The following is a list of state and official visits made by Canada since the country's Confederation in 1867. These trips consist of either the monarch or a representative—the governor general, a lieutenant governor, or another member of the royal family—visiting a foreign country in an official capacity, either representing the Canadian people in a full state visit or simply in ceremonies related to Canada abroad. In some cases, such as royal weddings in the United Kingdom or D-Day commemoration ceremonies in France, the Canadian monarch and/or one or more other members of the Royal Family and the governor general will be present together.
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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United States of America | Governor General the Viscount Monck | President Andrew Johnson | Official[1] |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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United States of America | 1927 | Governor General the Viscount Willingdon | President Calvin Coolidge | State[1] |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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France | 26 July 1936 | King Edward VIII | President Albert Lebrun | Official[2][3][4] |
United States of America | 1937 | Governor General the Lord Tweedsmuir | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | State[5] |
7–11 June 1939 | King George VI | State[6][7][8] | ||
Belgium | 1939 | King Leopold III | Official[9] |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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United States of America | 1947 | Governor General the Viscount Alexander of Tunis | President Harry S. Truman | State[5][10] |
Brazil | June 1948 | President Eurico Gaspar Dutra | State[5][10] |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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United States of America | 1 November 1951 | Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh | President Harry S. Truman | Official[11][12] |
17 October 1957 | Queen Elizabeth II | President Dwight David Eisenhower | State[8][13][14] | |
26 June 1959 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | Official | ||
6 July 1959 | Governor William Stratton | State[8][15][16] |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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Trinidad and Tobago | 1971 | Governor General Roland Michener | Governor-General Solomon Hochoy | Official |
The Netherlands | April 1971 | Queen Juliana | State | |
Iran | October 1971 | Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Official |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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Norway | June 1981 | Governor General Edward Schreyer | King Olav V | State[17] |
Sweden | June 1981 | King Carl XVI Gustaf | State[17] | |
Denmark | June 1981 | Queen Margrethe II | State[17] | |
Iceland | June 1981 | President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | State[17] | |
West Germany | 1982 | President Karl Carstens | State[18] | |
Italy | Governor General Jeanne Sauvé | President Francesco Cossiga | State[19] | |
Vatican City | Pope John Paul II | State[19] | ||
France | 6 June 1984 | Queen Elizabeth II | President François Mitterrand | Official[20] |
China | March 1987 | Governor General Jeanne Sauvé | President Li Xiannian | State[19][21] |
Thailand | 27 March-1 April 1987 | King Bhumibol Adulyadej | State[19][22][23] | |
France | President François Mitterrand | State[19][22] | ||
Uruguay | 1989 | President Julio María Sanguinetti | State[19][24] | |
Brazil | 1989 | President José Sarney | State[19][24] |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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Argentina | May 2001 | Governor General Adrienne Clarkson | President Fernando de la Rúa | State[27] |
Chile | May 2001 | President Ricardo Lagos Escobar | State[27] | |
Germany | 22–28 October 2001 | President Johannes Rau | State[28] | |
Russia | September 2003 | President Vladimir Putin | State[29] | |
Finland | 2003 | President Tarja Halonen | State[29] | |
Iceland | October 2003 | President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | State[29] | |
France | 6 June 2004 | Queen Elizabeth II Governor General Adrienne Clarkson Prince Charles, Prince of Wales |
President Jacques Chirac | Official[30][31] |
France | 29–30 October 2005 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President Jacques Chirac | Official[32] |
Italy | 24–27 February 2006 | President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Official[33] | |
Vatican City | 27 February 2006 | Pope Benedict XVI | Official[33] | |
Chile | 11 March 2006 | President Michelle Bachelet | Official[32] | |
Algeria | 19–22 November 2006 | President Abdelaziz Bouteflika | State[34][35] | |
Mali | 22–27 November 2006 | President Amadou Toumani Touré | State[34][35] | |
Ghana | 27 November-4 December 2006 | President John Kufuor | State[34][35] | |
