
| #followelectionday | Follow Friday But on Election Day! | |
| #CINDU | Committee on Industry | The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology (INDU). |
| #CBCPolitics | CBC Politics | |
| #debat | 2011 French language Leaders Debate en francais | |
| #ndpldr | NDP Leadership Convention 2012 | |
| #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. |
| #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. |
| #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. |
| #fairvote | Electoral Reform | catch all for electoral reform, strategic voting, vote swapping etc |
| #ctvpp | CTV's Power Play with Don Martin | discussion of the topics of the day on CTV's political show "Power Play" hosted by Tom Clark |
| #ctvelexn | CTV Election 2011 | CTV's own version of the #elxn41 hashtag for tweets about the 2011 Federal election |
| #fed2011 | French-language version of #elxn41 | discuss the 2011 federal election en francais |
| #femvote | Women's Representation and Issues | discuss women's representation and issues in the election. |
| #elxn2011 | Less Popular version of #elxn41 | tweets about the 2011 Canadian federal election. Recommend using te shorter and much mroe widely used #elxn41 instead. |
| #TellVicEverything | TellVicEverything | passive-aggressive form of protest against Vic Toews who is backing a controversial new bill that would give authorities unprecedented access to citizens’ personal data online. |
| #QPQ | Question Period | |
| #elxn42 | 42nd General Election | |
| #ignatieff | Michael Ignatieff | tweets about the liberal leader |
| #pmharper | PMHarper | A collection of tweets which have Prime Minister Stephen Harper as their subject. |
| #van09 | Liberal Convention 2009 | tweets about the Liberal Biennial Convention 2009 in Vancouver |
| #layton | Jack Layton | tweets about the new democrats leader |
| #rcmp | Royal Canadian Mounted Police | |
| #canevents | Canadian National Events | |
| #changecamp | ChangeCamp | discuss participatory governance in a web-enabled world |
| #oli | Oliphant Commission | Commission of Inquiry into Certain Allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney. |
| #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 | |
| #libcaucus | Liberal Caucus Retreat | The summer caucus retreat begins this Monday, August 31, and continues until Wednesday, September 2, in Sudbury, Ontario. |
| #ppoc | Pirate Party of Canada | |
| #byelxn | By-election Twitter | discuss federal By-elections, By-election and candidate news |
| #CBCQotD | CBC Question of the Day | CBC Power & Politics: Question of the Day by political blogger Kady O'Malley |
| #prorogue | Harper's Proroguing of the parliament | |
| #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 | |
| #gunregistry | Gun Registry | |
| #billc32 | An Act to amend the Copyright Act | Bill C-32, "An Act to amend the Copyright Act" |
| #demreform | Democratic Reform in Canada | |
| #byelxn40 | Byelection | |
| #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. |
| #bdgt11 | Government Budget 2011 | |
| #cv11 | CBC's Canada Votes 2011 | CBC'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? |
| #yegfed | Edmonton Ridings Federal Election | Relevant to the 2011/2012 Canadian Federal election, as it pertains to Edmonton AB (airport code yeg) |
| #emayin | Elizabeth May TV Debate | discussion around the inclusion of Elizabeth May in the election TV debates |
| #2getmyvote | To Get My Vote | Canadians are using this hashtag to explain what the parties have to do to earn their votes. |
| #db8 | 2011 Election Leaders Debate | discussion around the english language tv debates during #elxn41 |
| #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 |
| #wlcan | Wikileaks Canada | wikileaks related to Canada |
| #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 | |
| #parl41 | Canada's 41st Parliament | |
| #enCA | The Senate of Canada | |
| #robocall | Robocall Scandal Tweets | Elections Canada has just traced illegal phone calls made during the 2011 federal election to a company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country. |
| #yyccentre | Calgary Centre By-election | |
| #idlenomore | Idle No More | Internet meme for messages about indigenous rights & indigenous culture. |
| #lpcldr | Liberal Leadership 2013 | |
| #LPCdb8 | Liberal Leadership Debates | |
| #elxn2015 | 2015 Federal Election |