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Governor General Arbour shaking hands with people at the Canada Day ceremony at Lebreton Flats Park.

This list is not exhaustive.

Each year the Governor General participates in numerous activities and engagements that do not appear on our website. Such activities can include meetings involving heads of diplomatic mission, senior public servants, military officials, elected officials, representatives of organizations, viceregal representatives and more. Disclosure of the Governor General’s activities and events is provided on a yearly basis through the publication of annual reports by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.

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    Decorations of the Order of Canada on a table.

    Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony

    Governor General Mary Simon invested 4 Companions (C.C.), 21 Officers (O.C.) and 29 Members (C.M.) into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

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    Governor General Simon and Mr. Fraser are standing before a display of shoes.

    National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

    Governor General Mary Simon joined Survivors, Indigenous leaders and dignitaries to honour the thousands of lives lost or traumatically impacted by the residential school system at the national commemorative gathering on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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    Governor General Mary Simon is standing at a podium. People are seated in front of her. Many people are wearing orange shirts. There is a large stone building in a background.

    Survivors’ Flag Raising Ceremony on Parliament Hill

    Governor General Mary Simon delivered remarks at a national ceremony to honour residential school Survivors.

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    Governor General Simon and Mr. Whit Fraser are speaking with a person, standing in a grocery aisle. There is a bin of bananas in the foreground.

    Visit to Québec and Lévis

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser visited various groups and organizations in Québec and Lévis on September 24 and 25, 2024.

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    Rows of medals lined up on a table. Each medal is attached to a ribbon using an arrangement of dark blue, bright red and white.

    King Charles III Coronation Medal Ceremony (La Citadelle)

    Governor General Mary Simon presented the King Charles III Coronation Medal to 57 individuals during a ceremony at the Citadelle of Québec.

  • Image
    Decorations of the Order of Canada on a table.

    Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony

    Governor General Mary Simon invested 4 Companions (C.C.), 21 Officers (O.C.) and 29 Members (C.M.) into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

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    Governor General Simon and Mr. Fraser are standing before a display of shoes.

    National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

    Governor General Mary Simon joined Survivors, Indigenous leaders and dignitaries to honour the thousands of lives lost or traumatically impacted by the residential school system at the national commemorative gathering on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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    Governor General Mary Simon is standing at a podium. People are seated in front of her. Many people are wearing orange shirts. There is a large stone building in a background.

    Survivors’ Flag Raising Ceremony on Parliament Hill

    Governor General Mary Simon delivered remarks at a national ceremony to honour residential school Survivors.

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    Governor General Simon and Mr. Whit Fraser are speaking with a person, standing in a grocery aisle. There is a bin of bananas in the foreground.

    Visit to Québec and Lévis

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser visited various groups and organizations in Québec and Lévis on September 24 and 25, 2024.

  • Image
    Rows of medals lined up on a table. Each medal is attached to a ribbon using an arrangement of dark blue, bright red and white.

    King Charles III Coronation Medal Ceremony (La Citadelle)

    Governor General Mary Simon presented the King Charles III Coronation Medal to 57 individuals during a ceremony at the Citadelle of Québec.

  • Image
    Decorations of the Order of Canada on a table.

    Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony

    Governor General Mary Simon invested 4 Companions (C.C.), 21 Officers (O.C.) and 29 Members (C.M.) into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

  • Image
    Governor General Simon and Mr. Fraser are standing before a display of shoes.

    National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024

    Governor General Mary Simon joined Survivors, Indigenous leaders and dignitaries to honour the thousands of lives lost or traumatically impacted by the residential school system at the national commemorative gathering on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

  • Image
    Governor General Mary Simon is standing at a podium. People are seated in front of her. Many people are wearing orange shirts. There is a large stone building in a background.

    Survivors’ Flag Raising Ceremony on Parliament Hill

    Governor General Mary Simon delivered remarks at a national ceremony to honour residential school Survivors.

  • Image
    Governor General Simon and Mr. Whit Fraser are speaking with a person, standing in a grocery aisle. There is a bin of bananas in the foreground.

    Visit to Québec and Lévis

    Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser visited various groups and organizations in Québec and Lévis on September 24 and 25, 2024.

  • Image
    Rows of medals lined up on a table. Each medal is attached to a ribbon using an arrangement of dark blue, bright red and white.

    King Charles III Coronation Medal Ceremony (La Citadelle)

    Governor General Mary Simon presented the King Charles III Coronation Medal to 57 individuals during a ceremony at the Citadelle of Québec.