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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 constitutional federal structure and Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. [6]
- Constitutional Monarchy and The Constitution
- How The Constitutional Monarchy Works
- The Monarch
- The Governor General and Lieutenant Governors
Canada’s constitutional monarchy has roots in both the French and British monarchies. At Confederation, political leaders decided to remain a constitutional monarchy. According to the Constitution Act, 1867, “The Executive Government and Authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen.” This gave Canada a syst...
Under Canada’s system of responsible government, the Crown is a vital part of the legislative, executive and judicial powers that govern the country. The Crown is the source of these powers, but they are exercised by the federal and provincial governments. In theory, the Crown and its representatives (governors general, lieutenant governors) can re...
Canada’s Head of State is His Majesty King Charles III. The King is also the head of state in the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth countries. According to the terms of the Act of Settlement of 1701, King Charles III will be succeeded by his eldest child, Prince William, the Prince of Wales. In 2013, the Act of Settlement was reformed to end...
In Canada, the monarch is represented by the governor general. Inuk leader Mary Simon was formally installed as Canada’s 30th Governor General on 26 July 2021. She is the first Indigenous personto hold Canada’s vice-regal position. In Canada’s 10 provinces, the Crown is represented by a lieutenant-governor. Territorial commissionersrepresent the fe...
Since 1534, when the King of France claimed possession of what is now Canada, the history of our country has been marked by the reigns of an uninterrupted succession of monarchs, both French and British, who have had a significant influence on our country's development.
While no indigenous North Americans in what is now Canada had what would be seen today as an official monarchy, some aboriginal peoples, before their first encounters with French and British colonisers, were governmentally organised in a fashion similar to the occidental idea of monarchy.
Though Canada now has full political independence from the U.K., the British monarchy is still part of the Canadian political system to this day, in an unusual state of affairs that is sometimes described as a “shared monarchy” between Canada and Britain.
Canada is a constitutional monarchy. The Crown in Canada was first established by the kings of France in the sixteenth century. Organized as a royal province of France, both French and British kings and queens have reigned over Canada since 1534.
In 1689, King William III and Queen Mary II accepted the Bill of Rights. From then on, modern monarchism in Canada consisted of support and advocacy for a constitutional monarchy rather than other forms of monarchical government.
