collection
Royal Family
Canada is a constitutional monarchy with the King as head of state. The Crown holds the power to govern but this power is entrusted to the government, which is expected to lead on behalf of the people. The sovereign reigns by hereditary right — as opposed to the elected head of government — and is one of the three components of Parliament (the Crown, House of Commons and Senate).
![Queen Elizabeth visiting the National War Memorial in Ottawa, ca. 1943-1965.]({"id":"9508","disk":"s3","directory":"media\/media","filename":"9aee58c9-042a-4c8d-874f-713bbb551f3e","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":100000,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2014-03-19T18:30:44.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-03-19T18:30:44.000000Z","alt":"Queen Elizabeth visiting the National War Memorial in Ottawa, ca. 1943-1965.","title":"Queen Elizabeth visiting the National War Memorial in Ottawa, ca. 1943-1965.","caption":"","creator":"","source":"\u00a9 Department of National Defence\/Government of Canada\/Library and Archives Canada\/R112-3938-1-E.","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net\/media\/media\/9aee58c9-042a-4c8d-874f-713bbb551f3e.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net\/media\/media\/9aee58c9-042a-4c8d-874f-713bbb551f3e.jpg","credit":"\u00a9 Department of National Defence\/Government of Canada\/Library and Archives Canada\/R112-3938-1-E.","pivot":{"mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Collection","mediable_id":"19","media_id":"9508","tag":"feature","order":1},"translations":[{"id":"e0f5760a-27fa-4264-8429-f2e886d3fa3f","media_id":"9508","title":"Queen Elizabeth visiting the National War Memorial in Ottawa, ca. 1943-1965.","alt":"Queen Elizabeth visiting the National War Memorial in Ottawa, ca. 1943-1965.","caption":"","creator":"","source":"\u00a9 Department of National Defence\/Government of Canada\/Library and Archives Canada\/R112-3938-1-E.","locale":"en","credit":"\u00a9 Department of National Defence\/Government of Canada\/Library and Archives Canada\/R112-3938-1-E."},{"id":"342c7f7e-063c-4db9-9e34-0bad35a5ea25","media_id":"9508","title":"La reine Elizabeth visitant le Monument comm\u00e9moratif de guerre du Canada \u00e0 Ottawa, vers 1943-1965.","alt":"La reine Elizabeth visitant le Monument comm\u00e9moratif de guerre du Canada \u00e0 Ottawa, vers 1943-1965.","caption":"","creator":"","source":"\u00a9 Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense nationale\/Gouvernement du Canada\/Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives Canada\/R112-3938-1-E.","locale":"fr","credit":"\u00a9 Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense nationale\/Gouvernement du Canada\/Biblioth\u00e8que et Archives Canada\/R112-3938-1-E."}]})
Timelines
timeline
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II was the head of state of Canada, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth realms. She reigned from1952 to 2022, making her the longest reigning monarch in British and Commonwealth history. She was also the first monarch to be crowned Queen of Canada.
Gallery
![Will & Kate: Prince and Princess of Wales]({"id":"11394","disk":"s3","directory":"media\/media","filename":"09d86c54-91a9-4cd8-a9ad-8976fc720e9d","extension":"jpg","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","aggregate_type":"image","size":100000,"variant_name":null,"original_media_id":null,"created_at":"2015-04-28T20:26:49.000000Z","updated_at":"2015-04-28T20:26:49.000000Z","alt":"Will & Kate: Prince and Princess of Wales","title":"Will & Kate: Prince and Princess of Wales","caption":"Will & Kate, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (now Prince and Princess of Wales), arrive at the Charlottetown Airport. Photo taken on: July 3, 2011","creator":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com","source":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com","conversion_urls":{"original":"https:\/\/d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net\/media\/media\/09d86c54-91a9-4cd8-a9ad-8976fc720e9d.jpg"},"url":"https:\/\/d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net\/media\/media\/09d86c54-91a9-4cd8-a9ad-8976fc720e9d.jpg","credit":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com","pivot":{"mediable_type":"App\\Models\\Collection","mediable_id":"19","media_id":"11394","tag":"gallery","order":1},"translations":[{"id":"75586515-70a1-48c0-aa95-0161b0f7609c","media_id":"11394","title":"Will & Kate: Prince and Princess of Wales","alt":"Will & Kate: Prince and Princess of Wales","caption":"Will & Kate, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (now Prince and Princess of Wales), arrive at the Charlottetown Airport. Photo taken on: July 3, 2011","creator":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com","source":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com","locale":"en","credit":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com"},{"id":"3904e926-6353-4556-a207-9fb4e6ea8ec5","media_id":"11394","title":"Will et Kate, le duc et la duchesse de Cambridge (maintenant de Galles)","alt":"Will et Kate, le duc et la duchesse de Cambridge (maintenant de Galles)","caption":"Will et Kate, le duc et la duchesse de Cambridge (maintenant de Galles), arrivent \u00e0 l'a\u00e9roport de Charlottetown. Photo prise le : 3 juillet 2011","creator":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com","source":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com","locale":"fr","credit":"20249248 \u00a9 John Morris | Dreamstime.com"}]} "Will & Kate: Prince and Princess of Wales")