Editing Monarchy of Canada (section)

==History==
{{Main|History of monarchy in Canada}}
{{Further|List of Canadian monarchs}}

===From colonies to independence===
{{Multiple image|total_width=330|align=right|image1=François Ier Louvre.jpg|alt1=|caption1=King [[Francis I of France]] established colonies in [[Acadia]] and [[Canada (New France)|Canada]] in 1534.|image2=Queen Victoria, c.1870. (7936242480).jpg|alt2=|caption2=[[Queen Victoria]] in 1870, three years after her royal assent to the ''[[Constitution Act, 1867|British North America Act, 1867]]'', creating the [[Canadian federalism|Canadian federation]]}}

The Canadian monarchy can trace its ancestral lineage back to the [[king of the Angles|kings of the Angles]] and the early [[List of Scottish monarchs|Scottish kings]] and through the centuries since the claims of King [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] in 1497 and King [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] in 1534; both being [[consanguinity|blood relative]]s of the current Canadian monarch. Former Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] said of the Crown that it "links us all together with the majestic past that takes us back to the [[House of Tudor|Tudors]], the [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenets]], [[Magna Carta]], ''[[habeas corpus]]'', [[Petition of Right|petition of rights]], and English [[common law]]."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1168 |last=Harper |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Harper |title=Prime Minister Harper introduces Australian counterpart to Parliament |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=12 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329125220/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1168 |archive-date=29 March 2010}}</ref> Though the first French and British colonizers of Canada interpreted the hereditary nature of some indigenous North American chieftainships as a form of monarchy,{{Refn|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/4Chiefs.html |last=Odrowaz-Sypniewska |first=Margaret |title=The Four Indian Kings |publisher=The Courtly Lives of Kings, Peerage, Saints, Knights, and the Commoners |access-date=24 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ferguson |first=Will |author-link=Will Ferguson |title=The Lost Kingdom |journal=Maclean's |publisher=Rogers Communications |location=Toronto |date=27 October 2003 |url=http://www.macleans.ca/switchboard/article.jsp?content=20031027_68038_68038 |issn=0024-9262 |access-date=23 December 2006}}{{Dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{Cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Bousfield|Toffoli|2002|p=8}}</ref>}} it is generally accepted that Canada has been a territory of a monarch or a monarchy in its own right only since the establishment of the French [[Canada (New France)|colony of Canada]] in the early 16th century;<ref name=MacLeod6/> according to historian [[Jacques Monet]], the Canadian Crown is one of the few that have survived through uninterrupted succession since before its inception.<ref name=Monet/>

After the Canadian colonies of France were, via war and treaties, ceded to the British Crown, and the population was greatly expanded by [[United Empire Loyalists|those loyal to George III]] fleeing north from persecution during and following the [[American Revolution]], [[British North America]] was in 1867 [[Confederation of Canada|confederated]] by [[Queen Victoria]] to form Canada as a kingdom in its own right.{{Refn|<ref name=DCHCrown/><ref name=Buck1/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/heritage/CorporateSeal/heraldry.htm |title=Heritage Saint John > Canadian Heraldry |publisher=Heritage Resources of Saint John and New Brunswick Community College |access-date=3 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617120638/http://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/heritage/CorporateSeal/heraldry.htm |archive-date=17 June 2011}}</ref>}} By the end of the First World War, the increased fortitude of [[Canadian nationalism]] inspired the country's leaders to push for greater independence from the King in his British Council, resulting in the creation of the uniquely Canadian monarchy through the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]], which was granted royal assent in 1931.<ref name=MacLeod9/><ref>{{Citation |last=Phillips |first=Stephen |title=Republicanism in Canada in the reign of Elizabeth II: the dog that didn't bark |journal=Canadian Monarchist News |volume=Summer 2004 |issue=22 |page=19 |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |location=Toronto |date=2004 |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2004/Sum04PDFRepublicanism.pdf |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090708032249/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2004/Sum04PDFRepublicanism.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=24 May 2009}}</ref> Only five years later, Canada had three successive kings in the space of one year, with the death of [[George V]], the [[Edward VIII abdication crisis|accession and abdication]] of [[Edward VIII]], and his replacement by [[George VI]].

