The following is a list of state and official visits made by Canada since the country's Confederation in 1867. These trips consist of either the monarch or a representative—the governor general, a lieutenant governor, or another member of the royal family—visiting a foreign country in an official capacity, either representing the Canadian people in a full state visit or simply in ceremonies related to Canada abroad. In some cases, such as royal weddings in the United Kingdom or D-Day commemoration ceremonies in France, the Canadian monarch and/or one or more other members of the Royal Family and the governor general will be present together.
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States of America
|
Governor General the Viscount Monck | President Andrew Johnson | Official[1] |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States of America
|
1927 | Governor General the Viscount Willingdon | President Calvin Coolidge | State[1] |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 France
|
26 July 1936 | King Edward VIII | President Albert Lebrun | Official[2][3][4] |
| United States of America
|
1937 | Governor General the Lord Tweedsmuir | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | State[5] |
| 7–11 June 1939 | King George VI | State[6][7][8] | ||
 Belgium
|
1939 | King Leopold III | Official[9] |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States of America
|
1947 | Governor General the Viscount Alexander of Tunis | President Harry S. Truman | State[5][10] |
 Brazil
|
June 1948 | President Eurico Gaspar Dutra | State[5][10] |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States of America
|
1 November 1951 | Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh | President Harry S. Truman | Official[11][12] |
| 17 October 1957 | Queen Elizabeth II | President Dwight David Eisenhower | State[8][13][14] | |
| 26 June 1959 | President Dwight D. Eisenhower | Official | ||
| 6 July 1959 | Governor William Stratton | State[8][15][16] |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
1971 | Governor General Roland Michener | Governor-General Solomon Hochoy | Official |
 The Netherlands
|
April 1971 | Queen Juliana | State | |
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|
October 1971 | Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Official |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Norway
|
June 1981 | Governor General Edward Schreyer | King Olav V | State[17] |
 Sweden
|
June 1981 | King Carl XVI Gustaf | State[17] | |
 Denmark
|
June 1981 | Queen Margrethe II | State[17] | |
 Iceland
|
June 1981 | President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | State[17] | |
 West Germany
|
1982 | President Karl Carstens | State[18] | |
 Italy
|
Governor General Jeanne Sauvé | President Francesco Cossiga | State[19] | |
 Vatican City
|
Pope John Paul II | State[19] | ||
| France
|
6 June 1984 | Queen Elizabeth II | President François Mitterrand | Official[20] |
 China
|
March 1987 | Governor General Jeanne Sauvé | President Li Xiannian | State[19][21] |
 Thailand
|
27 March-1 April 1987 | King Bhumibol Adulyadej | State[19][22][23] | |
| France
|
President François Mitterrand | State[19][22] | ||
 Uruguay
|
1989 | President Julio María Sanguinetti | State[19][24] | |
 Brazil
|
1989 | President José Sarney | State[19][24] |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina
|
May 2001 | Governor General Adrienne Clarkson | President Fernando de la Rúa | State[27] |
 Chile
|
May 2001 | President Ricardo Lagos Escobar | State[27] | |
| Germany
|
22–28 October 2001 | President Johannes Rau | State[28] | |
 Russia
|
September 2003 | President Vladimir Putin | State[29] | |
 Finland
|
2003 | President Tarja Halonen | State[29] | |
| Iceland
|
October 2003 | President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | State[29] | |
| France
|
6 June 2004 | Queen Elizabeth II Governor General Adrienne Clarkson Prince Charles, Prince of Wales |
President Jacques Chirac | Official[30][31] |
| France
|
29–30 October 2005 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President Jacques Chirac | Official[32] |
| Italy
|
24–27 February 2006 | President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Official[33] | |
| Vatican City
|
27 February 2006 | Pope Benedict XVI | Official[33] | |
| Chile
|
11 March 2006 | President Michelle Bachelet | Official[32] | |
 Algeria
|
19–22 November 2006 | President Abdelaziz Bouteflika | State[34][35] | |
 Mali
|
22–27 November 2006 | President Amadou Toumani Touré | State[34][35] | |
 Ghana
|
27 November-4 December 2006 | President John Kufuor | State[34][35] | |
 South Africa
|
4–9 December 2006 | President Thabo Mbeki | State[34][35] | |
 Morocco
|
9–11 December 2006 | King Mohammed VI | Official[32][35] | |
 Afghanistan
|
8–10 March 2007 | President Hamid Karzai | Official[36] | |
| France
|
9 April 2007 | Queen Elizabeth II | Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin | Official[4][37][38] |
| Belgium
|
