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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Personal information

Birth: 21 April 1926
Marriage to The Duke of Edinburgh: 20 November 1947
Accession to the Throne:
6 February 1952
Coronation: 2 June 1953
Children: The Prince of Wales (Charles), The Princess Royal (Anne), The Duke of York (Andrew), The Earl of Wessex (Edward)

Official Photograph of Her Majesty The Queen

Official visits to Canada

Her Majesty The Queen is usually accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

Date	# of Days	Location and Purpose
1951 Oct. 8 - Nov.12 (as a Princess)	36	Canada-Wide Tour Ontario: Ottawa, Brockville, Kingston, Trenton, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Windsor, Fort William, North Bay, Kapuskasing Manitoba: Winnipeg Saskatchewan: Regina, Saskatoon Alberta: Edmonton, Calgary British Columbia: Victoria, Vancouver Quebec: Montréal, Québec, St. Hyacinthe, Rimouski, Drummondville New Brunswick: Fredericton, St John, Moncton Nova Scotia: Springhill, Truro, Sydney, Halifax Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown Newfoundland and Labrador: St. John's
1957 Oct. 12 (Arr. 4:30 p.m.) Oct. 16 (Dep. 11:30 a.m.)	4	Ottawa and Hull; HM opened 1^st Session - 23^rd Parliament .
1959 June 18 (Arr. 3:30 p.m.) Aug. 1 (Dep. 10:30 p.m.)	45 days (39 in Canada and 6 in the United States of America)	Canada-wide Tour Newfoundland and Labrador: St. John's, Gander, Deer Lake, Corner Brook, Stephenville Quebec: Schefferville, Sept-Îles, Gaspé, Port Alfred, Chicoutimi, Arvida, Kénogami, Jonquière, Québec, Trois-Rivières, Montréal, Beauharmois Lock, St-Lambert Ontario: Cornwall, Long Sault, Ingelside, Morrisburg, Iroquois, Brockville, Kingston, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Brantford, Galt, Guelph, Kitchener, Stratford, London, Chatham, Windsor, Sarnia, Penetanguishene, Midland, Orillia, Washago, Gravenhurst, Torrance, Parry Sound, Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur, Fort William, Sudbury, Trenton, Port Hope (and Chicago, Illinois) Alberta: Edmonton, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, Wainwright British Columbia: Field, Golden, Revelstoke, Sicamous, Vernon, Kamloops, Ashcroft, Spence's Bridge, Lytton, Boston Bar, Hope, Chilliwack, New Westminster, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Chemainus, Duncan, Victoria, Terrace Yukon: Whitehorse, Dawson City, Mayo Northwest Territories: Yellowknife Saskatchewan: Uranium City, Unity, Biggar, Saskatoon, Dundurn, Hanley, Davidson, Craik, Chamberlain, Moose Jaw, Regina, Indian Head, Broadview, Moosomin, Virden Manitoba: Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Winnipeg New Brunswick: Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton, Shediac Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown Nova Scotia: New Glasgow, Sydney, Halifax
1964 Oct. 5 (Arr. 5:30 p.m.) Oct. 13 (Dep. 10:00 a.m.)	8	Charlottetown, Québec, Ottawa - To attend commemoration of meetings at Charlottetown and Québec in 1864.
1967 June 29 (Arr. 5:30 p.m.) July 5 (Dep. 11:00 p.m.)	6	Ottawa, Montréal - In Ottawa, to attend ceremonies relating to Centennial Anniversary - Visit Expo '67 in Montréal.
1970 (Accompanied by Prince of Wales and Princess Anne) July 5 (Arr. 10:45 p.m.) July 15 (Dep. 11:30 p.m.)	10	Churchill, Thompson, Gillan, Flin Flon, Norway House, Swan River, The Pas, Dauphin, Clear Lake, Brandon, Baily Farm, Portage la Prairie, Oakville, Winnipeg, Carman, Beauséjour, Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba; 100^th Anniversary of Manitoba's entry into Confederation; N.W.T. - To participate in the Centennial of the N.W.T.
1971 (Accompanied by Princess Anne) May 3 (Arr. 11:05 a.m.) May 12 (Dep. 9:00 a.m.)	9	Victoria, Vancouver, Tofino, Kelowna, Vernon, Penticton, William Lake, Comox. To mark Centenary Anniversary of B.C. into Confederation.
