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OTTAWA—At the request of the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will travel to Italy from November 29 to December 4, 2019.

OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will deliver the Speech from the Throne to formally open the first session of the 43rd Parliament of Canada. The event will take place on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at 2:40 p.m., at the Senate of Canada Building.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will host a dinner in honour of the heads of State, heads of government and heads of international organizations participating in the outreach session of the Charlevoix G7 Summit.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will meet with His Excellency Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, at the Citadelle of Québec, on Friday June 8, 2018, at 11 a.m.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will attend the Canada Day Noon Show on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Sunday, July 1, 2018.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will invest 5 Officers and 22 Members into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at the Citadelle of Québec, on Thursday, July 5, 2018, at 10:30 a.m (EDT).

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will preside over a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 10 a.m.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will invest 8 Officers and 31 Members into the Order of Canada on Thursday, September 6, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. at Rideau Hall.

OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will present the Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case to six laureates during a ceremony at the Railway Committee Room (253-D) in Centre Block, on Friday, December 14, 2018, at 9:30 a.m.

OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will invest 6 Officers and 18 Members into the Order of Canada during a ceremony at the Citadelle of Québec, on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at 11 a.m. The ceremony will be streamed online at www.gg.ca/.

OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will invest 1 Companion, 2 Officers and 37 Members into the Order of Canada on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at 10:30 a.m., at Rideau Hall. The investiture ceremony will be streamed live online at www.gg.ca/.

October 2, 2017 Installation Day of Julie Payette, Canada’s 29th Governor General OTTAWA—Today, Ms. Julie Payette will be installed as the 29th governor general of Canada. This momentous day will start with the installation ceremony inside the Senate Chamber, on Parliament Hill, and will be followed...

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will present the Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case to six laureates during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will offer opening remarks at the Trottier Public Science Symposium at McGill University.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, visited École élémentaire publique Kanata.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will visit Victoria and Vancouver as part of her first official visit to British Columbia from March 20 to 22, 2018.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will visit Iqaluit as part of her first official visit to Nunavut on April 12 and 13, 2018.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, will conduct a working visit to the cities of Chicago and Detroit, in the United States of America, on April 26 and 27, 2018.

Today, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, is announcing 99 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including two Companions, 32 Officers and 65 Members. Three appointments are promotions within the Order.

Ski, snowshoe or sled your way to the grounds of Rideau Hall for this year’s Winter Celebration on February 11, 2023, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.