Arthur Bousfield
1952 First proclaimed Queen in Canada among all the Commonwealth countries.
1953 Assumed the separate title “Queen of Canada”. Crowned 2 June after swearing to govern the peoples of Canada according to their laws and customs.
1955 Authorised the new Great Seal of Canada
1956 Approved the Yukon and Northwest Territories coats-of-arms
1957 Became the first of Canada’s Monarchs to open Parliament in person. Visited the U.S. as Queen of Canada.
1959 Made her first coast-to-coast tour as Queen. Opened the St Lawrence Seaway. Visited the U.S. as Queen of Canada.
1962 Adopted a personal flag for Canada based on her Canadian Royal Arms.
1964 Attended the centenary celebrations of the Charlottetown Conference. Addressed the Quebec Legislature.
1965 Proclaimed the National Flag of Canada.
1966 Approved the Ontario and Manitoba provincial flags.
1967 Established the Order of Canada. Presided at the centenary celebrations of Confederation. Met the House of Commons and Senate in a special outdoor session of Parliament on Parliament Hill. Visited Expo 67 in Montreal.
1970 Toured the North to demonstrate and reaffirm Canadian sovereignty there.
1971 Attended the centenary celebrations of British Columbia’s entry into Confederation.
1972 Established the Order of Military Merit.
1973 Toured Ontario, Prince Edward island, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Later in the same year attended the Commonwealth Conference in Ottawa.
1976 Opened the XXI Olympic Games in Montreal. Assembled her whole immediate family in Canada for the occasion.
1977 Celebrated her Silver Jubilee in Canada.
1978 Opened the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.
1981 Declared to the Queen’s Canadian Privy Council her consent to the Prince of Wales’ marriage.
1982 Proclaimed the revised Constitution in Ottawa.
1983 Invited the world to Vancouver for the 1986 World Fair.
1984 As Queen of Canada received the French President at the Canadian War Cemetery, Beny-sur-Mer, France during the D-Day anniversary.
1985 Became Canada’s longest reigning Monarch since Confederation.
1987 Toured British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Quebec.
1988 Authorised the creation of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
1990 Presided at the Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa. Gave permission for the addition of extra members to the Senate of Canada under Section 26 of the Constitution Act 1867.
1992 Presided at the 125th Anniversary of Confederation.
1993 Made the Victoria Cross part of the Canadian Honours System as the highest decoration for gallantry in the presence of the enemy.
1994 As Queen of the host country and Head of the Commonwealth, opened the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, B.C.
1997 At Bonavista celebrated the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Giovanni Caboto’s vessel The Matthew in Newfoundland – the beginning of the Monarchy in Canada.
2002 Celebrated the Golden Jubilee (50 years) of her reign in Ottawa.
2005 In Regina and Edmonton marked the centenary of the entry of Saskatchewan and Alberta into confederation as provinces
2007 As Queen of Canada visited Vimy Ridge in France for the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge won by Canadian troops on 9 April 1917.
2010 Presided at Canada Day in Ottawa on a tour of Ontario and the Maritimes. Attended the Queen’s Plate in Toronto. Observed the centenary of the Royal Canadian Navy (which began as the Naval Service of Canada in 1910 and was created the Royal Canadian Navy in 1911 by George V) by holding a great naval review in Halifax. Received the Sovereign’s sword of the Royal Canadian Navy. Laid the cornerstoneof the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg.
2015 In September surpassed in length of time the record breaking (63 years and 7 month) reign of Queen Victoria .
2017 At Canada House, London, celebrated the 150th anniversary of Confederation and her own Sapphire Jubilee (65 years) as Queen of Canada. Received the gift of the Snowflake Brooch from the Government of Canada to commemorate the two happy events. On 21 June designated St Catherine’s Chapel of Massey College, Toronto as a Chapel Royal - the third in Canada, all of them for the indigenous peoples.
2022 On 6 February attained her Platinum Jubilee (70 years) as Sovereign of Canada. On 7 September, the day before her death, sent a message of condolence and sympathy to the Government and people of Saskatchewan about the horrific murders that recently took place in the province.