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

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Follow the activities of the Governor General in Canada and abroad.

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.

  • His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales shakes the hand of an Indigenous leader as he walks in front of a row of people. Governor General Simon walks to his left.

    Royal Tour of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser participated in several elements of the Royal Tour of Canada of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

  • The Governor General is standing next to Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands outside of Rideau Hall.

    Princess Margriet of the Netherlands visits Rideau Hall

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, was honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven to Rideau Hall.

  • The Governor General is handing over a flag.

    Visit to Toronto

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser undertook a visit to Toronto on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

  • Governor General Mary Simon looking out at nature while in Nunavik.

    Official visit to Governor General’s home region of Nunavik

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser undertook an official visit to Nunavik, northern Quebec, from May 9 to 13, 2022.

  • The insignia of the Order is a stylized snowflake of six points, with a red annulus at its centre which bears a stylized maple leaf

    Governor General invests 23 recipients into the Order of Canada

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, invested 10 Officers (O.C.) and 13 Members (C.M.). into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

  • His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales shakes the hand of an Indigenous leader as he walks in front of a row of people. Governor General Simon walks to his left.

    Royal Tour of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser participated in several elements of the Royal Tour of Canada of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

  • The Governor General is standing next to Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands outside of Rideau Hall.

    Princess Margriet of the Netherlands visits Rideau Hall

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, was honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven to Rideau Hall.

  • The Governor General is handing over a flag.

    Visit to Toronto

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser undertook a visit to Toronto on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

  • Governor General Mary Simon looking out at nature while in Nunavik.

    Official visit to Governor General’s home region of Nunavik

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser undertook an official visit to Nunavik, northern Quebec, from May 9 to 13, 2022.

  • The insignia of the Order is a stylized snowflake of six points, with a red annulus at its centre which bears a stylized maple leaf

    Governor General invests 23 recipients into the Order of Canada

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, invested 10 Officers (O.C.) and 13 Members (C.M.). into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

  • His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales shakes the hand of an Indigenous leader as he walks in front of a row of people. Governor General Simon walks to his left.

    Royal Tour of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser participated in several elements of the Royal Tour of Canada of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

  • The Governor General is standing next to Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands outside of Rideau Hall.

    Princess Margriet of the Netherlands visits Rideau Hall

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, was honoured to welcome Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven to Rideau Hall.

  • The Governor General is handing over a flag.

    Visit to Toronto

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser undertook a visit to Toronto on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

  • Governor General Mary Simon looking out at nature while in Nunavik.

    Official visit to Governor General’s home region of Nunavik

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser undertook an official visit to Nunavik, northern Quebec, from May 9 to 13, 2022.

  • The insignia of the Order is a stylized snowflake of six points, with a red annulus at its centre which bears a stylized maple leaf

    Governor General invests 23 recipients into the Order of Canada

    Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, invested 10 Officers (O.C.) and 13 Members (C.M.). into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.