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===Foreign visits=== {{See also|List of state and official visits by Canada}} {{Multiple image | total_width=600 | align =centre | image1 =Unveiling of Canadas national Memorial at Vimy Ridge - His Majesty, King Edward VIII, descends from Vimy Monument to greet Canadian Pilgrims at the Unveiling ceremony.jpg | caption1 =King [[Edward VIII]] in [[Vimy]], France, 1936 | image2 =FDR-George-VI-June-8-1939.jpg | caption2 =King [[George VI]] in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], United States, 1939 | image3 =Museum of Science and Industry Chicago souvenir booklet 1960s - crop Queen Elizabeth II.jpg | caption3 =Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in [[Chicago]], United States, 1959 | image4 =1984-01 Prince Phillip, Madame Mitterrand, Monsieur François Mitterrand, Queen Elizabeth and Mr. Trudeau.jpg | caption4 =Queen Elizabeth II in [[Beny-sur-Mer]], France, 1984 }} The following [[state visits|state and official visits]] to foreign countries have been made by the monarch as the sovereign of Canada (sometimes representing other realms on the same visit): {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- style="background:#f8f4ff; text-align:left; color:#708090;" ! scope=col style="width:20%"| Visit to ! scope=col style="width:20%"| Date ! scope=col style="width:30%"| Monarch of Canada ! scope=col style="width:23%"| Received by ! scope=col style="width:10%"| Type |- |{{Flag|France}} |26 July 1936 |King [[Edward VIII]] |President [[Albert Lebrun]] |Official{{Refn|<ref>{{Cite web |author=Veterans Affairs Canada |title=Canada Remembers > Memorials to Canadians' Achievements and Sacrifices > First World War Memorials in Europe > Vimy Memorial > The Battle of Vimy Ridge > The Canadian National Vimy Memorial - Fast Facts |url=http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww1mem/vimy/battle&CFID=14831976&CFTOKEN=67789669 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617191924/http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials%2Fww1mem%2Fvimy%2Fbattle&CFID=14831976&CFTOKEN=67789669 |archive-date=17 June 2008 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=24 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Foot |first=Richard |title=Vimy memorial had a turbulent history of its own |date=4 April 2007 |newspaper=The Vancouver Sun |page=A4}}</ref><ref name=Bell139>{{Harvnb|Bell|Bousfield|Toffoli|2007|pp=139, 147}}</ref>}} |- |{{Flag|United States|1912}} |7–11 June 1939 |King [[George VI]] |President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] |State<ref>{{Cite book| last1=Bousfield| first1=Arthur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Go5p_CN8UQC |title=Royal Spring: The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada| first2=Gary| last2=Toffoli |publisher=Dundurn Press |date=1989 |isbn=1-5500-2065-X |location=Toronto |pages=60, 66 |ref=CITEREF_Bousfield_1989}}</ref><ref>{{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 name=Tidridge49>{{Harvnb|Tidridge|2011|p=49}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|United States|1912}} | 17 October 1957 |rowspan=8|Queen [[Elizabeth II]] |rowspan=2|President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] | State{{Refn|<ref name=Tidridge49/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crht.ca/DiscoverMonarchyFiles/QueenElizabethII.html |author=Canadian Royal Heritage Trust |title=Elizabeth II Queen of Canada |publisher=Canadian Royal Heritage Trust |access-date=22 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618075325/http://www.crht.ca/DiscoverMonarchyFiles/QueenElizabethII.html |archivedate=18 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Royal Visit |magazine=Time |volume=IXX |issue=17 |location=New York |date=21 October 1957 |url=http://www.time.com:80/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937945,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513184211/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,937945,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2007 |issn=0040-781X |access-date=22 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author=Elizabeth II |author-link=Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom |date=1957 |contribution=Radio address to Canadians |contribution-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030309015603/http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/1957canada.pdf |editor=The Royal Household |title=Images and Broadcasts > The Queen's Speeches |location=London |publisher=Queen's Printer |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/Home.aspx |access-date=3 October 2008 |archive-date=31 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831232450/http://www.royal.gov.uk/Home.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>}} |- |{{Flag|United States|1912}} | 26 June 1959 | Official<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/26/newsid_2988000/2988148.stm |title=1959: Queen and Eisenhower open seaway |date=26 June 1959 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=26 June 2021 |access-date=8 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626094712/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/26/newsid_2988000/2988148.stm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=league>{{Cite web |url=https://www.monarchist.ca/index.php/our-monarchy/our-royal-family/the-queen-of-canada |title=The Queen & the Duke of Edinburgh |date=8 July 2021 |publisher=The Monarchist League of Canada |access-date=8 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185435/https://www.monarchist.ca/index.php/our-monarchy/our-royal-family/the-queen-of-canada |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |{{Flag|United States|1912}} | 6 July 1959 | Governor [[William Stratton]] | State{{Refn|<ref name=Tidridge49/><ref name=Buckner69>{{Harvnb|Buckner|2005|p=69}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://diefenbaker.usask.ca/exhibits/online-exhibits-content/the-crown-in-canada-en.php |title=The Crown in Canada (1957) |publisher=Diefenbaker Canada Centre |access-date=21 August 2022 |archive-date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002035138/https://diefenbaker.usask.ca/exhibits/online-exhibits-content/the-crown-in-canada-en.php |url-status=live}}</ref>}} |- |{{Flag|France}} |6 June 1984 |rowspan=2|President [[François Mitterrand]] |Official{{Refn|<ref name=CMNDDay>{{Cite journal |last=Fidelis |date=2004 |title=Canadian Confusion on Juno Beach |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/sites/default/files/documents/2004/8/135.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Canadian Monarchist News |location=Toronto |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |volume=Summer 2004 |issue=22 |page=2 |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114134201/http://www.monarchist.ca/sites/default/files/documents/2004/8/135.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Bousfield|Toffoli|2002|p=182}}</ref><ref name=dlnx>{{Citation |page=51 |title=Now You Know Royalty |date=2009 |isbn=978-1-7707-0406-0 |publisher=Dundurn Press |first=Doug |last=Lennox}}</ref>}} |- |{{Flag|France}} |1994 |Official<ref name=league/><ref name=dlnx/> |- |{{Flag|France}} |6 June 2004 |President [[Jacques Chirac]] |Official<ref name=monarchist3>{{Cite journal |date=2007 |title=Royal Respect for Canada's Vimy Heroes, Queen of Canada Rededicates Memorial on French Soil |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2007/Summer_2007_CMN.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Canadian Monarchist News |location=Toronto |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |volume=Summer 2007 |issue=26 |page=3 |access-date=22 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326043238/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2007/Summer_2007_CMN.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009}}</ref><ref name=league/> |- |{{Flag|France}} |9 April 2007 |Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]] |Official{{Refn|<ref name=Bell139/><ref name=monarchist3/><ref name=league/><ref name=dlnx/>}} |- |{{Flag|United States}} |6 July 2010 |Governor [[David Paterson]] |Official<ref name=Tidridge49/><ref>{{Cite web |author=Royal Household |title=The Queen's speech in Toronto, Canada, 5 July 2010 |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Speechesandarticles/2010/TheQueensspeechinTorontoCanada5July2010.aspx |url-status=dead |publisher=Queen's Printer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920005435/http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Speechesandarticles/2010/TheQueensspeechinTorontoCanada5July2010.aspx |archive-date=20 September 2010 |quote=Just as in 1957, when I last visited the UN, I shall be travelling from this Northern Realm as Queen of Canada, a country whose whole-hearted commitment to the United Nations throughout its history is without equal.}}</ref> |}
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