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Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada, will attend Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ in Toronto against Bosnia and Herzegovina, on June 12, 2026, at 3 p.m.

Canada’s 31st governor general, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, was installed during a ceremony in the Senate Chamber, in Ottawa, earlier today.

I look at Canada through the eyes of someone who has known it both up close and from afar, always with admiration.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2025 Michener Awards during a ceremony at Rideau Hall on June 18, 2026.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will take part in a ceremony hosted by Aboriginal Veterans Autochtones (AVA) to mark the 25th anniversary of the unveiling of the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada, will receive the credentials of four new heads of mission during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

Let us continue to build bridges between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, strengthening Canada’s defence—so that together, we may meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Tonight, we celebrate something that has been at the heart of much of the work I have done throughout my own professional life. Journalists, lawyers, historians —with different tools, different objectives, different options and constraints— we share the same unwavering dedication to the truth.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada, will take part in her first-ever Canada Day national noon ceremony at Lebreton Flats Park, in Ottawa, on July 1, where she will deliver remarks and preside over a special Order of Canada investiture ceremony.

The union of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard within one department, in shared service to the country, is an important milestone in the history of civilian and military co-operation in Canada.

We are a country of seasons. Seasons of joy and sadness. Graduation season, wedding season, moving season, seasons for every rite of passage.

The world is watching the country that we are building together.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada, announces 61 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including 4 Companions, 19 Officers and 38 Members. Five appointments represent promotions within the Order.

Canada values the many ways our peoples, institutions and communities work together, looking out for each other in a spirit of respect and collaboration.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will take part in two special events on June 26, 2026, as part of the summer program at Rideau Hall.

Today, in Francophone communities across Canada and throughout the province of Quebec, people will come together to celebrate Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, or as it is now known in Quebec, la fête nationale.

Your contributions are not just individual efforts. Together, they bring about positive change in our country and strengthen its standing in the world.

For a century, The Royal Canadian Legion has supported our veterans during and beyond their years of service, while keeping their stories alive and paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

As devastating wildfires continue to impact thousands of people around the world, my thoughts are particularly with all Canadians who have been affected by this crisis.