The Maple and the Crown. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1985. 85 min. (A history of the royal family’s relationship with Canada, which includes photographs and footage of various royal tours.)

The Princess and the People. Chicago: Home Vision, 1984. 51 min. (BBC video that includes
extensive footage of the visit to Canada in 1983 by the Prince and Princess of Wales.)

The Queen Mum in Canada. Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2002. 50 min. (Higlights of the Queen Mother's eleven tours to Canada, beginning with the 1939 tour with King George VI.)
 
 

Franklin Roosevelt Library: Great Britain Diplomatic Files, Box 38, King and Queen, June 1938-June 1939. Accessed June 13, 2004. Index and primary source documents pertaining
to the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada and the US in 1939.

Franklin Roosevelt Library: The Royal Visit. Accessed June 13, 2004. Overview of the 1939
visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the White House and Hyde Park, with links
to original correspondence pertaining to the visit and the seating chart for the state dinner
in their honor.

Her Majesty the Queen: Jubilee Tour of Canada - Victoria. Accessed June 13, 2004. An account of the Queen's visit to Victoria during her Golden Jubilee visit to Canada in October, 2002, with photos and accounts of her appearances at individual events.

Photo Galleries. Accessed June 13, 2004. Gallery of over 75 photos from the 1950s through the 1990s drawn from the Queen's nineteen previous visits to Canada prior to the Golden Jubilee.

The Prince of Wales: 2001 Royal Visit. Accessed June 13, 2004. Official Canadian government site with narrative, itinerary, speeches, and photos from Prince Charles' visit to Saskatchewan and the Yukon, with a link to a chronology of his twelve previous visits to Canada.

The Prince of Wales' Visit to the Saskatchewan Legislature, April 26, 2001. Accessed June 13, 2004.
This site contatins fourteen color photos and a verbatim transcript of the proceedings of his visit to the legislature on this date.

Princess Diana's Klondike Dress. Accessed June 13, 2004. Painstakingly researched site about the dress worn by Princess Diana at a barbecue at Fort Edmonton, Alberta, during the 1983 royal tour of Canada. The dress is currently on display at The University of Alberta's Clothing and Textiles Collection.

Private and Official Visits Since 1953. Accessed June 13, 2004. A detailed chronology listing every private and official public visit paid by members of the British Royal Family to Canada since 1953, including the dates, the number of days of each visit, and the communities visited. The list includes deceased members of the family such as The Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, and Princess Marina, the Dowager Duchess of Kent, as well as more obscure members of the current family such as the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and Princess Alexandra. It does not include the late Princess of Wales or Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. Otherwise, it is probably the most comprehensive and authoratative source to consult for such information.

Protocol Office: Royal Visit 2004. Accessed June 13, 2004, Official site from the Saskatchewan Protocol Office about the visit of HRH Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, from June 4-7, 2004, to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, in her official capacity as Colonel-in-Chief of the Regina Royal Rifles, which was one of the first Canadian regements to land on the beaches at Normandy. She also unveiled a commemorative plaque in Regina to the British war brides of Saskatchewan.

Protocol Office: Royal Visit 2003. Accessed June 13, 2004, Official site from the Saskatchewan Protocol Office about the visit of HRH The Earl of Wessex from June 18-22, 2003, which occurred as part of a larger tour of Canada. Among the many ceremonial events he attended was the opening ceremony of the First Nations University of Canada and the presentation of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards.

Protocol Office: Royal Visit 2001. Accessed June 13, 2004. Official site from the Saskatchewan Protocol Office about the visit of the HRH The Prince of Wales to Saskatchewan, which includes a chronology of previous royal visits to the province and the full-text pdf file of a commerative booklet pubished by the government, Saskatchewan Royal Reflections: The Prince of Wales in Saskatchewan, April 2001.

The Royal Itinerary of the Prince of Wales' Canadian Tour. Accessed June 13, 2004. An irreverent look at Prince Charles' 2001 Canadian tour by Hamilton Spectator editorial cartoonist Graeme McKay.

Royal Visit: 2002. Accessed June 13, 2004. Official Canadian government site for the Queen's Golden Jubilee visit to Canada in October 2002.

Royal Visits from 1786 to 1951. Accessed June 13, 2004. Though there is no link between the two pages, this page is put out by the same Canadian Heritage site that produced the Private and Official Visits Since 1953 listed above. Like it, it is also a detailed chronological listing of all official and private visits by members of the British Royal Family to Canada with dates, period of time spent, and communities visited, for the period from 1786 through 1951.

Royal Visits: Heritage Resources. Accessed June 13, 2004. Chronicles the many royal visits of the royal family to Saint John from 1794 to 1983. This is an extensive site that has had a lot of time and thought put into it, and is quite appealing.

Royal Visits to the University of British Columbia Campus. Accessed June 13, 2004. A nice historical site that has made excellent use of the university's archives to supply photos and historical information about Queen Elizabeth's visits to their campus in 1951, 1959, and 1983, in celebration of her Golden Jubilee visit in 2002.

Welcoming the Royals: the Archival Legacy. Accessed June 13, 2004. One of the finest sites I have yet run across on historic royal visits, which is an online exhibit put up by the province
of British Columbia Archives in Victoria in conjunction with the Queen's October 2002 visit.
It incorporates documents, photos, film, and other rare items from their holdings to make a very interesting and accessible site.

William in Chile. Accessed June 13, 2004. Contains articles, pictures, and  video clips of Prince William's ten week volunteer sojourn in Chile during 2001 on behalf of the charity Raleigh International.

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