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This category is for lists of viceroys and governors in what is now Canada, including Governors in New France, Governors and Governors general of British North American colonies that form part of Canada, lieutenant governors of Canadian provinces, and territorial governors and Commissioners.
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This is a list of women who have served as viceroys in Canada. Canada is a constitutional monarchy with King Charles III as the reigning Canadian monarch.As the King does not reside in Canada, his daily responsibilities in the country are undertaken by the Governor General of Canada in the federal jurisdiction and by a lieutenant governor in each of the ten provincial jurisdictions.
The following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada. Though the present-day office of the Governor General of Canada is legislatively covered under the Constitution Act, 1867 and legally constituted by the Letters Patent, 1947, the institution is, along with the institution of the Crown it represents, the oldest continuous and uniquely Canadian institution in Canada ...
English place names in Canada is a list of Canadian place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The names can also be derived from places founded by people with English surnames.
The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0-7705-1524-X. Hamilton, William B. (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802075703
This article presents a list of the viceroys of New France in chronological table form. Jean-François Roberval was appointed in 1540 by Francis I his lieutenant and governor for his lands in Canada. A number of authors cited in his bibliography named him first viceroy of Canada.
Canada is noted for having a positive relationship with the Netherlands, owing, in part, to its contribution to the Dutch liberation during the Second World War. [86] Canada has diplomatic and consular offices in over 270 locations in approximately 180 foreign countries. [199] Canada is a member of various international organizations and forums ...