Editing Governor General of Canada (section)

==Residences and household==
[[Rideau Hall]], located in Ottawa, is the official residence of the Canadian monarch<ref>
* {{harvnb| MacLeod| 2015| p=34}}
* {{Harvnb| Galbraith| 1989| p=9}}
* {{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/20090131134713/http://www.monarchist.ca/mc/palace.htm |archive-date=31 January 2009}}
* {{cite book| last=Lanctot| first=Gustave| author-link=Gustave Lanctot| title=Royal Tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Canada and the United States of America 1939| publisher=E.P. Taylor Foundation| year=1964| location=Toronto| id=ASIN B0006EB752}}</ref><ref name=Toffoli>{{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> and of the governor general and is thus the location of the viceregal household and the Chancellery of Honours. For a part of each year since 1872, governors general have also resided at [[Citadelle of Quebec|the Citadel]] ({{Lang|fr|La Citadelle}}) in [[Quebec City, Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=95| last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| title=La Citadelle > An Official Residence at the Heart of the Old Capital| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=3 June 2009}}</ref> A [[Viceregal consort of Canada|governor general's wife]] is known as the {{Lang|fr|chatelaine}} of Rideau Hall, though there is no equivalent term for a governor general's husband.
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The viceregal household aids the governor general in the execution of the royal constitutional and ceremonial duties and is managed by the [[Secretary to the Governor General of Canada|secretary to the governor general]].<ref name=OSTGG>{{cite web| url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=12| last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| title=The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| accessdate=3 June 2009}}</ref> The Chancellery of Honours depends from the {{Canadian monarch, current|title=~}} and is thus also located at Rideau Hall and administered by the governor general. As such, the viceroy's secretary ''ex officio'' holds the position of [[Herald Chancellor of Canada]],<ref name=Herald>{{cite web| url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=2| last=Office of the Governor General of Canada| title=Heraldry > The Canadian Heraldic Authority| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=3 June 2009}}</ref> overseeing the [[Canadian Heraldic Authority]]—the mechanism of the Canadian honours system by which [[Coat of arms|armorial bearings]] are granted to Canadians by the governor general in the name of the sovereign.<ref name=Herald/> These organized offices and support systems include [[Aide-de-camp#Canada|aides-de-camp]], [[News media|press officers]], financial managers,<ref name=OSTGG/> speech writers, trip organizers, event planners, protocol officers, chefs and other kitchen employees, waiters, and various cleaning staff, as well as visitors' centre staff and tour guides at both official residences. In this official and bureaucratic capacity, the entire household is often referred to as ''[[Government Houses in Canada|Government House]]''<ref name=Gaz143>{{Cite news| date=25 April 2009| periodical=Canada Gazette| volume=143| issue=17| title=Part I > Government House|  page=1200| url=http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-04-25/pdf/g1-14317.pdf| access-date=3 June 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181950/http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2009/2009-04-25/pdf/g1-14317.pdf| archive-date=6 July 2011}}</ref> and its departments are funded through the normal [[Canadian federal budget|federal budgetary process]],<ref>{{Cite book| last=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General| title=Annual Report 2006–07| year=2007| page=6| id=Appendix B.2.a| place=Ottawa| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| url=http://www.gg.ca/osgg-bsgg/fin/2006-07_e.pdf| access-date=3 June 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604190458/http://www.gg.ca/osgg-bsgg/fin/2006-07_e.pdf| archive-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> as is the governor general's salary of [[Canadian dollar|CAD$]]288,900,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/compilations/GovernorGeneral/GovernorGeneral_Salaries.aspx| last=Parliament of Canada| author-link=Parliament of Canada| title=Salaries of the Governors General of Canada – 1869 To Date| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=13 January 2017| archive-date=29 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129002001/http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/compilations/governorgeneral/GovernorGeneral_Salaries.aspx}}</ref> which has been taxed since 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.budget.gc.ca/2012/plan/anx4-eng.html#PITM8| last=Department of Finance Canada| author-link=Department of Finance Canada| title=Budget 2012 – Annex 4| date=29 March 2012| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=4 April 2012| archive-date=1 April 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401231509/http://www.budget.gc.ca/2012/plan/anx4-eng.html#PITM8| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| last=The Canadian Press| title=Governor General's salary to be taxed, but it won't cost him a dime| newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press| date=29 March 2012| url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/governor-generals-salary-to-be-taxed-but-it-wont-cost-him-a-dime-144958495.html| access-date=4 April 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401010444/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/governor-generals-salary-to-be-taxed-but-it-wont-cost-him-a-dime-144958495.html | archive-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> Additional costs are incurred from separate ministries and organizations such as the [[National Capital Commission]], the [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]], and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.<ref>{{Harvnb| Office of the Secretary to the Governor General| 2007| p=3}}</ref>

[[Royal Canadian Air Force VIP aircraft|The governor general's air transportation]] is assigned to [[412 Transport Squadron]] of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The squadron uses [[Bombardier Challenger 600]] VIP jets to transport the governor general to locations within and outside of Canada.