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Canada's relationship with the British monarchy

Canada's evolution from colonial governance to a distinct constitutional partnership with the British monarchy, with the monarch as head of state but exercising power through Canadian institutions

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Jan 30, 2026

Has the Canadian monarch ever exercised reserve powers in recent history?

The sovereign of has theoretical but, in modern practice, has not personally exercised those powers in recent history; instead, most—and in effect almost all—reserve authority is exercised by the Crow...