South Africa | 4–9 December 2006 | President Thabo Mbeki | State[34][35] | |
Morocco | 9–11 December 2006 | King Mohammed VI | Official[32][35] | |
Afghanistan | 8–10 March 2007 | President Hamid Karzai | Official[36] | |
France | 9 April 2007 | Queen Elizabeth II | Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin | Official[4][37][38] |
Belgium | 14 April 2007 | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | King Albert II | Official[39][40] |
Belgium | 12 July 2007 | Queen Elizabeth II | King Albert II | Official[41] |
Brazil | 6–15 July 2007 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | State[42] |
Argentina | 8–12 December 2007 | President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | Official[32] | |
France | 6–12 May 2008 | President Nicolas Sarkozy | Official[43] | |
Afghanistan | 7–8 June 2008 | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | President Hamid Karzai | Official[44][45] |
China | August 2008 | Lieutenant Governor David Onley | President Hu Jintao | Official[46] |
Hungary | 24–26 November 2008 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President László Sólyom | State[47] |
Slovakia | 26–29 November 2008 | President Ivan Gašparovič | State[47] | |
Czech Republic | 29 November-4 December 2008 | President Václav Klaus | State[47] | |
Slovenia | 3 December 2008 | President Danilo Türk | State[48] | |
Haiti | 15–18 January 2009 | President René Préval | Official[49] | |
Liberia | 7–8 March 2009 | President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Official[50] | |
Ukraine | 23–26 April 2009 | President Viktor Yushchenko | State[51] | |
Norway | 28–30 April 2009 | King Harald V | State[51] | |
France | 6 June 2009 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales | President Nicolas Sarkozy | Official[citation needed] |
Afghanistan | 8–9 September 2009 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President Hamid Karzai | Official[52] |
Slovenia | 21–22 October 2009 | President Danilo Türk | State[53] | |
Croatia | 23–27 October 2009 | President Stjepan Mesić | State[53] | |
Greece | 29–31 October 2009 | President Karolos Papoulias | State[53] | |
Mexico | 6–9 December 2009 | President Felipe Calderón | State[54] | |
Guatemala | 9–12 December 2009 | President Álvaro Colom | State[55] | |
Costa Rica | 12–15 December 2009 | President Óscar Arias | State[56] |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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Afghanistan | 1 March 2010 | Anne, Princess Royal | President Hamid Karzai | Official[57][58] |
Haiti | 8–10 March 2010 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President René Préval | Official[59] |
Dominican Republic | 10 March 2010 | President Leonel Fernández | Official[60] | |
Afghanistan | 24 March 2010 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales | Ambassador William Crosbie | Official[58][61] |
United Nations Headquarters | 31 March 2010 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon | Official[62] |
Senegal | 14–18 April 2010 | President Abdoulaye Wade | State[63] | |
Congo | 18–20 April 2010 | President Joseph Kabila | State[63] | |
Rwanda | 20–23 April 2010 | President Paul Kagame | State[63] | |
Cape Verde | 23–24 April 2010 | President Pedro Pires | Official[63] | |
China | 30 June-5 July 2010 | President Hu Jintao | Official[64][65] | |
United Nations Headquarters | 6 July 2010 | Queen Elizabeth II | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon | Official[66] |
Mexico | 13–14 September 2010 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President Felipe Calderón | Official[67] |
Kuwait | 25–27 February 2011 | Governor General David Johnston | Emir Sabah IV | State[68] |
Qatar | 27 February-1 March 2011 | Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | State[68] | |
United Kingdom | 28–29 April 2011 | High Commissioner James R. Wright | Official[69] | |
Malaysia | 13–16 November 2011 | King Mizan Zainal Abidin | State[70] | |
Vietnam | 16–19 November 2011 | President Truong Tan Sang | State[70] | |
Singapore | 19–22 November 2011 | President Tony Tan Keng Yam | State[70] | |
Italy | 22 December 2011 | Official[71] | ||
Czech Republic | 23 December 2011 | President Václav Klaus | Official[71][72] | |
Afghanistan | 23–25 December 2011 | President Hamid Karzai | Official[71] | |
France | 8 April 2012 | Official[73] | ||
Belgium | 8–10 April 2012 | Minister of Defence Pieter De Crem | Official[73] | |
Brazil | 22–28 April 2012 | President Dilma Rousseff | Official[74] | |
Barbados | 29–30 April 2012 | High Commissioner Ruth Archibald | Working[74] | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 May 2012 | President George Maxwell Richards | State[74] | |
United Kingdom | 3–6 June 2012 | High Commissioner Gordon Campbell | Official[75] | |
United States of America | 19–22 July 2012 | Rear-Admiral Ron Lloyd | Official[76] | |
United Kingdom | 25–30 July 2012 | High Commissioner Gordon Campbell | Official[77] | |
Mexico | 30 November-2 December 2012 | President Felipe Calderón/ President Enrique Peña Nieto |
Working[78] | |
