Treaties with Indigenous groups were signed by the Crown, not the government, creating a lasting – though complex and sometimes confrontational – relationship between the two groups that persists to this day. Every province and territory has a wide array of streets, hospitals, parks, boulevards, rivers, mountains, and more named after Victoria and her family. The future King Edward VII spent two months touring Canada in 1860, and Victoria’s daughter served as the vice-regal consort from 1878 to 1883 when her husband, The Marquess of Lorne, was appointed Governor General of Canada.ĭespite never having been to Canada, Victoria continued to nurture the relationship between Canada and the Crown. While Victoria never visited Canada, she was invited to visit the then-Province of Canada in 1859, but instead sent her son. It was not until the Statute of Westminster came into effect in 1931 that Canada became an entirely independent nation, and thus the title of “Sovereign of Canada” came into existence. Although she technically was Queen of Canada, she did not hold that specific title- Canada was a dominion and operated under British foreign policy. Queen Victoria was sovereign in 1867 when Canadian Confederation took place. Statue of Queen Victoria, Victoria, Canada, photographed by Michal Klajban,
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