From 1786 through to the 1930s, members of the royal family toured Canada, including [[William IV|Prince William]] (later King William IV); [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]]; [[Edward VII|Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales]] (later King Edward VII); [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]]; [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne]], and [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise]]; [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany|Prince Leopold]]; [[Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein|Princess Marie-Louise]]; Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V), and [[Mary of Teck|Princess Victoria]] (later Queen Mary); [[Prince Arthur of Connaught|Prince Arthur]] (son of the Duke of Connaught); [[Princess Patricia of Connaught|Princess Patricia]]; Prince Albert (later King George VI); Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII); [[Prince George, Duke of Kent]]; and [[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester]].<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/past-royal-tours/royal-visits-1786-1951.html |author=Government of Canada |title=Royal Visits from 1786 to 1951 |date=11 August 2017 |publisher=King's Printer for Canada |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>

===The Canadian Crown===
[[File:George VI visits Woodbine Race Track.jpg|thumb|King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attending the [[King's Plate]] in Toronto during their 1939 royal tour]]

King George VI became in 1939 the first reigning monarch of Canada to [[1939 royal tour of Canada|tour the country]], doing so with his wife, [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]]. Only weeks later, the King, on the advice of his Canadian Prime Minister, [[Canadian declaration of war on Germany|declared war on Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{Citation |url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/bp303-e.htm |last=Rossignol |first=Michael |title=Parliament, the ''National Defence Act'', and the Decision to Participate |date=August 1992 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref> Throughout [[World War II|the conflict]], George boosted the [[morale]] of his Canadian troops<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/themes/defence/caf/militaryhistory/dhh/official/book-1948-army-1939-1945-en.pdf |last=Stacey |first=C.P. |title=The Canadian Army 1939 - 1945 |date=1948 |journal=The Canada Gazette |publisher=King's Printer |location=Ottawa |pages=6, 13, 148, 182 |access-date=8 February 2023}}</ref> while Governor General [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone|the Earl of Athlone]] (the King's uncle) supported the war effort in Canada. The men were occasionally assisted in their efforts by other members of the royal family.
[[File:Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip sit on thrones before a full Parliament.jpg|thumb|Queen [[Elizabeth II]], wearing her [[Coronation gown of Elizabeth II|coronation gown]], with [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] during the opening of the [[23rd Canadian Parliament]], October 1957]]

[[Elizabeth II]] undertook her first tour of Canada in 1951, when Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh. She would go on to officiate at various moments of importance in the nation's history: She opened Parliament in 1957<ref>{{Harvnb|Bousfield|Toffoli|2002|pp=11–16}}</ref>—on the same tour, delivering, from Rideau Hall, her first-ever [[live television]] broadcast<ref>{{Harvnb|Bell|Bousfield|Toffoli|2007|p=135}}</ref>—and in 1977; opened the [[St. Lawrence Seaway]] in 1959;<ref name=CHP/> celebrated [[Canadian centennial|Canada's centennial]];<ref name=CHP/> and proclaimed the country to be fully independent, via constitutional [[patriation]], in 1982.<ref name=MacLeod11/> That act is said to have entrenched the monarchy in Canada,<ref>{{Harvnb|MacLeod|2015|p=12}}</ref> due to the stringent amending formula that must be followed in order to alter the monarchy in any way.<ref name=ElizabethII1982/>

Through the 1960s and 1970s, the rise of [[Quebec nationalism]] and changes in [[Canadian identity]] created an atmosphere where the purpose and role of the monarchy [[Debate on the monarchy in Canada|came into question]]. Some references to the monarch and the monarchy were removed from the public eye and moves were made by the federal government to constitutionally alter the Crown's place and role in Canada, first by explicit legal amendments and later by subtle attrition.{{Refn|<ref name=GardnerRight/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Joyal |first=Serge |author-link=Serge Joyal |title=Diminishing the Crown |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=10 June 2010 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/diminishing-the-crown/article1598033  |access-date=13 August 2010 |location=Toronto |archive-date=12 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812141544/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/diminishing-the-crown/article1598033  |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Tidridge19>{{Harvnb|Tidridge|2011|p=19}}</ref>}} But, provincial and federal ministers, along with loyal [[Monarchism in Canada|national citizen's organizations]], ensured that the system remained the same in essence.<ref>{{Harvnb|Phillips|2004|p=20}}</ref>

