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Governor General Michaëlle Jean made a state visit to Brazil in July 2007. Her official archive lists the visit among her international activities as governor general.
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Photo: Roosewelt Pinheiro/ABr · Photo licence: CC BY 3.0 br · Credit & context
In 1998, Governor General Roméo LeBlanc made state visits to India and Pakistan. Canadian Heritage identifies him as the first Canadian governor general to make state visits to these countries.
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Photo: President’s Secretariat, Government of India · Photo licence: GODL-India · Credit & context
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived in Washington, D.C. on October 17, 1957. They stayed at the White House with President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
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Photo: Unknown author · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
King George VI visited the United States from June 7 to 11, 1939, including Washington on June 8 and 9. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was in ministerial attendance during the Washington visit.
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Photo: FDR Presidential Library & Museum · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0 · Credit & context
From June 2 to 6, 2022, Governor General Mary Simon represented Canada in London at the official events marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and met the Governors General of Australia, Belize and New Zealand.
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Photo: New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General · Photo licence: CC BY 4.0 · Credit & context
Governor General David Johnston made state visits to Chile and Colombia during a trip recorded from November 29 to December 6, 2014. These are the dates of the combined trip.
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Photo: Gobierno de Chile · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0 · Credit & context
Governor General David Johnston made a state visit to India during a trip recorded from February 21 to March 2, 2014.
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Photo: President’s Secretariat, Government of India · Photo licence: GODL-India · Credit & context
On July 10 and 11, 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended NATO’s 75th Anniversary Summit in Washington, D.C.
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Photo: U.S. Air Force / Jasmyne Ferber · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an official visit to the United States on March 10, 2016.
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Photo: Pete Souza · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
On April 12 and 13, 2010, Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the Nuclear Security Summit in the United States.
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Photo: Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India · Photo licence: GODL-India · Credit & context
On November 14 and 15, 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper attended the G-20 Economic Summit Meeting in the United States.
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Photo: White House photo by Grant Miller · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
On a working visit on September 9, 2002, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien discussed the Iraq crisis with President George W. Bush in Detroit, Michigan.
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Photo: Not identified. Part of White House Photo Essay. · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
From April 23 to 25, 1999, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit in the United States.
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Photo: DoD photo by R. D. Ward · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
On November 19 and 20, 1993, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien attended the APEC meeting in Seattle.
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Photo: Ralph Alswang · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney made an official visit to the United States from March 17 to 20, 1986.
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Photo: White House Television Office (Reagan Administration) · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
From May 28 to 31, 1983, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau attended the Economic Summit Meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Photo: President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Photographic Office. 1981-1989 · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau made an official visit to the United States on March 24 and 25, 1969.
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Photo: United Press International · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
On September 16, 1964, Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson made ceremonial visits to Great Falls, Montana, and Blaine, Washington.
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Photo: Unknown / Canada Dept. of Transport · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
On a visit to the United States on January 16 and 17, 1961, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker signed the Treaty on Cooperative Development of the Water Resources of the Columbia River Basin.
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Photo: White House Photo Office · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
In 1945, Prime Minister Mackenzie King led the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, which ran from April 25 to June 26.
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Photo: Nicholas Morant / National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque / Library and Archives Canada / C-022717 · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
From April 24 to 28, 1933, Prime Minister R.B. Bennett visited the United States for multilateral economic talks held before the World Monetary and Economic Conference.
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Photo: Harris & Ewing · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
John Norquay, a Métis statesman born at St. Andrew’s in the Red River settlement, was elected to Manitoba’s first assembly in 1870 and became premier in 1878. His government, built on shared French and English participation, won an extended Manitoba boundary and better financial terms from Ottawa, and built railways in defiance of the Canadian Pacific charter and federal disallowance. He resigned as premier in 1887 but sat as a member until his death.
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Photo: Unknown author · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
Abraham Albert Heaps, labour leader and politician, fought for workers and spoke for the Jewish community. One of the more moderate leaders of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, he pressed for workers’ rights while seeking a peaceful settlement. As MP for Winnipeg North (1925–40) he fought antisemitism, sought reform of immigration policy and the admission of Jewish refugees, and championed old age pensions and unemployment insurance.
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Photo: City of Winnipeg · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context
John William Ritchie, a gifted lawyer, legislator and judge, helped pave the way for Nova Scotia’s reluctant entry into Confederation. A member of the colony’s legislature and solicitor general (1864–67), he was a delegate to the London Conference of 1866–67, which finalized the terms of union. After championing Confederation in the Legislative Council, he was named to the first Senate and later sat on the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
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Photo: Unknown artist · Photo licence: Public domain · Credit & context