From 1878 to 1883, the Marquess of Lorne, accompanied by his wife, Princess Louise, lived in Canada as Governor General.
The first tour of Canada by a reigning monarch was that of King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth in 1939.
She has travelled to Canada in the following years: 1951 - as The Princess Elizabeth, undertook the trip in place of her ailing father; 1957; 1959; 1964; 1967; 1970; 1971; 1973; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1987; 1990; 1992; 1994; 1997; 1999; 2002; 2005.