The Queen publicly expressed her personal support for the [[Meech Lake Accord]], which attempted to bring Quebec governmental support to the patriated constitution.<ref>{{Citation |last=Geddes |first=John |title=The day she descended into the fray |magazine=Maclean's |edition=Special Commemorative Edition: The Diamond Jubilee: Celebrating 60 Remarkable years |date=2012 |page=72 |publisher=Rogers Communications}}</ref> The accord failed, prompting Elizabeth to deliver a nationally-broadcast speech in Ottawa supporting Canadian unity.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactive/royalvisits/56.html |title=Royal Visits to Canada |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=7 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128235245/http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactive/royalvisits/56.html |archive-date=28 November 2006}}</ref> In the lead-up to the [[1995 Quebec independence referendum|referendum on Quebec independence]] in 1995, the Queen was tricked by [[Pierre Brassard|a Montreal radio DJ]] into revealing her desire to see the "no" side win, offering to help however she could.<ref>{{Harvnb|Boyce|2008|p=37}}</ref><ref name=BousfieldMC>{{Cite journal |last=Bousfield |first=Arthur |title=A Queen Canada Should be Proud Of |journal=Monarchy Canada |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |location=Toronto |date=April 1996 |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/queenpr.htm |access-date=7 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919121013/http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/queenpr.htm |archive-date=19 September 2008}}</ref> Elizabeth followed the results closely on the day of the vote.<ref name=BousfieldMC/>

Members of the royal family continued to be present at important national events through the decades: the Queen in 1970, 1971, and 1973, respectively, marked the anniversaries of [[Manitoba]], [[British Columbia]], and [[Prince Edward Island]] becoming Canadian provinces; celebrated [[Ontario]]'s and [[New Brunswick]]'s bicentennials in 1984 and the 125th anniversary of Confederation in 1992; and she opened the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]]<ref name=CHP/> and [[Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|Nunavut's parliament]] in 1999. [[Charles III|Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]], attended the 100th anniversary of [[Treaty 7]] in 1977; commemorated in 1983 the bicentennial of [[United Empire Loyalists]] settling in New Brunswick and [[Nova Scotia]]; and, with [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], opened [[Expo 86]] in [[Vancouver]]. Between them, the Queen and her family opened numerous [[Commonwealth Games]], [[Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]]s, conferences, hospitals, community centres, and the like; handed out [[The Duke of Edinburgh Award]]s at ceremonies across the country, and visited many regiments and branches of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]].<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/past-royal-tours.html |author=Government of Canada |title=Private and official tours since 1953 |date=23 August 2017 |publisher=King's Printer for Canada |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>

