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| 24 Jul 1534 29 Sep 1668 Shore of H 8 Sep 1760 B10 Feb 1763 New France ceded to U.K. British North America (see underQuebec). 5 Feb 1841 Province of Canada (=Province du Canada); union of Quebec (as Canada East) and Ontario (as Canada West).11 Mar 1848 Responsible government granted to the Province of Canada. 1 Jul 1867 Canada (Dominion of Canada also in official use), uniting theprovinces of Canada,Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, by a 22 May 1867 royalproclamation issued in accordance with "The British North America Act, 1867" (the other parts ofBritish North America accede at later dates).15Jul 1870 Hudson's Bay Company lands (Prince Rupert's Land and North-Western Territories),excepttheArctic islands, are transferred by U.K.to Canada (by the Act of23 Jun 1870). 1 Sep 1880 All the British territories and possessions left in North America, exceptNewfoundland, are ceded to Canada (by theAdjacent Territories Order in Councilof31 Jul 1880).11 Dec 1931 Statute of Westminster grants full sovereignty to the British dominions (legislative independence of Canada from the U.K.). 1 Apr 1949 Newfoundlandaccedes to Canada. 1967 Official use of the term "Dominion" abandoned (usage becomes obsolete by 17 Apr 1982).17 Apr 1982 Constitution Act, 1982 allows the patriation of the Canadian constitution to Canada.
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Captains General and Governors-in-Chief¹ 10 Feb 1841 - 19 Sep 1841 Charles Edward Poulett-Thomson, (b. 1799 - d. 1841) Baron Sydenham, ofSydenham, in the County of Kent, and of Toronto,in Canada 24 Sep 1841 - 12 Jan 1842 Sir Richards Downes Jackson (b. 1777 - d. 1845) (acting) 12 Jan 1842 - 30 Mar 1843 Sir Charles Bagot (b. 1781 - d. 1843) 30 Mar 1843 - 24 Apr 1846 Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, (b. 1785 - d. 1846) Baronet (from 16 Jan 1845, Baron Metcalfe, of Fernhill, in the County of Berks) 24 Apr 1846 - 30 Jan 1847 Charles Murray Cathcart, Earl of (b. 1783 - d. 1859) Cathcart, of Cathcart, Viscount Cathcart, of Cathcart, Baron Greenock, of Greenock, in the County of Renfrew 30 Jan 1847 - 19 Dec 1854 James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and (b. 1811 - d. 1863) Kincardine, Lord Bruce, of Kinloss, Baron Bruce, of Torry (from 1849, Baron Elgin, of Elgin) 19 Dec 1854 - 28 Nov 1861 Sir Edmund Walker Head, Baronet (b. 1805 - d. 1868) 28 Nov 1861 - 30 Jun 1867 Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck (b. 1819 - d. 1894) of Ballytrammon (from 12 Jul 1866, BaronMonckofBallytrammon, in the County Wexford) Kings/Queens21 Jul 1867 - the Kings/Queens of theUnited Kingdom Governors-general¹ (representing the British monarch as head of state) 1 Jul 1867 - 2 Feb 1869 Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck (s.a.) of Ballytrammon, BaronMonckof Ballytrammon, County Wexford 14 Nov 1868 - 2 Feb 1869 Sir Charles Ash Windham (b. 1810 - d. 1870) (acting forBaron Monck) 2 Feb 1869 - 25 Jun 1872 Sir John Young (b. 1807 - d. 1876) (from 2 Nov 1870, John Young, Baron Lisgar) (acting for Baron Monck to 2 Feb 1869) 22 Jun 1872 - 25 Jun 1872 Sir Charles Hastings Doyle (b. 1805 - d. 1883) (acting for Baron Lisgar) 25 Jun 1872 - 25 Nov 1878 Frederick Hamilton-Temple- (b. 1826 - d. 1902) Blackwood, Earl of Dufferin, County Down, Viscount Clandeboye, of Clandeboye, County Down, Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye, of Ballyleidy and Killyleagh, County Down, Baron Clandeboye, of Clandeboye, County Down 19 Oct 1878 - 25 Nov 1878 Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall (b. 1819 - d. 1894) (acting for Earl of Dufferin) 25 Nov 1878 - 23 Oct 1883 John Douglas Sutherland-Campbell, (b. 1845 - d. 1914) Marquess of Lorne 23 Oct 1883 - 11 Jun 1888 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, (b. 1845 - d. 1927) Marquess of Lansdowne 26 May 1888 - 11 Jun 1888 Sir John Jones Ross (b. 1831 - d. 1901) (acting forMarquess of Lansdowne) 11 Jun 1888 - 18 Sep 1893 Frederick Arthur Stanley, (b. 1841 - d. 1908) Baron Stanley of Preston (from21 Apr 1893, Earl of Derby and Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe) 15 Jul 1893 - 18 Sep 1893 Alexander George Montgomery-Moore (b. 1833 - d. 1919) (acting for Baron Stanley) 18 Sep 1893 - 12 Nov 1898 John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, (b. 1847 - d. 1934) Earl of Aberdeen and Temair 12 Nov 1898 - 10 Dec 1904 Gilbert John Elliot-Murray- (b. 1845 - d. 1914) Kynynmound, Earl of Minto 18 Nov 1904 - 10 Dec 1904 Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau (b. 1836 - d. 1911) (acting forEarl of Minto) 10 Dec 1904 - 13 Oct 1911 Albert Henry George Grey, (b. 1851 - d. 1917) Earl Grey, Viscount Howick in the County of Northumberland, Baron Grey, of Howick in the County of Northumberland 13 Oct 1911 - 11 Nov 1916 Prince Arthur William Albert, (b. 1850 - d. 1942) Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn 11 Oct 1916 - 11 Nov 1916 Sir Charles Fitzpatrick (b. 1851 - d. 1942) (acting for Duke of Connaught) 11 Nov 1916 - 11 Aug 1921 Victor Christian William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire (b. 1868 - d. 1938) 19 Jul 1921 - 11 Aug 1921 Sir Louis Henry Davies (b. 1845 - d. 1924) (acting for Duke of Devonshire) 11 Aug 1921 - 2 Oct 1926 Julian Hedworth George Byng, (b. 1862 - d. 1935) Baron Byng of Vimy 29 Sep 1926 - 2 Oct 1926 Francis Alexander Anglin (1st time)(b. 1865 - d. 1933) (acting for Baron Byng) 2 Oct 1926 - 4 Apr 1931 George Freeman Freeman-Thomas, (b. 1866 - d. 1941) Viscount Willingdon (from 20 Feb 1931, Earl of Willingdon) 16 Jan 1931 - 4 Apr 1931 Francis Alexander Anglin (2nd time)(s.a.) (acting forEarl of Willingdon) 4 Apr 1931 - 2 Nov 1935 Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, (b. 1880 - d. 1956) Earl of Bessborough 29 Sep 1935 - 2 Nov 1935 Sir Lyman Poore Duff (1st time) (b. 1865 - d. 1955) (acting for Earl of Bessborough) 2 Nov 1935 - 11 Feb 1940 John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir (b. 1875 - d. 1940) of Elsfield 11 Feb 1940 - 21 Jun 1940 Sir Lyman Poore Duff (2nd time) (s.a.) (administrator) 21 Jun 1940 - 12 Apr 1946 Prince Augustus Alexander George (b. 1874 - d. 1957) Cambridge of Teck, Earl of Athlone 16 Mar 1946 - 12 Apr 1946 Thibodeau Rinfret (b. 1879 - d. 1962) (acting forEarl of Athlone) 12 Apr 1946 - 28 Jan 1952 Harold Rupert Leofric George (b. 1891 - d. 1969) Alexander, Viscount Alexander of Tunis 28 Jan 1952 - 28 Feb 1952 Thibodeau Rinfret (administrator) (s.a.) 28 Feb 1952 - 15 Sep 1959 Charles Vincent Massey (b. 1887 - d. 1967) 15 Sep 1959 - 5 Mar 1967 Georges Philias Vanier (b. 1888 - d. 1967) 5 Mar 1967 - 17 Apr 1967 Robert Taschereau (administrator) (b. 1896 - d. 1970) 17 Apr 1967 - 14 Jan 1974 Daniel Roland Michener (b. 1900 - d. 1991) 14 Jan 1974 - 22 Jan 1979 Jules Léger (b. 1913 - d. 1980) 2 Jul 1974 - 9 Dec 1974 Bora Laskin (administrator) (b. 1912 - d. 1984) (acting for Léger) 22 Jan 1979 - 14 May 1984 Edward Richard Schreyer (b. 1935) 14 May 1984 - 29 Jan 1990 Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé (f) (b. 1922 - d. 1993) 29 Jan 1990 - 8 Feb 1995 Ramon John Hnatyshyn (b. 1934 - d. 2002) 8 Feb 1995 - 7 Oct 1999 Roméo Adrien LeBlanc (b. 1927 - d. 2009) 7 Oct 1999 - 27 Sep 2005 Adrienne Louise Clarkson (f) (b. 1939) 27 Sep 2005 - 1 Oct 2010 Michaëlle Jean (f) (b. 1957) 1 Oct 2010 - 2 Oct 2017 David Lloyd Johnston (b. 1941) 2 Oct 2017 -22 Jan 2021 Julie Payette (f) (b. 1963) 23 Jan 2021 - 26 Jul 2021 Richard Wagner (administrator) (b. 1957) 26 Jul 2021 - Mary Jeannie May Simon (f) (b. 1947)
