List of state and official visits by Canada

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.

Map of state and official visits in this list

Visits

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1860s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
United States of AmericaGovernor General the Viscount MonckPresident Andrew JohnsonOfficial[1]

1920s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
United States of America1927Governor General the Viscount WillingdonPresident Calvin CoolidgeState[1]

1930s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
 France26 July 1936King Edward VIIIPresident Albert LebrunOfficial[2][3][4]
United States of America1937Governor General the Lord TweedsmuirPresident Franklin D. RooseveltState[5]
7–11 June 1939King George VIState[6][7][8]
 Belgium1939King Leopold IIIOfficial[9]

1940s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
United States of America1947Governor General the Viscount Alexander of TunisPresident Harry S. TrumanState[5][10]
 BrazilJune 1948President Eurico Gaspar DutraState[5][10]

1950s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
United States of America1 November 1951Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of EdinburghPresident Harry S. TrumanOfficial[11][12]
17 October 1957Queen Elizabeth IIPresident Dwight David EisenhowerState[8][13][14]
26 June 1959President Dwight D. EisenhowerOfficial
6 July 1959Governor William StrattonState[8][15][16]

1970s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
Trinidad and Tobago1971Governor General Roland MichenerGovernor-General Solomon HochoyOfficial
 The NetherlandsApril 1971Queen JulianaState
IranOctober 1971Shah Mohammad Reza PahlaviOfficial

1980s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
 NorwayJune 1981Governor General Edward SchreyerKing Olav VState[17]
 SwedenJune 1981King Carl XVI GustafState[17]
 DenmarkJune 1981Queen Margrethe IIState[17]
 IcelandJune 1981President Vigdís FinnbogadóttirState[17]
 West Germany1982President Karl CarstensState[18]
 ItalyGovernor General Jeanne SauvéPresident Francesco CossigaState[19]
 Vatican CityPope John Paul IIState[19]
France6 June 1984Queen Elizabeth IIPresident François MitterrandOfficial[20]
ChinaMarch 1987Governor General Jeanne SauvéPresident Li XiannianState[19][21]
 Thailand27 March-1 April 1987King Bhumibol AdulyadejState[19][22][23]
FrancePresident François MitterrandState[19][22]
 Uruguay1989President Julio María SanguinettiState[19][24]
Brazil1989President José SarneyState[19][24]

1990s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
 PortugalGovernor General Ray HnatyshynState[24]
 UkrainePresident Leonid KuchmaState[25]
 HungaryState[24]
France6 June 1994President François MitterrandOfficial[20]
ChinaApril 1994State[21][24]
 South KoreaState[24]
 Czech Republic1996Governor General Roméo LeBlancPresident Václav HavelState[26]
The Netherlands1996Queen BeatrixState[26]
 Austria[24]
France1996President Jacques ChiracOfficial[26]
France1997President Jacques ChiracOfficial[26]
 Guyana1997President Sam HindsOfficial[26]
 Mexico1998President Ernesto ZedilloOfficial[26]
Brazil1998President Fernando Henrique CardosoOfficial[26]
 Argentina1998President Carlos MenemOfficial[26]
 Chile1998President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-TagleOfficial[26]
 India1998President K. R. NarayananState[26]
 Pakistan1998President Muhammad Rafiq TararState[26]
 United Arab Emirates1998President Zayed bin Sultan Al NahyanOfficial[26]
 Côte d'Ivoire1999President Henri Konan BédiéState[26]
 Tanzania1999President Benjamin MkapaState[26]
 Mali1999President Alpha Oumar KonaréState[26]
 Morocco1999King Hassan IIState[26]
 Senegal1999President Abdou DioufOfficial[26]
Morocco1999King Mohammed VIOfficial[26]