===The 21st century===
[[File:Official Diamond Jubilee Portrait of the Queen of Canada.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth II, the first monarch to be titled ''Queen of Canada'', wearing her Canadian insignia, as sovereign of the [[Order of Canada]] and the [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|Order of Military Merit]], 2010]]
By 2002, the royal tour and associated [[fête]]s for [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II#Canada|the Queen's Golden Jubilee]] proved popular with Canadians across the country,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Queen drops puck, raises cheer in arena |publisher=CBC |date=6 October 2002 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/queen-drops-puck-raises-cheer-in-arena-1.329242 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203051409/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2002/10/06/queen_hockey021006.html |url-status=live |archive-date=3 December 2010 |access-date=13 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Queen helps CBC TV mark 50th anniversary |publisher=CBC |date=10 October 2002 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/queen-helps-cbc-tv-mark-50th-anniversary-1.323865 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115215452/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2002/10/10/queencbc021010.html |url-status=live |archive-date=15 November 2006 |access-date=13 May 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Queen begins visit to New Brunswick |publisher=CBC |date=11 October 2002 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/queen-begins-visit-to-new-brunswick-1.338714 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203050616/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2002/10/11/queen_friday021011.html |url-status=live |archive-date=3 December 2010 |access-date=13 May 2006}}</ref> though Canada's first republican organization since the 1830s was also founded that year. Celebrations took place across the country to mark [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II|the Queen's Diamond Jubilee]] in 2012,<ref>{{Cite press release |title=PM announces the appointment of Kevin MacLeod as Canadian Secretary to the Queen |publisher=Office of the Prime Minister |date=1 April 2009 |url=http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=2501 |access-date=29 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405014141/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=2501 |archive-date=5 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Kenney |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Kenney |date=23 April 2007 |contribution=Lieutenant Governors Meeting |editor-last=Department of Canadian Heritage |editor-link=Department of Canadian Heritage |title=Speeches > The Honourable Jason Kenney |place=Regina |publication-place=Ottawa |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |url=http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/minstr/arc_disc-spch/kenney/2007/20070423-eng.cfm |access-date=29 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611163321/http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/minstr/arc_disc-spch/kenney/2007/20070423-eng.cfm |archive-date=11 June 2011}}</ref> the first such event in Canada since that for Victoria in 1897. On 9 September 2015, she became the second-longest reigning monarch in Canadian history (preceded only by King [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]]);<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2015/05/18/statement-prime-minister-canada-occasion-victoria-day |author=Office of the Prime Minister of Canada |title=Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the occasion of Victoria Day |date=18 May 2015 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=21 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529224820/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2015/05/18/statement-prime-minister-canada-occasion-victoria-day |archive-date=29 May 2015}}</ref> events were organized to celebrate her as the "longest-reigning sovereign in Canada's modern era."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16169&lan=eng |author=Office of the Governor General of Canada |title=Message from the Governor General of Canada Marking the Historic Reign of Her Majesty The Queen |date=9 September 2015 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=9 September 2015}}</ref> [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] represented his mother, the Queen, two years later, at the main events in Ottawa recognizing the [[150th anniversary of Canada|150th anniversary of Confederation]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16779&lan=eng |author=Office of the Governor General of Canada |title=Royal Tour 2017 |date=18 April 2017 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the Queen expressed her support for all Canadians and thanks to those who were caring for the vulnerable and providing essential services.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2020/message-her-majesty-queen-people-canada-covid-19-pandemic |author=Office of the Governor General of Canada |title=Message from Her Majesty The Queen to the people of Canada on the COVID-19 pandemic |date=5 April 2020 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref> As the pandemic waned into 2022, celebrations were mounted around the country and throughout the year to mark [[Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II#Canada|the Queen's Platinum Jubilee]];<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/celebrations-and-community-projects-across-the-country-for-her-majesty-the-queen-s-platinum-jubilee-819137185.html |author=CISION |title=Celebrations and community projects across the country for Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> the first-ever such event in Canadian history.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.lgontario.ca/en/queens-platinum-jubilee/#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20Canada%20and%20Ontario,to%20celebrate%20a%20platinum%20jubilee. |title=The Queen's Platinum Jubilee |author=Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario |publisher=Queen's Printer for Ontario |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> It was also, though, the first time since at least [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria|Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee]] in 1887 that the federal Cabinet did not advise the Crown to create an associated medal.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/queen-elizabeth-jubilee-royal-tour-1.6455325 |last=Tasker |first=Jean-Paul |title=Monarchists criticize Canada's 'lacklustre' and 'embarrassing' Platinum Jubilee plans |date=17 May 2022 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> In response, six provinces produced their own [[Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal|Platinum Jubilee medal]]s; another first.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/platinum-jubilee-medals-provinces-royal-visit-charles-camilla-1.6421391 |last=Davison |first=Janet |title=Some provinces to offer medals to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee after Ottawa opts out |date=17 April 2022 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>

