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For the second time in less than a week, Canadians are faced with the atrocities committed at residential schools. Our thoughts are with the Wauzhushk Onigum Nation, who today announced that ground-penetrating radar has detected more than 170 anomalies at the site of a former residential school in K...

OTTAWA, Ontario—Members of the media are invited to Rideau Hall to cover a presentation of credentials of five new heads of mission to Canada.

Welcome to your new roles, ambassadors and high commissioners from Costa Rica, Mauritius, Angola, Laos and Samoa.

OTTAWA, Ontario—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will present Canada’s top architecture and landscape architecture honours to outstanding Canadians during an upcoming ceremony at Rideau Hall.

Architecture, including landscape architecture, not only shapes our land, but also helps shape our story.

OTTAWA, Ontario—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will honour Canada’s top student-athletes for their leadership, both on and off the field.

OTTAWA, Ontario—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will meet with His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on Friday, January 27, 2023, at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa.

All of you being honoured here today have worked so hard to excel at your chosen sport and also at your academics.

As we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I know we can all work together to create a compassionate, caring, safer country for Jewish people and for all the diverse peoples of this world.

On January 29, 2017, six men were killed at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec. These men had just finished evening prayers. The attack was fueled by hate and fear.

OTTAWA, Ontario—At the request of the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will undertake a State visit to the Republic of Finland, from February 6 to 10, 2023, to mark 75 years of formal bilateral rela...

Ski, snowshoe or sled your way to the grounds of Rideau Hall for this year’s Winter Celebration on February 11, 2023, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

OTTAWA, Ontario—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will be supported by Canadian leaders when she undertakes a State visit to the Republic of Finland from February 6 to 10, 2023.

The future, as you know, depends on the health of our oceans.

Diplomatic visits are how countries demonstrate the importance and value of our relationships with the international community.

Our countries have a wonderful diplomatic and historic relationship, built steadily and with purpose over the past 75 years.

OTTAWA, Ontario—The grounds of Rideau Hall will come alive during this year’s Winter Celebration. Young and old alike will have fun outside while taking part in more than 20 free activities, performances and more on the grounds of the official residence and workplace of the governor general.

One of the most important aspects of the work we are doing is to involve generations who will be in charge of their own future, and we must remember that.

Today, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, completed a State visit to the Republic of Finland. The visit celebrated 75 years of friendship with Finland and showed Canada’s support to the Arctic community as the world continues to adapt to these times of intern...

In recent months we have witnessed an increase in abusive, misogynistic and racist engagement on social media and online platforms, including a greater number of violent threats.