Governor General of Canada

Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, is the official residence of the Governor General of Canada.

Charles Stanley Monck, Canada's first general governor since his independent era.

Jeanne Sauvé, first woman to be governor general of Canada, in 1984.

In Canada, the governor (or governor) general (French: gouverneur général or gouverneur générale; in English: Governor General) acts as head of state and is the representative of the British monarch (currently Charles III), who is also the king and head of State of Canada. In the past, the Governors General of Canada were members of the British nobility. But since 1952, there has been a new policy of appointing Canadian citizens to office. A citizen who possesses a distinguished record of public service to the nation may be nominated for the office of Governor General by the Prime Minister of Canada, the formal appointment being made by the monarch.

Canadian Governors General use the honorific prefix The or The Most Honourable during their lifetime, and also Her Excellency during their time in office. The charge. His official residence is Rideau Hall in Ottawa, and there is also another occasionally used official house in Quebec City called La Citadelle.

Executive power in Canada and the administrative function are fully held by the Prime Minister and his Government; the governor-general carries out many symbolic, formal, cultural and ceremonial activities, such as the supreme command of the Canadian Armed Forces. The Governor General signs all of Canada's federal laws, in order to give them political legitimacy, accepting the advice of members of the Upper House and the Prime Minister. When a new session of Parliament opens, the Governor-General also reads the speech from the throne, prepared by the members of the political party that has a majority in the Government. The Governor General is required to be able to speak fluently in French and English, the two official languages of Canada.

On January 21, 2021, Julie Payette resigned her position as Governor General, a position that Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, took over in an interim capacity. Mary Simon, is the current Governor General as of July 26, 2021.