2000s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
ArgentinaMay 2001Governor General Adrienne ClarksonPresident Fernando de la RúaState[27]
ChileMay 2001President Ricardo Lagos EscobarState[27]
 Germany22–28 October 2001President Johannes RauState[28]
 RussiaSeptember 2003President Vladimir PutinState[29]
 Finland2003President Tarja HalonenState[29]
IcelandOctober 2003President Ólafur Ragnar GrímssonState[29]
France6 June 2004Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Adrienne Clarkson
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
President Jacques ChiracOfficial[30][31]
France29–30 October 2005Governor General Michaëlle JeanPresident Jacques ChiracOfficial[32]
Italy24–27 February 2006President Carlo Azeglio CiampiOfficial[33]
Vatican City27 February 2006Pope Benedict XVIOfficial[33]
Chile11 March 2006President Michelle BacheletOfficial[32]
 Algeria19–22 November 2006President Abdelaziz BouteflikaState[34][35]
Mali22–27 November 2006President Amadou Toumani TouréState[34][35]
 Ghana27 November-4 December 2006President John KufuorState[34][35]
 South Africa4–9 December 2006President Thabo MbekiState[34][35]
Morocco9–11 December 2006King Mohammed VIOfficial[32][35]
Afghanistan8–10 March 2007President Hamid KarzaiOfficial[36]
France9 April 2007Queen Elizabeth IIPrime Minister Dominique de VillepinOfficial[4][37][38]
Belgium14 April 2007Prince Edward, Earl of WessexKing Albert IIOfficial[39][40]
Belgium12 July 2007Queen Elizabeth IIKing Albert IIOfficial[41]
Brazil6–15 July 2007Governor General Michaëlle JeanPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaState[42]
Argentina8–12 December 2007President Cristina Fernández de KirchnerOfficial[32]
France6–12 May 2008President Nicolas SarkozyOfficial[43]
Afghanistan7–8 June 2008Prince Andrew, Duke of YorkPresident Hamid KarzaiOfficial[44][45]
ChinaAugust 2008Lieutenant Governor David OnleyPresident Hu JintaoOfficial[46]
 Hungary24–26 November 2008Governor General Michaëlle JeanPresident László SólyomState[47]
 Slovakia26–29 November 2008President Ivan GašparovičState[47]
Czech Republic29 November-4 December 2008President Václav KlausState[47]
 Slovenia3 December 2008President Danilo TürkState[48]
 Haiti15–18 January 2009President René PrévalOfficial[49]
 Liberia7–8 March 2009President Ellen Johnson SirleafOfficial[50]
Ukraine23–26 April 2009President Viktor YushchenkoState[51]
Norway28–30 April 2009King Harald VState[51]
France6 June 2009Prince Charles, Prince of WalesPresident Nicolas SarkozyOfficial[citation needed]
Afghanistan8–9 September 2009Governor General Michaëlle JeanPresident Hamid KarzaiOfficial[52]
Slovenia21–22 October 2009President Danilo TürkState[53]
 Croatia23–27 October 2009President Stjepan MesićState[53]
 Greece29–31 October 2009President Karolos PapouliasState[53]
Mexico6–9 December 2009President Felipe CalderónState[54]
 Guatemala9–12 December 2009President Álvaro ColomState[55]
 Costa Rica12–15 December 2009President Óscar AriasState[56]

