Queen Elizabeth handed away on the age of 96 on Thursday, and through her reign, she visited Canada greater than 20 instances.
From her first go to to Canada as Queen in 1957 to her ultimate in 2010, right here’s a glance again on every go to Queen Elizabeth II made to the nation.
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1957 Royal Tour
Dates: October 12 to 16 (4 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Ottawa and Hull; HM opened 1st Session – twenty third Parliament.
1959 Royal Tour
Dates: June 18 to August 1 (45 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Tour of Canada (all provinces and each territories included), Opening of St-Lawrence Seaway.
1964 Royal Tour
Dates: October 5 to 13 (Eight days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Charlottetown, Québec, Ottawa – To attend the commemoration of conferences at Charlottetown and Québec in 1864.
1967 Royal Tour
Dates: June 29 to July 5
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Ottawa, Montréal – In Ottawa, to attend ceremonies regarding Centennial Anniversary – Go to Expo ’67 in Montréal.
1970 Royal Tour
Dates: July 5 to fifteen (10 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Churchill, Thompson, Gillan, Flin Flon, Norway Home, Swan River, The Pas, Dauphin, Clear Lake, Brandon, Bailey Farm, Portage la Prairie, Oakville, Winnipeg, Carman, Beauséjour, Decrease Fort Garry, Manitoba; one centesimal Anniversary of Manitoba’s entry into Confederation; NWT – To take part within the Centennial of the NWT.
1971 Royal Tour
Dates: Could 3 to 12 (9 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Victoria, Vancouver, Tofino, Kelowna, Vernon, Penticton, William Lake, Comox. To mark the Centenary Anniversary of BC into Confederation.
1973 Royal Tour
Dates: June 25 to July 5 (11 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Toronto, Cobourg, Kingston, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, London, St. Catherines, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Scarborough, Brampton, Malton, Ontario; Charlottetown, Summerside, Mount Carmel, PEI; Regina, Saskatchewan; Calgary, Alberta – to take part in occasions marking the RCMP centennial, the centennial of PEI in Confederation, the tercentenary of Kingston, prolonged tour of Ontario.
1973 Royal Tour
Dates: July 31 to August 4 (4 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Ottawa – Commonwealth Heads of Authorities Assembly. Remarks: Prince Philip had a program of his personal whereas Her Majesty was receiving heads of presidency in viewers at Rideau Corridor.
1976 Royal Tour
Dates: July 13 to 25 (13 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Nova Scotia – New Brunswick – Montréal (XXI Olympiad).
1977 Royal Tour
Dates: October 14 to 19 (Fives days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Ottawa – On the event of Silver Jubilee 12 months.
1978 Royal Tour
Dates: July 26 to August 6 (12 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: St. John’s, Deer Lake, Strawberry Hill, Nook Brook, Stephenville Airport, Newfoundland; Regina, Yorkton, Fort Qu’Appelle, Balcarres, Melville, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan; Edmonton (XI Commonwealth Video games), Grande Prairie, Peace River, St. Paul, Vegreville, Fort Saskatchewan, Mundare, Chipman, Lamont, Bruderheim, Fort Edmonton, Alberta.
1982 Royal Tour
Dates: April 15 to 19 (4 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Ottawa – On the event of the Proclamation of the Structure Act, 1982.
1983 Royal Tour
Dates: March 8 to 11 (4 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Vernon, Kamloops, New Westminster. On the finish of Her American West Coast Tour.
1984 Royal Tour
Dates: September 24 to October 7 (13 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Dieppe, Shediac, Moncton, Fredericton, Sackville, Riverview. To take part within the Bicentennial of New Brunswick. Ottawa, Morrisburg, Cornwall, Prescott, Kingston, Amherstview, Windsor, Brantford, Sudbury. To take part within the Bicentennial of Ontario. Winnipeg, Dauphin, Brandon, Dugald. The Queen had not been to Manitoba since 1970.Remarks: The Queen alone visited Manitoba. Prince Philip left Canada after Sudbury programme.
1987 Royal Tour
Dates: October 9 to 24 (16 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: North Saanich, Qualicum Seaside (non-public retreat). Vancouver, Victoria, Esquimalt: to take part in opening classes of presidency – Heads of Authorities Assembly; Regina, Fort Qu’Appelle (non-public retreat), Saskatoon, Yorkton, Canora, Veregin, Kamsack, Kindersley, in Saskatchewan. First go to to Saskatchewan since 1978; Québec, Sillery, Cap Tourmente, Rivière-du-Loup, La Pocatière: first official go to to Quebec since 1964.
1990 Royal Tour
Dates: June 27 to July 1 (5 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Calgary, Reed Deer, Alberta. Ottawa, Ontario.
1992 Royal Tour
Dates: June 30 to July 2 (Three days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Ottawa (for the 125th anniversary of Confederation and the 40thanniversary of the Accession); Hull (for a reception hosted by the Prime Minister on the Canadian Museum of Civilization).
1994 Royal Tour
Dates: August 13 to 22 (10 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Halifax, Sydney, Fortress of Louisbourg, Dartmouth; Victoria, (for the Commonwealth Video games), Non-public Retreat at Twin Island, Prince George for the Queen, Prince Rupert, Khutzeymateen Valley for the Duke of Edinburgh; Yellowknife, Rankin Inlet, Iqaluit.
1997 Royal Tour
Dates: June 23 to July 2 (10 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: St. John’s, NF; Gander (HRH); Bonavista (arrival of the Matthew); Labrador: NorthWest River, Shetshatshiu, Completely happy Valley Goose Bay (HRH); London, ON, Non-public retreat (Pink Tail), Manitoba (HRH) to see injury from floods; Stratford; Brantford; Toronto; North Bay; Petawawa (HRH); Ottawa.
2002 Royal Tour
Dates: October 4 to fifteen (12 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: On the event of The Queen’s Jubilee; Iqaluit, NU; Victoria & Vancouver, BC; Winnipeg, MB; Toronto, Oakville, Hamilton, ON; Fredericton, Sussex, Moncton, NB; and NCR.
2005 Royal Tour
Dates: Could 17 to 25 (9 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Regina, Saskatoon, SK; Jasper, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Calgary, AB, to have a good time the centennial of those provinces’ entry into Confederation.
2010 Royal Tour
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Dates: June 28 to July 6 (9 days)
Locations visited throughout the tour/duties performed: Halifax, NS; Ottawa, ON; Winnipeg, MB; and Toronto, ON.