14 April 2007 | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | King Albert II | Official[39][40] |
| Belgium
|
12 July 2007 | Queen Elizabeth II | King Albert II | Official[41] |
| Brazil
|
6–15 July 2007 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | State[42] |
| Argentina
|
8–12 December 2007 | President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | Official[32] | |
| France
|
6–12 May 2008 | President Nicolas Sarkozy | Official[43] | |
| Afghanistan
|
7–8 June 2008 | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | President Hamid Karzai | Official[44][45] |
| China
|
August 2008 | Lieutenant Governor David Onley | President Hu Jintao | Official[46] |
 Hungary
|
24–26 November 2008 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President László Sólyom | State[47] |
 Slovakia
|
26–29 November 2008 | President Ivan Gašparovič | State[47] | |
 Czech Republic
|
29 November-4 December 2008 | President Václav Klaus | State[47] | |
 Slovenia
|
3 December 2008 | President Danilo Türk | State[48] | |
 Haiti
|
15–18 January 2009 | President René Préval | Official[49] | |
 Liberia
|
7–8 March 2009 | President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Official[50] | |
 Ukraine
|
23–26 April 2009 | President Viktor Yushchenko | State[51] | |
| Norway
|
28–30 April 2009 | King Harald V | State[51] | |
| France
|
6 June 2009 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales | President Nicolas Sarkozy | Official[citation needed] |
| Afghanistan
|
8–9 September 2009 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President Hamid Karzai | Official[52] |
| Slovenia
|
21–22 October 2009 | President Danilo Türk | State[53] | |
 Croatia
|
23–27 October 2009 | President Stjepan Mesić | State[53] | |
 Greece
|
29–31 October 2009 | President Karolos Papoulias | State[53] | |
 Mexico
|
6–9 December 2009 | President Felipe Calderón | State[54] | |
 Guatemala
|
9–12 December 2009 | President Álvaro Colom | State[55] | |
 Costa Rica
|
12–15 December 2009 | President Óscar Arias | State[56] |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan
|
1 March 2010 | Anne, Princess Royal | President Hamid Karzai | Official[57][58] |
| Haiti
|
8–10 March 2010 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President René Préval | Official[59] |
 Dominican Republic
|
10 March 2010 | President Leonel Fernández | Official[60] | |
| Afghanistan
|
24 March 2010 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales | Ambassador William Crosbie | Official[58][61] |
 United Nations Headquarters
|
31 March 2010 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon | Official[62] |
 Senegal
|
14–18 April 2010 | President Abdoulaye Wade | State[63] | |
 Congo
|
18–20 April 2010 | President Joseph Kabila | State[63] | |
 Rwanda
|
20–23 April 2010 | President Paul Kagame | State[63] | |
 Cape Verde
|
23–24 April 2010 | President Pedro Pires | Official[63] | |
| China
|
30 June-5 July 2010 | President Hu Jintao | Official[64][65] | |
| United Nations Headquarters
|
6 July 2010 | Queen Elizabeth II | Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon | Official[66] |
| Mexico
|
13–14 September 2010 | Governor General Michaëlle Jean | President Felipe Calderón | Official[67] |
 Kuwait
|
25–27 February 2011 | Governor General David Johnston | Emir Sabah IV | State[68] |
 Qatar
|
27 February-1 March 2011 | Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | State[68] | |
 United Kingdom
|
28–29 April 2011 | High Commissioner James R. Wright | Official[69] | |
 Malaysia
|
13–16 November 2011 | King Mizan Zainal Abidin | State[70] | |
 Vietnam
|
16–19 November 2011 | President Truong Tan Sang | State[70] | |
 Singapore
|
19–22 November 2011 | President Tony Tan Keng Yam | State[70] | |
| Italy
|
22 December 2011 | Official[71] | ||
| Czech Republic
|
23 December 2011 | President Václav Klaus | Official[71][72] | |
| Afghanistan
|
23–25 December 2011 | President Hamid Karzai | Official[71] | |
| France
|
8 April 2012 | Official[73] | ||
| Belgium
|
8–10 April 2012 | Minister of Defence Pieter De Crem | Official[73] | |
| Brazil
|
22–28 April 2012 | President Dilma Rousseff | Official[74] | |
 Barbados
|
29–30 April 2012 | High Commissioner Ruth Archibald | Working[74] | |
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
1–2 May 2012 | President George Maxwell Richards | State[74] | |
| United Kingdom
|
3–6 June 2012 | High Commissioner Gordon Campbell | Official[75] | |
 United States of America
|
19–22 July 2012 | Rear-Admiral Ron Lloyd | Official[76] | |
| United Kingdom
|
25–30 July 2012 | High Commissioner Gordon Campbell | Official[77] | |
| Mexico
|
30 November-2 December 2012 | President Felipe Calderón/ President Enrique Peña Nieto |
Working[78] | |
 Peru
|
2–5 December 2012 | President Ollanta Humala | Official[78] | |
| Guatemala
|
5–7 December 2012 | President Otto Pérez Molina | State[78] | |
 South Korea
|
24–26 February 2013 | President Park Geun-hye | Official[79] | |
| Vatican City
|
