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==Federal residences and royal household==
{{Main|Government Houses in Canada}}
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Buildings across Canada reserved by the Crown for the use of the monarch and his viceroys are called ''[[Government House]]'', but may be customarily known by some specific name. The sovereign's and governor general's [[official residence]]s are [[Rideau Hall]] in [[Ottawa]] and the [[Citadelle of Quebec|Citadelle]] in [[Quebec City]].{{#tag:ref|While the government houses are the King's official residences in Canada, they are almost exclusively occupied by the sovereign's representative in each of those jurisdictions.<ref name=Lanctot>{{Cite book |last=Lanctot |first=Gustave |title=Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Canada and the United States of America 1939 |publisher=E.P. Taylor Foundation |date=1964 |location=Toronto |author-link=Gustave Lanctot}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|MacLeod|2015|p=XVII}}</ref>|group=n |name=Residence}}{{Refn|<ref>{{Harvnb|MacLeod|2015|p=34}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Galbraith|1989|p=9}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Bousfield|Toffoli|2002|pp=10,190}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxEiBQAAQBAJ |last=Tidridge |first=Nathan |title=The Queen at the Council Fire: The Treaty of Niagara, Reconciliation, and the Dignified Crown in Canada |publisher=Dundurn Press |date=2015 |location=Toronto |isbn=978-1-4597-3068-7 |access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/royaltours1786200000bous |url-access=registration |quote=the queen's residence in canada.| last1=Bousfield| first1=Arthur| last2=Toffoli| first2=Gary |title=Royal Tours 1786–2010: Home to Canada |publisher=Dundurn Press |date=2010 |location=Toronto |page=[https://archive.org/details/royaltours1786200000bous/page/168 168] |isbn=978-1-4597-1165-5 |access-date=8 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=Mon>{{Cite journal |last=Aimers |first=John |author-link=John Aimers |title=The Palace on the Rideau |journal=Monarchy Canada |issue=Spring 1996 |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |location=Toronto |date=April 1996 |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/palace.htm |access-date=20 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606042521/http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/palace.htm |archive-date=6 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Tidridge|2011|pp=92, 259}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NsZAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22the+non-fiction+rideau+hall%2C+the+official+residence+in+ottawa%22+buchan&pg=PT3769 |first=John |last=Buchan |title=Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated) |publisher=Delphi Classics |date=2022 |location=Essex |isbn=978-1-9094-9658-3 |quote=Rideau Hall, the official residence in Ottawa of both the Canadian monarch and the Governor General of Canada—Buchan's last home and where he suffered the stroke that resulted in his death.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Toffoli |first=Gary |title=The Hnatyshyn Years |journal=Monarchy Canada |issue=Spring 1995 |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |location=Toronto |date=April 1995 |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/hnatysh.htm |access-date=20 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012021157/http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/hnatysh.htm |archive-date=12 October 2006}}</ref>}} Each holds pieces from the [[Crown Collection]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/media/fs-fd/art_e.asp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20081009074914/http://www.gg.ca/media/fs-fd/art_e.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2008 |last=Office of the Governor General of Canada |title=Media > Fact Sheets > Collection of Art and Furniture at Rideau Hall > The Crown Collection at Rideau Hall |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=27 May 2009}}</ref> Though neither was used for their intended purpose, [[Hatley Castle]] in British Columbia was purchased in 1940 by the federal government for the use of [[George VI]] and his family during the Second World War<ref>{{Cite web |first=Iona |last=Campagnolo |author-link=Iona Campagnolo |title=Speech to Retired Heads of Mission Association's Gala Dinner |url=http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/whatsnew/sp/sp_may07_2004.htm |date=7 May 2004 |place=Royal Roads University, Hatley Castle, Victoria |website=www.ltgov.bc.ca |access-date=27 May 2009 |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040627085932/http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/whatsnew/sp/sp_may07_2004.htm |archive-date=27 June 2004}}</ref> and the [[Emergency Government Headquarters]], built between 1959 and 1961 at [[CFS Carp]] and decommissioned in 1994, included a residential apartment for the sovereign or governor general in the case of a [[nuclear attack]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Boutros |first=Magdaline |title=Deep History |journal=Destinations |volume=5 |issue=4 |publisher=Via Rail |location=Ottawa |date=August–September 2008}}</ref>

British royalty have also owned homes and land in Canada in a private capacity: [[Edward VIII]] owned Bedingfield Ranch, near [[Pekisko, Alberta]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/royalvisit/prince-quiz-answers.htm |last=Department of Canadian Heritage |title=Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion > The Canadian Monarchy > Royal Visit 2001 > Getting to Know the Prince(s) of Wales |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=8 August 2007 |archive-date=6 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506124908/http://www.pch.gc.ca/royalvisit/prince-quiz-answers.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]] owned [[Portland Island (British Columbia)|Portland Island]], which was given to her by British Columbia in 1958. She offered it back to the province on permanent loan in 1961, which was accepted in 1966, and the island and surrounding waters eventually became Princess Margaret Marine Park.<ref name=Legacy>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/jubilee/legacy.htm |author=British Columbia Archives |title=Golden Jubilee > Welcoming the Royals: The Archival Legacy > The Legacy |publisher=Queen's Printer for British Columbia |access-date=27 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228171614/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/exhibits/jubilee/legacy.htm |archive-date=28 February 2009}}</ref>
[[File:HRH The Duke of Connaught at Mohawk Church, Brantford (HS85-10-26794).jpg|thumb|left|[[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Prince Arthur]] at [[Mohawk Chapel]] in 1913. The sanctuary was designated a [[chapel royal]] in 1904.]]

