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THE MONARCHY AND CANADA


The Crown’s authenticity as a


Canadian institution arises from the Queen’s simultaneous status as monarch in other realms. The title Canadian Crown can appear misplaced when speaking about a monarch whose accent and place of residence seem so distant from the Canadian experience. Understood as an institution and placed within the broader continuum of Canadian history, however, we find that the constitutional entity we today refer


to as the Canadian Crown closely reflects our national reality. This is seen in the evolution of


the monarchies of Nouvelle France (now Quebec) and British North America. Through a consistent and incremental tailoring of governance arrangements in response to specific Canadian challenges, the Crown gradually emerged as a uniquely Canadian institution in support of an independent Canadian state. This process produced a number of


innovations that are easily recognized today as distinctively Canadian. Take, for example, Canada’s bilingualism and multiculturalism. Following the 1763 Treaty of Paris, by which former French territories were signed over to the British Crown, King George III adopted measures that guaranteed the rights, benefits and freedoms to “the several Nations or Tribes of Indians with whom We are connected, and who live under Our Protection”. He later extended


Above: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Toronto in 2005.


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