List of state and official visits by Canada

Map of state and official visits in this list

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.

Visits

1860s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
United States of America Governor General the Viscount Monck President Andrew Johnson Official

1920s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
United States of America 1927 Governor General the Viscount Willingdon President Calvin Coolidge State

1930s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
France 26 July 1936 King Edward VIII President Albert Lebrun Official
United States of America 1937 Governor General the Lord Tweedsmuir President Franklin D. Roosevelt State
7–11 June 1939 King George VI State
Belgium 1939 King Leopold III Official

1940s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
United States of America 1947 Governor General the Viscount Alexander of Tunis President Harry S. Truman State
Brazil June 1948 President Eurico Gaspar Dutra State

1950s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
United States of America 1 November 1951 Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh President Harry S. Truman Official
17 October 1957 Queen Elizabeth II President Dwight David Eisenhower State
26 June 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower Official
6 July 1959 Governor William Stratton State

1970s

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
Iran October 1971 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Official

1980s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
Norway June 1981 Governor General Edward Schreyer King Olav V State
Sweden June 1981 King Carl XVI Gustaf State
Denmark June 1981 Queen Margrethe II State
Iceland June 1981 President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir State
West Germany 1982 President Karl Carstens State
Italy Governor General Jeanne Sauvé President Francesco Cossiga State
Vatican City Pope John Paul II State
France 6 June 1984 Queen Elizabeth II President François Mitterrand Official
China March 1987 Governor General Jeanne Sauvé President Li Xiannian State
Thailand 27 March-1 April 1987 King Bhumibol Adulyadej State
France President François Mitterrand State
Uruguay 1989 President Julio María Sanguinetti State
Brazil 1989 President José Sarney State

1990s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
Portugal Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn State
Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma State
Hungary State
France 6 June 1994 President François Mitterrand Official
China April 1994 State
South Korea State
Czech Republic 1996 Governor General Roméo LeBlanc President Václav Havel State
The Netherlands 1996 Queen Beatrix State
Austria
France 1996 President Jacques Chirac Official
France 1997 President Jacques Chirac Official
Guyana 1997 President Sam Hinds Official
Mexico 1998 President Ernesto Zedillo Official
Brazil 1998 President Fernando Henrique Cardoso Official
Argentina 1998 President Carlos Menem Official
Chile 1998 President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Official
India 1998 President K. R. Narayanan State
Pakistan 1998 President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar State
United Arab Emirates 1998 President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Official
Côte d'Ivoire 1999 President Henri Konan Bédié State
Tanzania 1999 President Benjamin Mkapa State
Mali 1999 President Alpha Oumar Konaré State
Morocco 1999 King Hassan II State
Senegal 1999 President Abdou Diouf Official
Morocco 1999 King Mohammed VI Official

2000s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
Argentina May 2001 Governor General Adrienne Clarkson President Fernando de la Rúa State
Chile May 2001 President Ricardo Lagos Escobar State
Germany 22–28 October 2001 President Johannes Rau State
Russia September 2003 President Vladimir Putin State
Finland 2003 President Tarja Halonen State
Iceland October 2003 President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson State
France 6 June 2004 Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General Adrienne Clarkson
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales 		President Jacques Chirac Official
France 29–30 October 2005 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President Jacques Chirac Official
Italy 24–27 February 2006 President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Official
Vatican City 27 February 2006 Pope Benedict XVI Official
Chile 11 March 2006 President Michelle Bachelet Official
Algeria 19–22 November 2006 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika State
Mali 22–27 November 2006 President Amadou Toumani Touré State
Ghana 27 November-4 December 2006 President John Kufuor State
South Africa 4–9 December 2006 President Thabo Mbeki State
Morocco 9–11 December 2006 King Mohammed VI Official
Afghanistan 8–10 March 2007 President Hamid Karzai Official
France 9 April 2007 Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin Official
Belgium 14 April 2007 Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex King Albert II Official
Belgium 12 July 2007 Queen Elizabeth II King Albert II Official
Brazil 6–15 July 2007 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva State
Argentina 8–12 December 2007 President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Official
France 6–12 May 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy Official
Afghanistan 7–8 June 2008 Prince Andrew, Duke of York President Hamid Karzai Official
China August 2008 Lieutenant Governor David Onley President Hu Jintao Official
Hungary 24–26 November 2008 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President László Sólyom State
Slovakia 26–29 November 2008 President Ivan Gašparovič State
Czech Republic 29 November-4 December 2008 President Václav Klaus State
Slovenia 3 December 2008 President Danilo Türk State
Haiti 15–18 January 2009 President René Préval Official
Liberia 7–8 March 2009 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Official
Ukraine 23–26 April 2009 President Viktor Yushchenko State
Norway 28–30 April 2009 King Harald V State
France 6 June 2009 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales President Nicolas Sarkozy Official
Afghanistan 8–9 September 2009 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President Hamid Karzai Official
Slovenia 21–22 October 2009 President Danilo Türk State
Croatia 23–27 October 2009 President Stjepan Mesić State
Greece 29–31 October 2009 President Karolos Papoulias State
Mexico 6–9 December 2009 President Felipe Calderón State
Guatemala 9–12 December 2009 President Álvaro Colom State
Costa Rica 12–15 December 2009 President Óscar Arias State

