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.
Visits
1860s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type United States of America Governor General the Viscount Monck President Andrew Johnson Official
1920s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type United States of America 1927 Governor General the Viscount Willingdon President Calvin Coolidge State
1930s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type 26 July 1936 King Edward VIII President Albert Lebrun Official United States of America 1937 Governor General the Lord Tweedsmuir President Franklin D. Roosevelt State 7–11 June 1939 King George VI State 1939 King Leopold III Official
1940s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type United States of America 1947 Governor General the Viscount Alexander of Tunis President Harry S. Truman State June 1948 President Eurico Gaspar Dutra State
1950s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type United States of America 1 November 1951 Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh President Harry S. Truman Official 17 October 1957 Queen Elizabeth II President Dwight David Eisenhower State 26 June 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower Official 6 July 1959 Governor William Stratton State
1970s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Governor General Roland Michener Governor-General Solomon Hochoy Official April 1971 Queen Juliana State Iran October 1971 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Official
1980s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type June 1981 Governor General Edward Schreyer King Olav V State June 1981 King Carl XVI Gustaf State June 1981 Queen Margrethe II State June 1981 President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir State 1982 President Karl Carstens State Governor General Jeanne Sauvé President Francesco Cossiga State Pope John Paul II State France 6 June 1984 Queen Elizabeth II President François Mitterrand Official China March 1987 Governor General Jeanne Sauvé President Li Xiannian State 27 March-1 April 1987 King Bhumibol Adulyadej State France President François Mitterrand State 1989 President Julio María Sanguinetti State Brazil 1989 President José Sarney State
1990s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn State President Leonid Kuchma State State France 6 June 1994 President François Mitterrand Official China April 1994 State State 1996 Governor General Roméo LeBlanc President Václav Havel State The Netherlands 1996 Queen Beatrix State France 1996 President Jacques Chirac Official France 1997 President Jacques Chirac Official 1997 President Sam Hinds Official 1998 President Ernesto Zedillo Official Brazil 1998 President Fernando Henrique Cardoso Official 1998 President Carlos Menem Official 1998 President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Official 1998 President K. R. Narayanan State 1998 President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar State 1998 President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Official 1999 President Henri Konan Bédié State 1999 President Benjamin Mkapa State 1999 President Alpha Oumar Konaré State 1999 King Hassan II State 1999 President Abdou Diouf Official Morocco 1999 King Mohammed VI Official
2000s Visit to Date Representative Received by Type Argentina May 2001 Governor General Adrienne Clarkson President Fernando de la Rúa State Chile May 2001 President Ricardo Lagos Escobar State 22–28 October 2001 President Johannes Rau State September 2003 President Vladimir Putin State 2003 President Tarja Halonen State Iceland October 2003 President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson State France 6 June 2004 Queen Elizabeth IIGovernor General Adrienne ClarksonPrince Charles, Prince of Wales President Jacques Chirac Official France 29–30 October 2005 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President Jacques Chirac Official Italy 24–27 February 2006 President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Official Vatican City 27 February 2006 Pope Benedict XVI Official Chile 11 March 2006 President Michelle Bachelet Official 19–22 November 2006 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika State Mali 22–27 November 2006 President Amadou Toumani Touré State 27 November-4 December 2006 President John Kufuor State 4–9 December 2006 President Thabo Mbeki State Morocco 9–11 December 2006 King Mohammed VI Official Afghanistan 8–10 March 2007 President Hamid Karzai Official France 9 April 2007 Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin Official Belgium 14 April 2007 Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex King Albert II Official Belgium 12 July 2007 Queen Elizabeth II King Albert II Official Brazil 6–15 July 2007 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva State Argentina 8–12 December 2007 President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Official France 6–12 May 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy Official Afghanistan 7–8 June 2008 Prince Andrew, Duke of York President Hamid Karzai Official China August 2008 Lieutenant Governor David Onley President and CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao Official 24–26 November 2008 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President László Sólyom State 26–29 November 2008 President Ivan Gašparovič State Czech Republic 29 November-4 December 2008 President Václav Klaus State 3 December 2008 President Danilo Türk State 15–18 January 2009 President René Préval Official 7–8 March 2009 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Official Ukraine 23–26 April 2009 President Viktor Yushchenko State Norway 28–30 April 2009 King Harald V State France 6 June 2009 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales President Nicolas Sarkozy Official Afghanistan 8–9 September 2009 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President Hamid Karzai Official Slovenia 21–22 October 2009 President Danilo Türk State 23–27 October 2009 President Stjepan Mesić State 29–31 October 2009 President Karolos Papoulias State Mexico 6–9 December 2009 President Felipe Calderón State 9–12 December 2009 President Álvaro Colom State 12–15 December 2009 President Óscar Arias State
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