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Governor General Arbour shaking hands with people at the Canada Day ceremony at Lebreton Flats Park.

This list is not exhaustive.

Each year the Governor General participates in numerous activities and engagements that do not appear on our website. Such activities can include meetings involving heads of diplomatic mission, senior public servants, military officials, elected officials, representatives of organizations, viceregal representatives and more. Disclosure of the Governor General’s activities and events is provided on a yearly basis through the publication of annual reports by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.

You can search for a specific event by keyword or narrow your results by using quotation marks to search for an exact title (e.g. “Speech from the Throne”). You can also use the filters to specify the type of document you are looking for, the date of the event, etc. Note that special characters such as commas and symbols are not accepted.

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    Governor General Mary Simon signing a document at a large wooden table.

    Dissolution of Parliament

    Prime Minister Mark Carney presented Governor General Mary Simon with an instrument of advice recommending the dissolution of Parliament.

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    Rows of medals on a table in the foreground. An audience is seated in the background.

    Order of Military Merit Ceremony

    Governor General Mary Simon invested 62 members of the Canadian Armed Forces into the Order of Military Merit at a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

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    InvestInYourself Youth Summit

    Governor General Mary Simon attended the InvestInYourself Youth Summit, which took place at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa.

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    Swearing-in Ceremony

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the prime minister and members of the 30th Canadian ministry at Rideau Hall.

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    Governor General Mary Simon having a conversation with another woman on a stage.

    Elevate International - Celebration of International Women’s Day

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, participated in a fireside conversation at Elevate International’s annual event in celebration of International Women’s Day.

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    Governor General Mary Simon signing a document at a large wooden table.

    Dissolution of Parliament

    Prime Minister Mark Carney presented Governor General Mary Simon with an instrument of advice recommending the dissolution of Parliament.

  • Image
    Rows of medals on a table in the foreground. An audience is seated in the background.

    Order of Military Merit Ceremony

    Governor General Mary Simon invested 62 members of the Canadian Armed Forces into the Order of Military Merit at a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

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    InvestInYourself Youth Summit

    Governor General Mary Simon attended the InvestInYourself Youth Summit, which took place at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa.

  • Image

    Swearing-in Ceremony

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the prime minister and members of the 30th Canadian ministry at Rideau Hall.

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    Governor General Mary Simon having a conversation with another woman on a stage.

    Elevate International - Celebration of International Women’s Day

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, participated in a fireside conversation at Elevate International’s annual event in celebration of International Women’s Day.

  • Image
    Governor General Mary Simon signing a document at a large wooden table.

    Dissolution of Parliament

    Prime Minister Mark Carney presented Governor General Mary Simon with an instrument of advice recommending the dissolution of Parliament.

  • Image
    Rows of medals on a table in the foreground. An audience is seated in the background.

    Order of Military Merit Ceremony

    Governor General Mary Simon invested 62 members of the Canadian Armed Forces into the Order of Military Merit at a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

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    InvestInYourself Youth Summit

    Governor General Mary Simon attended the InvestInYourself Youth Summit, which took place at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa.

  • Image

    Swearing-in Ceremony

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the prime minister and members of the 30th Canadian ministry at Rideau Hall.

  • Image
    Governor General Mary Simon having a conversation with another woman on a stage.

    Elevate International - Celebration of International Women’s Day

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, participated in a fireside conversation at Elevate International’s annual event in celebration of International Women’s Day.