Editing Monarchy of Canada (section)

===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>