List of Canadian state and official visits
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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
Elizabeth II, Pierre Trudeau, the Duke of Edinburgh, and François and Danielle Mitterrand at the Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, France, 1984
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, for the 65th anniversary of D-Day, 2009
1860s
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States of America |
Governor General the Viscount Monck | President Andrew Johnson | Official[1] |
1920s
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States of America |
1927 | Governor General the Viscount Willingdon | President Calvin Coolidge | State[1] |
1930s
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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] |
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[5][10] |
 Brazil |
June 1948 | President Eurico Gaspar Dutra | State[5][10] |
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[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] |
1970s
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
1980s
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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] |
1990s
2000s
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 and CCP General Secretary 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] |
2010s
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 and CCP General Secretary 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 and CCP General Secretary 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 and First Secretary 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 and CCP General Secretary 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 |
2020s
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | ||
| Finland |
6-10 February 2023 | President Sauli Niinistö | State[99] | |