This page lists those monarchs who have reigned over Canada since Confederation in 1867, at which time the country was deemed to have become a kingdom in its own right, though before that date the territories that today comprise Canada were reigned over by successive European monarchs since 1534.

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  • This page lists those monarchs who have reigned over Canada since Confederation in 1867, at which time the country was deemed to have become a kingdom in its own right, though before that date the territories that today comprise Canada were reigned over by successive European monarchs since 1534. While Canada became self-governing Dominion within the British Empire in 1867, the concept of the state being fully independent, and sharing a sovereign with the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, did not emerge until the passage of the Statute of Westminster in 1931. Since that time, the Canadian Crown has been recognized as legally distinct from the crowns of the other Commonwealth realms, meaning that Canada is a kingdom in its own right with a distinct national monarch. Still, though the term King of Canada was used as early as the beginning of the reign of George VI, it was not until 1953 that the style was made official; Elizabeth II was the first monarch to be separately proclaimed as Queen of Canada, by the Royal Style and Titles Act.
  • Maison de Hanovre Maison de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha puis de Windsor
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  • This page lists those monarchs who have reigned over Canada since Confederation in 1867, at which time the country was deemed to have become a kingdom in its own right, though before that date the territories that today comprise Canada were reigned over by successive European monarchs since 1534.
  • Maison de Hanovre Maison de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha puis de Windsor
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  • List of Canadian monarchs
  • Liste des souverains du Canada
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