Jenna Sudds

Jenna Sudds
Jenna Sudds in 2021
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement
Assumed office
June 5, 2025
Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)
Assumed office
June 5, 2025
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
In office
July 26, 2023  March 14, 2025
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byKarina Gould
Succeeded bySteve MacKinnon
Member of Parliament
for Kanata
Kanata—Carleton (2021–2025)
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded byKaren McCrimmon
Ottawa City Councillor
for Kanata North (Ward 4)
In office
December 1, 2018  September 20, 2021
Preceded byMarianne Wilkinson
Succeeded byCathy Curry (appointed)
Deputy Mayor of Ottawa
In office
December 9, 2020  September 20, 2021
Serving with Laura Dudas and George Darouze
MayorJim Watson
Preceded byMatthew Luloff
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born (1979-02-08) February 8, 1979
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
SpouseTim
Residence(s)Beaverbrook, Kanata
Whitemarsh Crescent, rural Kanata (2018)

Jenna Sudds PC MP (born February 8, 1979) is a Canadian politician who served as the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, from 2023 to 2025. She is the Member of Parliament for Kanata in the House of Commons of Canada.

Prior to becoming Minister, she served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Women, Gender Equality, and Youth. A member of the Liberal Party, she was elected in the 2021 Canadian federal election.

Previously, she served as Deputy Mayor of Ottawa and member of the Ottawa City Council for Kanata North (Ward 4). Sudds was elected to Ottawa City Council on October 22, 2018, and took office on December 1, 2018.