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HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
QUEEN OF CANADA


The Right Honourable Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada





Parliament Buildings, Ottawa


24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
The official home of every Canadian Prime Minister since 1951

The official residence known as 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa was build between 1866 and 1868 by Joseph Merrill Currier, a lumber manufacturer and member of the first Dominion Parliament. In 1902, it was sold to another lumber manufacturer, William Cameron Edwards. It was subsequently acquired by the Government in 1943; between 1949 and 1951, the house was remodeled to make it more suitable for its role as the official residence of the Prime Minister.


Canada has an area of 9 971 500 kilometers square / 3 848 900 square miles

Canada has a population of 27 400 000 (1992)

Date of Confederation July 1, 1867

Capital of Canada is Ottawa

Official Languages are English and French

Head of State is HM Queen Elizabeth II represented by a Governor General

Head of Government is the Prime Minister

 
SOVEREIGNS OF THE CANADIAN THRONE

FRANCE

  • KING FRANCOIS I 1515-1547
  • KING HENRY II 1547-1559
  • KING FRANCOIS II 1559-1560
  • KING CHARLES IX 1560-1574
  • KING HENRY III 1574-1589
  • KING HENRY IV 1589-1610
  • KING LOUIS XIII 1610-1643
  • KING LOUIS XIV 1643-1715
  • KING LOUIS XV 1715-1774

    BRITAIN

  • KING HENRY VII 1485-1509
  • KING HENRY VIII 1509-1547
  • KING EDWARD VI 1547-1553
  • QUEEN MARY I 1553-1558
  • QUEEN ELIZABETH I 1558-1603
  • KING JAMES I 1603-1625
  • KING CHARLES I 1625-1649
  • KING CHARLES II 1660-1685
  • KING JAMES II 1685-1688
  • KING WILLIAM III 1689-1702
  • QUEEN MARY II 1689-1694
  • QUEEN ANNE 1702-1714
  • KING GEORGE I 1714-1727
  • KING GEORGE II 1727-1760
  • KING GEORGE III 1760-1820
  • KING GEORGE IV 1820-1830
  • KING WILLIAM IV 1830-1837
  • QUEEN VICTORIA 1837-1901
  • KING EDWARD VII 1901-1910
  • KING GEORGE V 1910-1936
  • KING EDWARD VIII 1936
  • KING GEORGE VI 1936-1952
  • QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1952-TODAY
    		•  
    GOVERNORS GENERAL OF CANADA

    GOVERNORS OF NEW FRANCE
    1612 - 1760


    THE FRENCH REGIME

  • Samuel de Champlain 1612-1629 1633-1635
  • Charles de Montmagny 1636-1648
  • Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge 1648-1651
  • Jean de Lauson 1651-1656
  • Le vicomte d'Argenson 1658-1661
  • Le baron d'Avaugour 1661-1663
  • Sieur de Mesy 1663-1665
  • Sieur de Courcelle 1665-1672
  • Le comte de Frontenac 1672-1682
  • Joseph-Antoine de LaBarre 1682-1685
  • Le marquis de Denonville 1685-1689
  • Le comte de Frontenac 1689-1698
  • Le chevalier Hector de Calliere 1699-1705
  • Le marquis de Vaudreuil 1705-1725
  • Le marquis de Beauharnois 1726-1747
  • Le comte de La Galissonniere 1747-1749
  • Le marquis de La Jonquiere 1749-1752
  • Le marquis Duquesne de Menneville 1752-1755
  • Le marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal 1755-1760
    GOVERNORS OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA 1760 - 1867


    THE BRITISH REGIME

  • Jeffrey Amherst 1760-1763
  • James Murray 1764-1768
  • Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester) 1768-1778
  • Sir Frederick Haldimand 1778-1786
  • Lord Dorchester 1786-1796
  • Robert Prescott 1797-1807
  • Sir James Craig 1807-1811
  • Sir George Prevost 1812-1815
  • Sir John Sherbrooke 1816-1818
  • The Duke of Richmond 1818-1819
  • The Earl of Dalhousie 1820-1828
  • Lord Aylmer 1831-1835
  • Earl Amherst 1835
  • The Earl of Gosford 1835-1837
  • The Earl of Durham 1838
  • Sir John Colborne 1839
  • Lord Sydenham 1839-1841
  • Sir Charles Bagot 1841-1843
  • Lord Metcalfe 1843-1845
  • The Earl of Cathcart 1846-1847
  • The Earl of Elgin 1847-1854
  • Sir Edmund Head 1854-1861
  • The Viscount Monck 1861-1867
    GOVERNORS GENERAL OF CANADA 1867 - TODAY


    POST CONFEDERATION

  • The Viscount Monck 1867-1868
  • Lord Lisgar 1868-1872
  • The Earl of Dufferin 1872-1878
  • The Marquess of Lorne 1878-1883
  • The Marquess of Lansdowne 1883-1888
  • Lord Stanley 1888-1893
  • The Earl of Aberdeen 1893-1898
  • The Earl of Minto 1898-1904
  • Earl Grey 1904-1911
  • HRH The Duke of Connaught 1911-1916
  • The Duke of Devonshire 1916-1921
  • Lord Byng 1921-1926
  • The Viscount Willingdon 1926-1931
  • The Earl of Bessborough 1931-1935
  • Lord Tweedsmuir 1935-1940
  • The Earl of Athlone 1940-1946
  • The Viscount Alexander 1946-1952
  • The Right Honourable Vincent Massey 1952-1959
  • Major General The Right Honourable Georges P. Vanier 1959-1967
  • The Right Honourable Roland Michener 1967-1974
  • The Right Honourable Jules Leger 1974-1979
  • The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer 1979-1984
  • The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauve 1984-1990
  • The Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn 1990-1995
  • The Right Honourable Romeo Leblanc 1995-1999
  • The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson 1999-present

    ** Since 1952 Governors General of Canada have been Canadians

    •  
    Prime Ministers of Canada
    ** Names in blue are more than one term in office.

