Canadian Institutions Established By Governors General
- Royal Society of Canada – The Marquess of Lorne
- Canada's first anti-tuberculosis association – The Earl of Minto
- The Battlefields Park – The Lord Grey
- King's Jubilee Cancer Fund – The Earl of Bessborough
- Vanier Institute of the Family – Georges Vanier
- Sauvé Foundation – Jeanne Sauvé
- The Hnatyshyn Foundation – Ray Hnatyshyn
- Institute for Canadian Citizenship – Adrienne Clarkson
- Michaëlle Jean Foundation – Michaëlle Jean
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