These parties have seats in the House of Commons, which is Canada's only elected assembly at the federal level.
At various points both the House of Commons and Senate have included non-party parliamentary groups, also called caucuses.
Essentially, these parliamentary groups are equivalent to political parties in the legislative context, but do not exist in an electoral capacity.
Parliamentary groups in the House of Commons of Canada are typically made up of MPs that separate from a party over leadership conflicts.
These three groups do not share a formal ideology, platform, or membership in any one political party; the caucuses primarily serve to provide organizational support and better leverage parliamentary resources.
From 1938 until 1943 its candidates ran under the banner Unity or United Progressive, and won two seats, both in Saskatchewan.
In French, the party used a literal translation of its name, Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, from until 1955.
In the 1940 election, 17 candidates ran jointly with the Social Credit Party under the name New Democracy.