Joint premiers 5 Feb 1841 - 14 Jun 1841 Samuel Harrison(Canada East) (b. 1802 - d. 1867) Ref + William Henry Draper (1st time) (b. 1801 - d. 1877) Con (Canada West) 14 Jun 1841 - 14 Sep 1842 Charles Richard Ogden (Canada East)(b. 1791 - d. 1866) Con + William Henry Draper (2nd time) (s.a.) Con (Canada West) 26 Sep 1842 - 26 Nov 1843 Robert Baldwin (1st time) (b. 1804 - d. 1858) Ref (Canada West) + Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine (b. 1807 - d. 1864) Ref (1st time)(Canada East) 26 Nov 1843 - 12 Dec 1843 Dominick Daly (acting) (b. 1798 - d. 1868) 12 Dec 1843 - 17 Jun 1846 William Henry Draper (3rd time) (s.a.) Con (Canada West) + Denis Benjamin Viger (b. 1774 - d. 1861) Con (Canada East) 17 Jun 1846 - 28 May 1847 William Henry Draper (4th time) (s.a.) Con (Canada West) +Denis-Benjamin Papineau (b. 1789 - d. 1854) Ref (1st time)(Canada East) 28 May 1847 - 11 Mar 1848 Henry Sherwood (Canada West) (b. 1807 - d. 1855) Con +Denis-Benjamin Papineau (s.a.) Ref (2nd time)(Canada East) 11 Mar 1848 - 28 Oct 1851 Robert Baldwin (2nd time) (s.a.) Ref (Canada West) + Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine (s.a.) Ref (2nd time)(Canada East) 28 Oct 1851 - 11 Sep 1854 Francis Hincks (Canada West) (b. 1807 - d. 1885) Ref + Augustin Norbert Morin (b. 1803 - d. 1865) Ref (1st time)(Canada East) 11 Sep 1854 - 27 Jan 1855 Sir Allan Napier MacNab (b. 1798 - d. 1862) Lib (1st time)(Canada West) + Augustin Norbert Morin (s.a.) Lib (2nd time)(Canada East) 27 Jan 1855 - 24 May 1856 Sir Allan Napier MacNab (s.a.) Lib (2nd time)(Canada West) + Étienne Paschal Taché (b. 1795 - d. 1865) LC (1st time)(Canada East) 24 May 1856 - 26 Nov 1857 Étienne Paschal Taché (s.a.) LC (2nd time)(Canada East) + John Alexander Macdonald (b. 1815 - d. 1891) LC (1st time)(Canada West) 26 Nov 1857 - 2 Aug 1858 John Alexander Macdonald (s.a.) LC (2nd time)(Canada West) + Sir Georges Étienne Cartier (b. 1814 - d. 1873) LC (1st time)(Canada East) 2 Aug 1858 - 6 Aug 1858 George Brown (Canada West) (b. 1818 - d. 1880) Lib + Antoine Aimé Dorion (b. 1818 - d. 1891) Lib (1st time)(Canada East) 6 Aug 1858 - 24 May 1862 Sir Georges Étienne Cartier (s.a.) LC (2nd time)(Canada East) + John Alexander Macdonald (s.a.) LC (3rd time)(Canada West) 24 May 1862 - 15 May 1863 John Sandfield Macdonald (b. 1812 - d. 1872) Lib (1st time)(Canada West) + Louis Sicotte (Canada East) (b. 1812 - d. 1889) Lib 15 May 1863 - 30 May 1864 John Sandfield Macdonald (s.a.) Lib (2nd time)(Canada West) + Antoine Aimé Dorion (s.a.) Lib (2nd time)(Canada East) 30 May 1864 - 30 Jul 1865 Sir Étienne Paschal Taché (s.a.) LC (3rd time)(Canada East) + John Alexander Macdonald (s.a.) LC (4th time)(Canada West) 30 Jul 1865 - 30 Jun 1867 John Alexander Macdonald (s.a.) LC (5th time)(Canada West) + Sir Narcisse Fortunat Belleau (b. 1808 - d. 1894) LC (Canada East) Prime ministers 1 Jul 1867 - 7 Nov 1873 Sir John Alexander Macdonald (s.a.) LC (1st time) 7 Nov 1873 - 17 Oct 1878 Alexander Mackenzie (b. 1822 - d. 1892) Lib 17 Oct 1878 - 6 Jun 1891 Sir John Alexander