Cooperative Commonwealth Federation

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (French: Fédération du commonwealth coopératif, then Parti social démocratique du Canada) was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction. In 1944, it became the first socialist government in North America (based in Saskatchewan). In 1961, it disbanded and was replaced by the New Democratic Party. The full, but little used, name of the party was Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Farmer-Labour-Socialist).


The CCF aimed to alleviate the suffering of the Great Depression through economic reform and public "co-operation". Many of the party's firstMembers of Parliament (MPs) were former members of the Ginger Group of left-wing Progressive and Labour MPs.