2010s

Visit to Date Representative Received by Type
Afghanistan 1 March 2010 Anne, Princess Royal President Hamid Karzai Official
Haiti 8–10 March 2010 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President René Préval Official
Dominican Republic 10 March 2010 President Leonel Fernández Official
Afghanistan 24 March 2010 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales Ambassador William Crosbie Official
United Nations Headquarters 31 March 2010 Governor General Michaëlle Jean Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Official
Senegal 14–18 April 2010 President Abdoulaye Wade State
Congo 18–20 April 2010 President Joseph Kabila State
Rwanda 20–23 April 2010 President Paul Kagame State
Cape Verde 23–24 April 2010 President Pedro Pires Official
China 30 June-5 July 2010 President Hu Jintao Official
United Nations Headquarters 6 July 2010 Queen Elizabeth II Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Official
Mexico 13–14 September 2010 Governor General Michaëlle Jean President Felipe Calderón Official
Kuwait 25–27 February 2011 Governor General David Johnston Emir Sabah IV State
Qatar 27 February-1 March 2011 Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani State
United Kingdom 28–29 April 2011 High Commissioner James R. Wright Official
Malaysia 13–16 November 2011 King Mizan Zainal Abidin State
Vietnam 16–19 November 2011 President Truong Tan Sang State
Singapore 19–22 November 2011 President Tony Tan Keng Yam State
Italy 22 December 2011 Official
Czech Republic 23 December 2011 President Václav Klaus Official
Afghanistan 23–25 December 2011 President Hamid Karzai Official
France 8 April 2012 Official
Belgium 8–10 April 2012 Minister of Defence Pieter De Crem Official
Brazil 22–28 April 2012 President Dilma Rousseff Official
Barbados 29–30 April 2012 High Commissioner Ruth Archibald Working
Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 May 2012 President George Maxwell Richards State
United Kingdom 3–6 June 2012 High Commissioner Gordon Campbell Official
United States of America 19–22 July 2012 Rear-Admiral Ron Lloyd Official
United Kingdom 25–30 July 2012 High Commissioner Gordon Campbell Official
Mexico 30 November-2 December 2012 President Felipe Calderón/
President Enrique Peña Nieto 		Working
Peru 2–5 December 2012 President Ollanta Humala Official
Guatemala 5–7 December 2012 President Otto Pérez Molina State
South Korea 24–26 February 2013 President Park Geun-hye Official
Vatican City 18–19 March 2013 Pope Francis Official
Netherlands 29–30 April 2013 King Willem-Alexander Official
Ghana 13–16 May 2013 President John Dramani Mahama State
Botswana 16–19 May 2013 President Ian Khama State
South Africa 20–22 May 2013 President Jacob Zuma State
United States of America 28–29 May 2013 Senator Stan Rosenberg Official
China 16–24 October 2013 President Xi Jinping State
Mongolia 24–26 October 2013 President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj State
India 22 February-1 March 2014 President Pranab Mukherjee State
United States of America 28 April-2 May 2014 Consul General James Villeneuve Official
Poland 22–26 October 2014 President Bronisław Komorowski State
Netherlands 26–27 October 2014 King Willem-Alexander Official
Belgium 27–29 October 2014 King Philippe Official
Chile 29 November-3 December 2014 President Michelle Bachelet State
Colombia 3–6 December 2014 President Juan Manuel Santos State
Saudi Arabia 25–28 January 2015 Prince Abdulaziz bin Majid Official
Singapore 28–29 March 2015 President Tony Tan Official
United States of America 26–30 April 2015 Governor Mark Dayton
Governor Rick Snyder 		Working
United States of America 26–30 April 2015 Governor Mark Dayton
Governor Rick Snyder 		Working
France 1 July 2016 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales Official
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 Raul 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
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

2020s

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
United Kingdom 15–17 March 2022 Official
United Arab Emirates 17–19 March 2022 Official
Qatar 21 March 2022 Official
Kuwait 22–23 March 2022 Official
United Kingdom 2–6 June 2022 Official

See also