2010s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
Afghanistan1 March 2010Anne, Princess RoyalPresident Hamid KarzaiOfficial[57][58]
Haiti8–10 March 2010Governor General Michaëlle JeanPresident René PrévalOfficial[59]
 Dominican Republic10 March 2010President Leonel FernándezOfficial[60]
Afghanistan24 March 2010Prince Charles, Prince of WalesAmbassador William CrosbieOfficial[58][61]
United Nations Headquarters31 March 2010Governor General Michaëlle JeanSecretary-General Ban Ki-moonOfficial[62]
Senegal14–18 April 2010President Abdoulaye WadeState[63]
 Congo18–20 April 2010President Joseph KabilaState[63]
 Rwanda20–23 April 2010President Paul KagameState[63]
 Cape Verde23–24 April 2010President Pedro PiresOfficial[63]
China30 June-5 July 2010President Hu JintaoOfficial[64][65]
United Nations Headquarters6 July 2010Queen Elizabeth IISecretary-General Ban Ki-moonOfficial[66]
Mexico13–14 September 2010Governor General Michaëlle JeanPresident Felipe CalderónOfficial[67]
 Kuwait25–27 February 2011Governor General David JohnstonEmir Sabah IVState[68]
 Qatar27 February-1 March 2011Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniState[68]
 United Kingdom28–29 April 2011High Commissioner James R. WrightOfficial[69]
 Malaysia13–16 November 2011King Mizan Zainal AbidinState[70]
 Vietnam16–19 November 2011President Truong Tan SangState[70]
 Singapore19–22 November 2011President Tony Tan Keng YamState[70]
Italy22 December 2011Official[71]
Czech Republic23 December 2011President Václav KlausOfficial[71][72]
Afghanistan23–25 December 2011President Hamid KarzaiOfficial[71]
France8 April 2012Official[73]
Belgium8–10 April 2012Minister of Defence Pieter De CremOfficial[73]
Brazil22–28 April 2012President Dilma RousseffOfficial[74]
 Barbados29–30 April 2012High Commissioner Ruth ArchibaldWorking[74]
Trinidad and Tobago1–2 May 2012President George Maxwell RichardsState[74]
United Kingdom3–6 June 2012High Commissioner Gordon CampbellOfficial[75]
United States of America19–22 July 2012Rear-Admiral Ron LloydOfficial[76]
United Kingdom25–30 July 2012High Commissioner Gordon CampbellOfficial[77]
Mexico30 November-2 December 2012President Felipe Calderón/
President Enrique Peña Nieto
Working[78]
Peru2–5 December 2012President Ollanta HumalaOfficial[78]
Guatemala5–7 December 2012President Otto Pérez MolinaState[78]
South Korea24–26 February 2013President Park Geun-hyeOfficial[79]
Vatican City18–19 March 2013Pope FrancisOfficial[80]
Netherlands29–30 April 2013King Willem-AlexanderOfficial[81]
Ghana13–16 May 2013President John Dramani MahamaState[82]
Botswana16–19 May 2013President Ian KhamaState[82]
South Africa20–22 May 2013President Jacob ZumaState[82]
United States of America28–29 May 2013Senator Stan RosenbergOfficial[83]
China16–24 October 2013President Xi JinpingState[84]
 Mongolia24–26 October 2013President Tsakhiagiin ElbegdorjState[85]
India22 February-1 March 2014President Pranab MukherjeeState[86]
United States of America28 April-2 May 2014Consul General James VilleneuveOfficial[87]
 Poland22–26 October 2014President Bronisław KomorowskiState[88]
Netherlands26–27 October 2014King Willem-AlexanderOfficial[88]
Belgium27–29 October 2014King PhilippeOfficial[88]
Chile29 November-3 December 2014President Michelle BacheletState[89]
 Colombia3–6 December 2014President Juan Manuel SantosState[89]
 Saudi Arabia25–28 January 2015Prince Abdulaziz bin Majid[90]Official[91]
 Singapore28–29 March 2015President Tony TanOfficial
United States of America26–30 April 2015Governor Mark Dayton
Governor Rick Snyder
Working[92]
United States of America26–30 April 2015Governor Mark Dayton
Governor Rick Snyder
Working[92]
France1 July 2016Prince Charles, Prince of WalesOfficial[93]
JordanOctober 29-November 1, 2016Governor General David JohnstonKing Abdullah IIState
Israel1-4 November 2016President Reuven RivlinState
Palestine4-5 November 2016President Mahmoud AbbasState
Cuba29 November 2016President Raul CastroOfficial
Sweden19-23 February 2017King Carl XVI GustafState
France9 April 2017Governor General David Johnston, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince HarryPresident Francois HollandeOfficial
China10–14 July 2017Governor General David JohnstonPresident Xi JinpingOfficial
United Kingdom17–19 July 2017High Commissioner Janice CharetteOfficial
Thailand26 October 2017Governor General Julie PayetteKing VajiralongkornOfficial
Ukraine17–18 January 2018President Petro PoroshenkoOfficial
Latvia18-19 January 2018President Raimonds VejonisOfficial
South Korea7–12 February 2018President Moon Jae-inOfficial
United States26-27 April 2018Consul General John CruickshankOfficial[94]
Burkina Faso23-26 October 2018President Roch Marc Christian KaboreState
Ivory Coast26-28 October 2018President Alassane OuattaraState
Nigeria28-30 October 2018President Muhammadu BuhariState
Belgium10 November 2018King PhilippeOfficial
Mexico30 November-1 December 2018President Enrique Pena Nieto, President Andrés Manuel López ObradorOfficial
Kazakhstan3-5 December 2018President Nursultan NazarbayevOfficial
Kuwait18–19 January 2019Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-SabahOfficial
Iraq19–21 January 2019President Barham SalihOfficial
United States15–16 March 2019António GuterresOfficial
Rwanda4–9 April 2019President Paul KagameOfficial
France4–6 June 2019President Emmanuel MacronOfficial
Peru23–27 July 2019President Martin VizcarraOfficial
Netherlands30–31 August 2019King Willem-AlexanderOfficial
Poland1–2 September 2019President Andrzej DudaOfficial
France30 September 2019President Emmanuel MacronOfficial
Lithuania24–26 November 2019President Gitanas NausėdaOfficial
Estonia26–28 November 2019President Kersti KaljulaidOfficial
Italy29 November-4 December 2019President Sergio MattarellaOfficial
Latvia22–23 December 2019Official
Romania23 December 2019Official

2020s

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Visit toDateRepresentativeReceived byType
Israel22–24 January 2020Governor General Julie PayettePresident Reuven RivlinOfficial
Poland27 January 2020President Andrzej DudaOfficial
Germany17–21 October, 2021Governor General Mary SimonPresident Frank-Walter SteinmeierState[95]
United Kingdom15–17 March 2022Official[96]
United Arab Emirates17–19 March 2022Official[97]
Qatar21 March 2022Official[97]
Kuwait22–23 March 2022Official[97]
United Kingdom2–6 June 2022Official[98]

See also

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References

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