`  == The actual first Minister of Canadian Heritage was Michel Dupuy ==  And the Wikipedia article on M. Dupuy references this fact:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Dupuy  `` ... serving concurrently as Minister of Communications and Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship from 1993 until January 1996. During his tenure, the departments he oversaw were merged into the new Department of Canadian Heritage``  I met the man a couple of times while he was Minister - and I thought the article should show that he, and not Mme. Copps, was the first.  Thank you.`