    Sir John A. MacDonald 1867-1873
    Conservative

    Alexander Mackenzie 1873-1878
    Liberal

    Sir John A. MacDonald 1878-1891
    Conservative

    John J C Abbott 1891-1892
    Conservative

    John Sparrow David Thompson 1892-1894
    Conservative

    Mackenzie Bowel 1894-1896
    Conservative

    Charles Tupper 1896
    Conservative

    Wilfred Laurier 1896-1911
    Liberal

    Robert Laird Borden 1911-1920
    Conservative

    Arthur Meighen 1920-1921
    Conservative

    William Lyon Mackenzie King 1921-1926
    Liberal

    Arthur Meighen 1926
    Conservative

    William Lyon Mackenzie King 1926-1930
    Liberal

    Richard Bedford Bennett 1930-1935
    Conservative

    William Lyon Mackenzie King 1935-1948
    Liberal

    Louis Stephen St Laurent 1948-1957
    Liberal

    John George Diefenbaker 1957-1963
    Conservative

    Lester Bowles Pearson 1963-1968
    Liberal

    Pierre Elliot Trudeau 1968-1979
    Liberal

    Joseph Clark 1979-1980
    Conservative

    Pierre Elliot Trudeau 1980-1984
    Liberal

    John Napier Turner 1984
    Liberal

    Brian Mulroney 1984-1993
    Conservative

    Kim Campbell 1993
    Conservative

    Jean Chretien 1993-2003
    Liberal

    Paul Martin 2003-present
    Liberal

    		 Fathers of Confederation
    "Fathers" present at the Charlottetown, Québec and/or London Conferences, are indicated by an asterisk.

    ONTARIO

      Baldwin, Robert
      Brown, George*
      Campbell, Sir Alexander*
      Cockburn, James*
      La Fontaine, Louis-Hyppolite
      Macdonald, Sir John A.*
      Macdonald, John Sandfield
      Mackenzie, William Lyon
      Mowat, Sir Oliver*
      Ross, John

    QUEBEC

      Cartier, Sir George-Étienne*
      Cauchon, Joseph-Édouard
      Chapais, Jean-Charles
      Dorion, Sir Antoine-Aimé
      Dorion, Jean-Baptiste-Éric
      Galt, Sir Alexander Tilloch*
      Langevin, Sir Hector-Louis*
      McGee, Thomas D'Arcy*
      Taché, Sir Étienne-Paschal*

    NOVA SCOTIA

      Archibald, Sir Adams George*
      Dickey, Robert Barry*
      Henry, William Alexander*
      Howe, Joseph
      McCully, Jonathan*
      Ritchie, John William*
      Tupper, Sir Charles*

    NEW BRUNSWICK

      Tilley, Sir Samuel Leonard*
      Gordon, Arthur Hamilton
      Gray, John Hamilton*

    MANITOBA

      Black, John
      Douglas, Thomas, Earl of Selkirk
      McDougall, William*
      Riel, Louis
      Ritchot, Noël-Joseph
      Salaberry, Charles-René-Léonidas d'Irumberry de
      Scott, Alfred H.
      Taché, Alexandre-Antonin
      Thibault, Jean-Baptiste

    BRITISH COLUMBIA

      De Cosmos, Amor
      Helmcken, John Sebastian
      Robson, John

    PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

      Coles, George*
      Laird, David
      Palmer, Edward*
      Pope, James Colledge
      Pope, William Henry*
      Whelan, Edward*

    SASKATCHEWAN

      Bulyea, George Hedley Vicars
      Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles
      Haultain, Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon
      Mulock, Sir William
      Ross, James Hamilton
      Scott, Thomas Walter
      Sifton, Sir Clifford

    ALBERTA

      Bulyea, George Hedley Vicars
      Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles
      Haultain, Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon
      Mulock, Sir William
      Ross, James Hamilton
      Scott, Thomas Walter
      Sifton, Sir Clifford

    NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

      Bennett, Charles James Fox
      Bradley, F. Gordon
      Carter, Sir F. B. T. *
      Cashin, Peter J.
      Shea, Sir Ambrose*
      Smallwood, Joseph "Joey"
      Walsh, Sir Albert

    NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

      Haultain, Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon
      Laird, David

    YUKON

      Steele, Sir Samuel Benfield
      Walsh, James Morrow

    NUNAVUT

      Amagoalik, John
      Anawak, Jack
      Curley, Tagak
      Ittinuar, Peter
      Kusugak, Jose
      Maksagak, Helen Mamayaok
      Okalik, Paul

    Source: Library and Archives Canada

     


    From this day forward, I pledge my loyalty and allegiance to Canada and Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada. I promise to respect our country's rights and freedoms, to defend our democratic values, to faithfully observe our laws and fulfil my duties and obligations as a Canadian citizen.

    -- Canadian Citizenship Oath



     
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