1973 June 25 (Arr. 1:20 p.m.) July 5 (Dep. 10:50 p.m.)	11	Toronto, Cobourg, Kingston, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, London, St. Catherines, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Scarborough, Brampton, Malton, Ontario; Charlottetown, Summerside, Mount Carmel, P.E.I.; Regina, Sask.; Calgary, Alberta - to participate in events marking the R.C.M.P. centennial, the centennial of P.E.I. in Confederation, the tercentenary of Kingston, extended tour of Ontario.
1973 July 31 (Arr. 1.10 p.m.) Aug. 4 (Dep. 12:10 p.m.)	4	Ottawa - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Remarks: The Duke of Edinburgh had a program of his own while Her Majesty was receiving heads of government in audience at Rideau Hall.
1976 (For XXI Olympic Games joined by Prince of Wales, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward) July 13 (Arr. 9:15 a.m.) July 25 (Dep. midnight)	13	Nova Scotia - New Brunswick - Montréal (XXI Olympiad).
1977 Oct. 14 (Arr. 3:05 p.m.) Oct. 19 (Dep. 11:55 a.m.)	5	Ottawa - On the occasion of Silver Jubilee Year.
1978 (With Prince Edward & Prince Andrew) July 26 (Arr. 2:35 p.m.) Aug. 6 (Dep. 6:00 p.m.)	12	St. John's, Deer Lake, Strawberry Hill, Corner Brook, Stephenville Airport, Newfoundland; Regina, Yorkton, Fort Qu'Appelle, Balcarres, Melville, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Lloydminster, Sask.; Edmonton (XI Commonwealth Games), Grande Prairie, Peace River, St. Paul, Vegreville, Fort Saskatchewan, Mundare, Chipman, Lamont, Bruderheim, Fort Edmonton, Alberta.
1982 April 15 (Arr. 3:10 p.m.) April 19 (Dep. 11:15 a.m.)	4	Ottawa - On the occasion of the Proclamation of the Constitution Act, 1982.
1983 March 8 (Arr. 9:30 a.m.) March 11 (Dep. 7:00 a.m.)	4	Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Vernon, Kamloops, New Westminster. At the end of Her American West Coast Tour.
1984 Sept. 24 (Arr. 1:00 p.m.) Oct. 7 (Dep. 1:00 p.m.)	13	Dieppe, Shediac, Moncton, Fredericton, Sackville, Riverview. To participate in the Bicentennial of New Brunswick. Ottawa, Morrisburg, Cornwall, Prescott, Kingston, Amherstview, Windsor, Brantford, Sudbury. To participate in the Bicentennial of Ontario. Winnipeg, Dauphin, Brandon, Dugald. The Queen had not been to Manitoba since 1970. Remarks: The Queen alone visited Manitoba. The Duke of Edinburgh left Canada after Sudbury programme.
1987 Oct. 9 (Arr. 3:00 p.m.) Oct. 24 (Dep. 11:15 a.m.)	16	North Saanich, Qualicum Beach (private retreat). Vancouver, Victoria, Esquimalt: to participate in opening sessions of government - Heads of Government Meeting; Regina, Fort Qu'Appelle (private retreat), Saskatoon, Yorkton, Canora, Veregin, Kamsack, Kindersley, in Saskatchewan. First visit to Saskatchewan since 1978; Québec, Sillery, Cap Tourmente, Rivière-du-Loup, La Pocatière: first official visit to Quebec since 1964.
1990 (Queen alone) June 27 (Arr. 2:00 p.m.) July 1 (Dep. 7:15 p.m.)	5	Calgary, Reed Deer, Alberta. Ottawa, Ontario (Queen alone).
1992 (Queen alone) June 30 July 2	3	Ottawa (for the 125^th anniversary of Confederation and the 40^th anniversary of the Accession); Hull (for a reception hosted by the Prime Minister at the Canadian Museum of Civilization).
1994 Aug. 13 (Arr. 2:20 p.m.) Aug. 22 (Dep. 9:40 p.m.)	10	Halifax, Sydney, Fortress of Louisbourg, Dartmouth; Victoria, (for the Commonwealth Games), Private Retreat at Twin Island, Prince George for the Queen, Prince Rupert, Khutzeymateen Valley for the Duke of Edinburgh; Yellowknife, Rankin Inlet, Iqaluit.
1997 June 23 (Arr. 2:00 p.m.) July 2 (Dep. 11:00 a.m.)	10	St. John's, NF; Gander (HRH); Bonavista (arrival of the Matthew); Labrador: NorthWest River, Shetshatshiu, Happy Valley Goose Bay (HRH); London, ON, Private retreat (Red Tail), Manitoba (HRH) to see damage from floods; Stratford; Brantford; Toronto; North Bay; Petawawa (HRH); Ottawa.
2002	10	St. John's, NF; Gander (HRH); Bonavista (arrival of the Matthew); Labrador: NorthWest River, Shetshatshiu, Happy Valley Goose Bay (HRH); London, ON, Private retreat (Red Tail), Manitoba (HRH) to see damage from floods; Stratford; Brantford; Toronto; North Bay; Petawawa (HRH); Ottawa.


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