In addition to a [[maître d'hôtel]], [[chef]]s, [[footmen]], [[valets]], dressers, [[Page (servant)|pages]], aides-de-camp (drawn from the junior officers of the armed forces), [[equerries]], and others at Rideau Hall,<ref>{{Citation |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/rideau-hall-staff-recall-encounters-with-royalty |last=Laucius |first=Joanne |title=The Queen and I: Rideau Hall staff recall royal encounters |date=16 September 2022 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |accessdate=24 October 2023}}</ref> the King appoints various people to his Canadian [[Household#Historical households|household]] to assist him in carrying out his official duties on behalf of Canada. Along with the [[Canadian secretary to the King]],<ref name=Hansard62/> the monarch's entourage includes the [[Equerry#Canada|equerry-in-waiting]] to the King, the King's police officer, two [[ladies-in-waiting]] for the Queen,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ENGLISH/exhibits/jubilee/behind.htm#insiders |last=Archives of Ontario |title=A Celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II > Behind the Scenes |publisher=Queen's Printer for Ontario |access-date=27 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215040613/http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ENGLISH/exhibits/jubilee/behind.htm |archive-date=15 December 2008}}</ref> the King's honorary physician, the King's honorary dental surgeon, and the King's honorary nursing officer<ref>{{Citation |last=Department of National Defence |author-link=Department of National Defence (Canada) |title=Canadian Forces Dress Instructions |pages=3–7–3 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |url=http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/downloads-telechargements/reserve/dress-tenue/CF_dress_instructions_mod2008_0514.pdf |access-date=15 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721214752/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/downloads-telechargements/reserve/dress-tenue/CF_dress_instructions_mod2008_0514.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref>—the latter three being drawn from the Canadian Forces.<ref name=CRHT2/> [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]], also has a Canadian private secretary and his wife,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14708 |last=Office of the Governor General of Canada |title=Working Visit to Canada by The Earl and Countess of Wessex |date=10 September 2012 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=10 September 2012}}</ref> [[Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh]], a lady-in-waiting.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/how-prince-edward-and-sophie-forged-deep-ties-with-canada-1.1234460?cmp=rss |title=How Prince Edward and Sophie forged deep ties with Canada |date=18 September 2012 |publisher=CBC |access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> [[Royal Canadian Air Force VIP aircraft]] are provided by [[412 Transport Squadron]].

There are three [[Household Division#Canada|household regiments]] specifically attached to the royal household—the [[Governor General's Foot Guards]], [[the Governor General's Horse Guards]], and [[the Canadian Grenadier Guards]]. There are also three [[chapels royal]], all in Ontario:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mohawkchapel.ca/history.html |title=Mohawk Chapel > History |publisher=Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks |access-date=28 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326161106/https://www.mohawkchapel.ca/history.html |archive-date=26 March 2009}}</ref> [[Mohawk Chapel]] in [[Brantford, Ontario|Brantford]]; [[Christ Church Royal Chapel]], near [[Deseronto]]; and St Catherine's Chapel in [[Massey College]], in [[Toronto]]. Though not a chapel royal, [[St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church (Ottawa)|St Bartholomew's Anglican Church]], located across MacKay Street from Rideau Hall, is regularly used by governors general and their families and sometimes by the sovereign and other visiting royalty, as well as by staff, their families, and members of the Governor General's Foot Guards, for whom the church serves as a regimental chapel.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stbartsottawa.ca/history_part1.html |title=The History and Architecture of St. Barts |publisher=St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church |access-date=15 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104064917/http://www.stbartsottawa.ca/history_part1.html |archive-date=4 January 2015}}</ref>

===Security===
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is tasked with providing security to the sovereign, the governor general (starting from when he or she is made [[-elect|governor general-designate]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/governor-general-designate/questions.html |title=Frequently asked questions — The Governor General Designate |author=Government of Canada |date=6 July 2021 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>), and other members of the royal family; as outlined in the ''RCMP Regulations'', the force "has a duty to protect individuals designated by the minister of public safety, including certain members of the royal family when visiting."<ref name=RCMP>{{Cite web |url=https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/trnsprnc/brfng-mtrls/prlmntry-bndrs/20200621/052/index-en.aspx |title=RCMP Royal Family Security |author=Royal Canadian Mounted Police |date=10 September 2020 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> The RCMP's provision of service is determined based on threat and risk assessment, the seniority of the individual in terms of precedence and.{{#tag:ref|For example, when [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|the Duke]] and [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Duchess of Sussex]] resided for a time on [[Vancouver Island]], as they were planning their future as members of the royal family, the RCMP provided the couple's security. However, when the Sussexes decided to step down as senior members of the royal family, the RCMP reassessed its provision of service. In a briefing note to the then-Minister of Public Safety, [[Bill Blair (politician)|Bill Blair]], the force noted, "the Sussex family's stay in Canada is of a private nature and, to date, there have been no official outings wherein the Duke and Duchess are representing the Queen. There is no indication of either the Duke or Duchess participating in any official capacity for the Crown in Canada in the next two months. Should this change, however, the RCMP will assess and provide security accordingly."<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prince-harry-rcmp-protection-1.6276872 |last=Thompson |first=Elizabeth |title=Protecting Prince Harry cost Canadians more than $334,000 |date=8 December 2021 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>|group=n|name=Sussex}} for members of the royal family, the nature of the royal tour—i.e. an official tour by the King or on behalf of the King or a working or private visit.<ref name=RCMP/> The governor general receives round-the-clock security from the Governor General Protection Detail,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/protective-operations |title=Protective Operations |author=Royal Canadian Mounted Police |date=19 February 2015 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> part of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police#Personal Protection Group|Personal Protection Group]], based at Rideau Hall.