This template can be used to standardize the colours used to represent Canadian political parties in tables, lists, and templates. Enter the jurisdiction and party name, and this template will produce the hex colour code for that party. In tables, this template can start a new row with one cell containing the colour and the next cell containing a wikilink to the article about that party.

Usage

Where Jur is the jurisdiction, being one of: CA, AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NF, NL, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YK, YT, EDM, MTL, VAN

Example

{|class="wikitable"
((Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row-name))
| This is the common row-name usage.
((Canadian party colour|MB|CoR|row-name|short))
| Without the "short" parameter, this would have given the full name [[Manitoba Confederation of Regions Party|Confederation of Regions]].
((Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|row))
| "row" allows custom text in the first cell.
| And, as usual, the second cell.
|-
| ((Canadian party colour|CA|PC|background)) | '''1867'''
| "background" allows text on the colour.
| Note that when using the "background" parameter you have to manually create new rows using <nowiki>|-</nowiki>
((Canadian party colour|XX|Liberal|row-name))
| This row uses "XX" for jurisdiction. Invalid jurisdictions (or jurisdictions without a party by that name) will sometimes find a default colour.
((Canadian party colour|ON|Invalid text|row-name))
| This row uses "Invalid text" as the party name. Invalid party names will default to the colour for independent candidates and will use the exact text entered when using the "row-name" function, including wikilinks. This can be used for parties that only ever run one candidate.
|}

	New Democratic	This is the common row-name usage.
	Conf of Regions	Without the "short" parameter, this would have given the full name Confederation of Regions.
	"row" allows custom text in the first cell.	And, as usual, the second cell.
1867	"background" allows text on the colour.	Note that when using the "background" parameter you have to manually create new rows using \|-
	Liberal	This row uses "XX" for jurisdiction. Invalid jurisdictions (or jurisdictions without a party by that name) will sometimes find a default colour.
	Invalid text	This row uses "Invalid text" as the party name. Invalid party names will default to the colour for independent candidates and will use the exact text entered when using the "row-name" function, including wikilinks. This can be used for parties that only ever run one candidate.

TemplateData

This template produces the name and standardized colour for Canadian political parties.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Jurisdiction	`1`	Which province, territory, city, or the federal level Suggested values `CA` `AB` `BC` `MB` `NS` `NL` `NT` `NU` `ON` `PE` `QC` `SK` `YT` `EDM` `MTL` `VAN`	Line	required
Party	`2`	Name of the political party, based on the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada/list of parties	Line	required
Format	`3`	How the content should be displayed Suggested values `background` `nohash` `name` `colour&name` `row` `row-name`	Line	optional
Short name	`4`	Whether to use a form of the name with 15 or fewer characters Suggested values `short`	Line	optional