18–19 March 2013 | Pope Francis | Official[80] | |
| Netherlands
|
29–30 April 2013 | King Willem-Alexander | Official[81] | |
| Ghana
|
13–16 May 2013 | President John Dramani Mahama | State[82] | |
 Botswana
|
16–19 May 2013 | President Ian Khama | State[82] | |
| South Africa
|
20–22 May 2013 | President Jacob Zuma | State[82] | |
| United States of America
|
28–29 May 2013 | Senator Stan Rosenberg | Official[83] | |
| China
|
16–24 October 2013 | President Xi Jinping | State[84] | |
 Mongolia
|
24–26 October 2013 | President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | State[85] | |
 India
|
22 February-1 March 2014 | President Pranab Mukherjee | State[86] | |
| United States of America
|
28 April-2 May 2014 | Consul General James Villeneuve | Official[87] | |
 Poland
|
22–26 October 2014 | President Bronisław Komorowski | State[88] | |
| Netherlands
|
26–27 October 2014 | King Willem-Alexander | Official[88] | |
| Belgium
|
27–29 October 2014 | King Philippe | Official[88] | |
| Chile
|
29 November-3 December 2014 | President Michelle Bachelet | State[89] | |
 Colombia
|
3–6 December 2014 | President Juan Manuel Santos | State[89] | |
 Saudi Arabia
|
25–28 January 2015 | Prince Abdulaziz bin Majid[90] | Official[91] | |
| Singapore
|
28–29 March 2015 | President Tony Tan | Official | |
| United States of America
|
26–30 April 2015 | Governor Mark Dayton Governor Rick Snyder |
Working[92] | |
| United States of America
|
26–30 April 2015 | Governor Mark Dayton Governor Rick Snyder |
Working[92] | |
| France
|
1 July 2016 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales | Official[93] | |
 Jordan
|
October 29-November 1, 2016 | Governor General David Johnston | King Abdullah II | State |
 Israel
|
1-4 November 2016 | President Reuven Rivlin | State | |
 Palestine
|
4-5 November 2016 | President Mahmoud Abbas | State | |
 Cuba
|
29 November 2016 | President Raúl Castro | Official | |
| Sweden
|
19-23 February 2017 | King Carl XVI Gustaf | State | |
| France
|
9 April 2017 | Governor General David Johnston, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry | President Francois Hollande | Official |
| China
|
10–14 July 2017 | Governor General David Johnston | President Xi Jinping | Official |
| United Kingdom
|
17–19 July 2017 | High Commissioner Janice Charette | Official | |
| Thailand
|
26 October 2017 | Governor General Julie Payette | King Vajiralongkorn | Official |
| Ukraine
|
17–18 January 2018 | President Petro Poroshenko | Official | |
 Latvia
|
18-19 January 2018 | President Raimonds Vejonis | Official | |
| South Korea
|
7–12 February 2018 | President Moon Jae-in | Official | |
| United States
|
26-27 April 2018 | Consul General John Cruickshank | Official[94] | |
 Burkina Faso
|
23-26 October 2018 | President Roch Marc Christian Kabore | State | |
 Ivory Coast
|
26-28 October 2018 | President Alassane Ouattara | State | |
 Nigeria
|
28-30 October 2018 | President Muhammadu Buhari | State | |
| Belgium
|
10 November 2018 | King Philippe | Official | |
| Mexico
|
30 November-1 December 2018 | President Enrique Pena Nieto, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador | Official | |
 Kazakhstan
|
3-5 December 2018 | President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Official | |
| Kuwait
|
18–19 January 2019 | Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah | Official | |
 Iraq
|
19–21 January 2019 | President Barham Salih | Official | |
| United States
|
15–16 March 2019 | António Guterres | Official | |
| Rwanda
|
4–9 April 2019 | President Paul Kagame | Official | |
| France
|
4–6 June 2019 | President Emmanuel Macron | Official | |
| Peru
|
23–27 July 2019 | President Martin Vizcarra | Official | |
| Netherlands
|
30–31 August 2019 | King Willem-Alexander | Official | |
| Poland
|
1–2 September 2019 | President Andrzej Duda | Official | |
| France
|
30 September 2019 | President Emmanuel Macron | Official | |
 Lithuania
|
24–26 November 2019 | President Gitanas Nausėda | Official | |
 Estonia
|
26–28 November 2019 | President Kersti Kaljulaid | Official | |
| Italy
|
29 November-4 December 2019 | President Sergio Mattarella | Official | |
| Latvia
|
22–23 December 2019 | Official | ||
 Romania
|
23 December 2019 | Official |
| Visit to | Date | Representative | Received by | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel
|
22–24 January 2020 | Governor General Julie Payette | President Reuven Rivlin | Official |
| Poland
|
27 January 2020 | President Andrzej Duda | Official | |
| Germany
|
17–21 October, 2021 | Governor General Mary Simon | President Frank-Walter Steinmeier | State[95] |
| United Kingdom
|
15–17 March 2022 | Official[96] | ||
 United Arab Emirates
|
17–19 March 2022 | Official[97] | ||
| Qatar
|
21 March 2022 | Official[97] | ||
| Kuwait
|
22–23 March 2022 | Official[97] | ||
| United Kingdom
|
2–6 June 2022 | Official[98] | ||
| Finland
|
6-10 February 2023 | President Sauli Niinistö | State[99] |
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