Senate of Canada
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The Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they compose the bicameral legislature of Canada.
Senate of Canada Building
Senate Chamber in the Centre Block in 2016. This chamber began a lengthy renovation in 2019.
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Thrones of Canada
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The thrones of Canada are the chairs for the monarch and royal consort or governor general and viceregal consort, usually located in the Senate chamber of Parliament. There are presently two sets of t
The throne of Canada (left) and throne for the royal consort (right)—both commissioned in 1878—behind the speaker's chair in the Senate
The 1878 monarch's throne as part of a statue of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, in Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario
The sovereign's throne (left) and royal consort's throne (right)—made in 2017 using English walnut from Windsor Great Park, donated by Queen Elizabeth II—behind the speaker's chair in the temporary Senate chamber
King Charles III and Queen Camilla seated on the 2017 thrones during the 2025 Speech from the Throne