Macdonald (s.a.) Con (2nd time) 16 Jun 1891 - 5 Dec 1892 John Abbott (b. 1821 - d. 1893) Con (from 25 May 1892, Sir John Abbott) 5 Dec 1892 - 12 Dec 1894 Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (b. 1844 - d. 1894) Con 21 Dec 1894 - 1 May 1896 Mackenzie Bowell (b. 1823 - d. 1917) Con (from 1 Jan 1895, Sir Mackenzie Bowell) 1 May 1896 - 11 Jul 1896 Sir Charles Tupper (b. 1821 - d. 1915) Con 11 Jul 1896 - 10 Oct 1911 Wilfrid Laurier (b. 1841 - d. 1919) Lib (from 22 Jun 1897, Sir Wilfrid Laurier) 10 Oct 1911 - 10 Jul 1920 Robert Laird Borden (b. 1854 - d. 1937) Con (from 22 Jun 1914, Sir Robert Laird Borden) 10 Jul 1920 - 29 Dec 1921 Arthur Meighen (1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1960) Con 29 Dec 1921 - 28 Jun 1926 William Lyon Mackenzie King (b. 1874 - d. 1950) Lib (1st time) 28 Jun 1926 - 25 Sep 1926 Arthur Meighen (2nd time) (s.a.) Con 25 Sep 1926 - 7 Aug 1930 William Lyon Mackenzie King (s.a.) Lib (2nd time) 7 Aug 1930 - 23 Oct 1935 Richard Bedford Bennett (b. 1870 - d. 1947) Con 23 Oct 1935 - 15 Nov 1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King (s.a.) Lib (3rd time) 15 Nov 1948 - 21 Jun 1957 Louis Saint Laurent (b. 1882 - d. 1973) Lib 21 Jun 1957 - 22 Apr 1963 John George Diefenbaker (b. 1895 - d. 1979) PC 22 Apr 1963 - 20 Apr 1968 Lester Bowles Pearson (b. 1897 - d. 1972) Lib 20 Apr 1968 - 4 Jun 1979 Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves (b. 1919 - d. 2000) Lib Elliott Trudeau (1st time) 4 Jun 1979 - 3 Mar 1980 Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark (b. 1939) PC 3 Mar 1980 - 30 Jun 1984 Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves (s.a.) Lib Elliott Trudeau (2nd time) 30 Jun 1984 - 17 Sep 1984 John Napier Wyndham Turner (b. 1929 - d. 2020) Lib 17 Sep 1984 - 25 Jun 1993 Martin Brian Mulroney (b. 1939 - d. 2024) PC 25 Jun 1993 - 4 Nov 1993 Avril "Kim" Phaedra Campbell (f) (b. 1947) PC 4 Nov 1993 - 12 Dec 2003 Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (b. 1934) Lib 12 Dec 2003 - 6 Feb 2006 Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (b. 1938) Lib 6 Feb 2006 - 4 Nov 2015 Stephen Joseph Harper (b. 1959) CPC 4 Nov 2015 - 14Mar 2025 Justin Pierre James Trudeau (b. 1971) Lib 14 Mar 2025 - Mark Joseph Carney (b. 1965) Lib
¹Full title: (a) 10 Feb 1841 - 30 Jun 1867: "Governor General of British North America, and Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Island of Prince Edward"; (in French):"Gouverneur Général de l'Amérique Septentrionale Britannique, Capitaine Général et Gouverneur en Chef des Provinces du Canada, de la Nouvelle-Écosse, du Nouveau-Brunswick, et de l'Île du Prince-Édouard"; some terms in French translations of the style vary -Amérique Septentrionale Britannique/Amérique Britannique du Nord,Gouverneur en Chef des Provinces/ Gouverneur en Chef dans et pour les Provinces/ Gouverneur en Chef dans et sur les Provinces); (b) 2 Feb 1869 - 2 Feb 1869: "Governor-general in and over Canada"; (in French):"Gouverneur Général dans et sur la Canada"); (c) 2 Feb 1869 - 16 Jun 1905: "Governor-general in and over the Dominion of Canada" (in French): "Gouverneur Général dans et sur la Puissance du Canada"); (d) 16 Jun 1905 - 28 Feb 1952: "Governor-general and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of Canada"; (in French): "Gouverneur Général danset Commandant en chef du Dominion du Canada"; (e) from 28 Feb 1952: "Governor-general and Commander-in-Chief of Canada"; (in French):"Gouverneur/Gouverneure général/générale et Commandant/Commandante en chef du Canada."