The subject of [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada|reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous peoples]] came to the forefront of the public consciousness in 2021, particularly in regard to [[Canadian Indian residential school system|residential schools]]. Statues of [[Statue of Queen Victoria (Winnipeg)|Queen Victoria]] and [[Statue of Elizabeth II (Winnipeg)|Queen Elizabeth II]] in [[Winnipeg]] were vandalized.<ref name=Bergen>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/queen-victoria-statue-winnipeg-reactions-1.6087938 |last=Bergen |first=Rachel |title=Winnipeg police investigating toppling of queen statues at legislature |date=2 July 2021 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=4 July 2021 |archivedate=4 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704170605/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/queen-victoria-statue-winnipeg-reactions-1.6087938}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/queen-victoria-statue-winnipeg-1.6087684 |title=2 statues of queens toppled at Manitoba Legislature |date=1 July 2021 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=4 July 2021 |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712111006/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/queen-victoria-statue-winnipeg-1.6087684}}</ref> On the first [[National Day for Truth and Reconciliation]], Elizabeth made a public statement, saying she "joins with all Canadians [...] to reflect on the painful history that Indigenous peoples endured in residential schools in Canada and on the work that remains to heal and to continue to build an inclusive society."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/queens-message-mark-canadas-first-national-day-truth-and-reconciliation |publisher=Royal.uk |date=30 September 2021 |title=The Queen's message to mark Canada's first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> In the same year, the Queen appointed [[Mary Simon]] as the first Indigenous governor general in Canadian history.{{#tag:ref|Indigenous persons had already been appointed as lieutenant governors during Elizabeth's reign.|group=n|name=LGs}}<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-gg-mary-simon-1.6091376| last1=Tunney| first1=Catharine| last2=Tasker| first2=John Paul |title=Inuk leader Mary Simon named Canada's 1st Indigenous governor general |date=6 July 2021 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> During Charles's tour for his mother's Platinum Jubilee, the BBC's royal correspondent observed that "there [was] no shying away from acknowledging and highlighting the scandalous way many indigenous peoples have been treated in Canada."<ref name=Campbell/>

[[File:Realms Lunch Coronation Event (52872267136).jpg|thumb|King [[Charles III]] meets Governor General [[Mary Simon]], 5 May 2023]]

[[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022]] and was succeeded by her eldest son, [[Charles III]]. The Queen's final public statement was issued on 7 September, in the aftermath of the [[2022 Saskatchewan stabbings]],{{Sfn|Torrance|2022b}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2022 |title=In last public statement, Queen Elizabeth extended condolences following Saskatchewan stabbing rampage |newspaper=[[Saskatoon StarPhoenix]] |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/in-last-public-statement-queen-elizabeth-extended-condolences-following-saskatchewan-stabbing-rampage |access-date=8 September 2022 |archive-date=8 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908193354/https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/in-last-public-statement-queen-elizabeth-extended-condolences-following-saskatchewan-stabbing-rampage |url-status=live}}</ref> stating she "mourn[s] with all Canadians at this tragic time."<ref>{{Cite web |title=A message from The Queen to the Governor General and the people of Canada |url=https://www.royal.uk/message-queen-governor-general-and-people-canada |website=The Royal Family |access-date=7 September 2022 |date=7 September 2022 |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907121150/https://www.royal.uk/message-queen-governor-general-and-people-canada |url-status=live}}</ref> Elizabeth reigned for almost half of Canada's history since Confederation,<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/politics-and-government |title=Timeline: Politics and government |journal=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> being only the sixth Canadian monarch since 1867.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-six-royal-funerals-one-changing-canada-what-the-deaths-of-monarchs |last=Annett |first=Evan |title=Six royal funerals, one changing Canada: What the deaths of monarchs have revealed about us |date=17 September 2022 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref>

Immediately following a formal meeting of the [[King's Privy Council for Canada]], the [[Proclamation of accession of Charles III#Canada|new king was proclaimed]] on 10 September in a ceremony at [[Rideau Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2022/ceremony-proclaim-accession-king-charles-iii |title=Ceremony to proclaim the Accession of the Sovereign to take place at Rideau Hall |website=gg.ca |date=9 September 2022 |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-king-charles-ceremony-rideau-hall-canada |author=Canadian Press |title=King Charles III proclaimed Canada's new head of state in ceremony at Rideau Hall |date=10 September 2023 |newspaper=Globe and Mail |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref> On 4 May 2023, the King held audience with Simon and Indigenous leaders, who also attended [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|his coronation]] two days later.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-indigenous-leaders-governor-general-meet-with-king-charles-1.6384480 |last=Otis |first=Daniel |title=Canadian Indigenous leaders, Governor General meet with King Charles |date=4 May 2023 |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=12 August 2023}}</ref>