The
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (
CCF) (French:
Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, from 1955 the
Parti social démocratique du Canada) was a
social-democratic and
democratic socialist political party in
Canada. The CCF was founded in 1932 in
Calgary, Alberta, by a number of
socialist,
agrarian,
co-operative, and
labour groups, and the
League for Social Reconstruction. In 1944, the CCF formed the first social-democratic government in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in
Saskatchewan. In 1961, the CCF was succeeded by the
New Democratic Party (NDP). The full, but little used, name of the party was
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Farmer-Labour-Socialist).