2Full style of the ruler: (a) 1 Jul 1867 - 22 Jan 1901: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith"; in 28 Apr 1876 the title "Empress of India" was added; (in French:Par la grâce de Dieu, Reine du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande,Défenseur de la Foi, Impératrice des Indes); (b) 22 Jan 1901 - 4 Nov 1901: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India"; (in French:Par la grâce de Dieu, Roi du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, Défenseur de la Foi, Empereur des Indes); (c) 4 Nov 1901 - 12 May 1927: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India"; (in French:Par la grâce de Dieu, Roi du Royaume-Uni de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande et des possessions britanniques au delà des mers, Défenseur de la Foi, Empereur des Indes); (d) 12 May 1927 - 6 Feb 1952: "By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India"; the title "Emperor of India" was dropped as of 15 Aug 1947 by retroactive proclamation dated 22 Jun 1948; (in French:Par la grâce de Dieu, Roi de Grande-Bretagne, d'Irlande et des possessions britanniques au delà des mers, Défenseur de la Foi, Empereur des Indes); (e) 6 Feb 1952 - 29 May 1953: "By the Grace of God of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas Queen, Defender of the Faith"; (in French):Par la grâce de Dieu, Reine de Grande-Bretagne, d'Irande et des possessions Britanniques au delà des mers, Défenseur de la Foi; (f) 29 May 1953 - 8 Sep 2022: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith"; (in French): "Par la grâce de Dieu, Reine du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, Défenseur de la Foi" (f) 8 Sep 2022 - 31 Jan 2024:"By the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and His other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith"; (in French): "Par la Grâce de Dieu, Roi du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, Défenseur de la Foi"; (g) from 31 Jan 2024:"By the Grace of God, King of Canada and His other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth"; (in French): "Par la Grâce de Dieu, Roi du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth."
Territorial Disputes:managed maritime boundary disputes with the U.S. at Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Gulf of Maine including the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; Canada and the United States dispute how to divide the Beaufort Sea and the status of the Northwest Passage but continue to work cooperatively to survey the Arctic continental shelf; U.S. works closely with Canada to intensify security measures for monitoring and controlling legal and illegal movement of people, transport, and commodities across the international border; sovereignty dispute with Denmark over Hans Island/Tartupaluk in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland resolved 14 Jun 2022, when both countries agreed to split the disputed island roughly in half; commencing the collection of technical evidence for submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in support of claims for continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from its declared baselines in the Arctic, as stipulated in Article 76, paragraph 8, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Party abbreviations:CPC = Conservative Party of Canada/Parti Conservateur du Canada (conservative, center-right, former PC,re-est.7 Dec 2003);Lib = Liberal Party/Parti Libéral (liberal, center-left, est.1854/61); - Former parties:Con = Conservative Party/Parti Conservateur (conservative, center-right, former LC,named Unionist Party 1917-20, National Liberal and Conservative1920-22, andLiberal-Conservative 1922-38, mergedintoPC, 1841-1854 and 1867/73-1942); LC = Liberal Conservative Party/Parti Libéral-Conservateur(conservative,center-right, 1854-1873,becomes Con); PC = Progressive Conservative Party/Parti Progressiste-Conservateur (conservative, former CP, merged with Canadian Alliance to form CPC,1942-Dec 2003);Ref = Reform Party (Reform movement, pro-responsible government forCanadaEast andWest, 1830s-1861,moderates join LC, liberals join Lib)
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