Peru | 2–5 December 2012 | President Ollanta Humala | Official[78] | |
Guatemala | 5–7 December 2012 | President Otto Pérez Molina | State[78] | |
South Korea | 24–26 February 2013 | President Park Geun-hye | Official[79] | |
Vatican City | 18–19 March 2013 | Pope Francis | Official[80] | |
Netherlands | 29–30 April 2013 | King Willem-Alexander | Official[81] | |
Ghana | 13–16 May 2013 | President John Dramani Mahama | State[82] | |
Botswana | 16–19 May 2013 | President Ian Khama | State[82] | |
South Africa | 20–22 May 2013 | President Jacob Zuma | State[82] | |
United States of America | 28–29 May 2013 | Senator Stan Rosenberg | Official[83] | |
China | 16–24 October 2013 | President Xi Jinping | State[84] | |
Mongolia | 24–26 October 2013 | President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | State[85] | |
India | 22 February-1 March 2014 | President Pranab Mukherjee | State[86] | |
United States of America | 28 April-2 May 2014 | Consul General James Villeneuve | Official[87] | |
Poland | 22–26 October 2014 | President Bronisław Komorowski | State[88] | |
Netherlands | 26–27 October 2014 | King Willem-Alexander | Official[88] | |
Belgium | 27–29 October 2014 | King Philippe | Official[88] | |
Chile | 29 November-3 December 2014 | President Michelle Bachelet | State[89] | |
Colombia | 3–6 December 2014 | President Juan Manuel Santos | State[89] | |
Saudi Arabia | 25–28 January 2015 | Prince Abdulaziz bin Majid[90] | Official[91] | |
Singapore | 28–29 March 2015 | President Tony Tan | Official | |
United States of America | 26–30 April 2015 | Governor Mark Dayton Governor Rick Snyder |
Working[92] | |
United States of America | 26–30 April 2015 | Governor Mark Dayton Governor Rick Snyder |
Working[92] | |
France | 1 July 2016 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales | Official[93] | |
Jordan | October 29-November 1, 2016 | Governor General David Johnston | King Abdullah II | State |
Israel | 1-4 November 2016 | President Reuven Rivlin | State | |
Palestine | 4-5 November 2016 | President Mahmoud Abbas | State | |
Cuba | 29 November 2016 | President Raúl Castro | Official | |
Sweden | 19-23 February 2017 | King Carl XVI Gustaf | State | |
France | 9 April 2017 | Governor General David Johnston, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry | President Francois Hollande | Official |
China | 10–14 July 2017 | Governor General David Johnston | President Xi Jinping | Official |
United Kingdom | 17–19 July 2017 | High Commissioner Janice Charette | Official | |
Thailand | 26 October 2017 | Governor General Julie Payette | King Vajiralongkorn | Official |
Ukraine | 17–18 January 2018 | President Petro Poroshenko | Official | |
Latvia | 18-19 January 2018 | President Raimonds Vejonis | Official | |
South Korea | 7–12 February 2018 | President Moon Jae-in | Official | |
United States | 26-27 April 2018 | Consul General John Cruickshank | Official[94] | |
Burkina Faso | 23-26 October 2018 | President Roch Marc Christian Kabore | State | |
Ivory Coast | 26-28 October 2018 | President Alassane Ouattara | State | |
Nigeria | 28-30 October 2018 | President Muhammadu Buhari | State | |
Belgium | 10 November 2018 | King Philippe | Official | |
Mexico | 30 November-1 December 2018 | President Enrique Pena Nieto, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador | Official | |
Kazakhstan | 3-5 December 2018 | President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Official | |
Kuwait | 18–19 January 2019 | Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah | Official | |
Iraq | 19–21 January 2019 | President Barham Salih | Official | |
United States | 15–16 March 2019 | António Guterres | Official | |
Rwanda | 4–9 April 2019 | President Paul Kagame | Official | |
France | 4–6 June 2019 | President Emmanuel Macron | Official | |
Peru | 23–27 July 2019 | President Martin Vizcarra | Official | |
Netherlands | 30–31 August 2019 | King Willem-Alexander | Official | |
Poland | 1–2 September 2019 | President Andrzej Duda | Official | |
France | 30 September 2019 | President Emmanuel Macron | Official | |
Lithuania | 24–26 November 2019 | President Gitanas Nausėda | Official | |
Estonia | 26–28 November 2019 | President Kersti Kaljulaid | Official | |
Italy | 29 November-4 December 2019 | President Sergio Mattarella | Official | |
Latvia | 22–23 December 2019 | Official | ||
Romania | 23 December 2019 | Official |
Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
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Israel | 22–24 January 2020 | Governor General Julie Payette | President Reuven Rivlin | Official |
Poland | 27 January 2020 | President Andrzej Duda | Official | |
Germany | 17–21 October, 2021 | Governor General Mary Simon | President Frank-Walter Steinmeier | State[95] |
United Kingdom | 15–17 March 2022 | Official[96] | ||
United Arab Emirates | 17–19 March 2022 | Official[97] | ||
Qatar | 21 March 2022 | Official[97] | ||
Kuwait | 22–23 March 2022 | Official[97] | ||
United Kingdom | 2–6 June 2022 | Official[98] |
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