The monarchy of Canada is Canada's form of government embodied by the Canadian sovereign and head of state. It is one of the key components of Canadian sovereignty and sits at the core of Canada's con
A Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Flight, used to transport the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their 2011 royal tour of Canada.
Sophia, Electress of Hanover, from whom heirs to the throne must directly descend
William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the Canadian throne
A memorial procession in Ottawa before the national commemoration ceremony for the death of Queen Elizabeth II
The governor general of Canada is the federal representative of the Canadian monarch, currently King Charles III. The monarch of Canada is also sovereign and head of state of 14 other Commonwealth rea
Monarchy of Canada
…in the United Kingdom, and almost all of the royal governmental and ceremonial duties in Canada are carried out by the monarch's representative, the governor general of Canada (the main exception being the appointment of the governor general themself, and the extraordinary appointment of extra senators). In each of Canada's…
Louise Arbour during her first official visit to the Citadelle de Québec
(Left to right) The wife of Thomas Crerar, King George VI, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Queen Elizabeth, and Governor General the Lord Tweedsmuir at the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa, 1939. Mackenzie King was the only leader of the opposition to be involved in the appointment of a governor general, in 1935 deciding with then-prime minister Richard Bennett to choose Tweedsmuir.
Vincent Massey (left), the first Canadian-born viceroy since Confederation
Michaëlle Jean swearing the oaths of office as administered by puisne justice Michel Bastarache, September 27, 2005