Grand Council may refer to:
- Grand Council (Qing Dynasty), an important policy-making body in the Qing Empire
- Great Council of Venice, legislative body that existed from 1172 to 1797
- Grand Conseil, two institutions during the Ancien Régime in France
- Grand Council (Switzerland), a unicameral legislative style adopted by a number of cantons in Switzerland
- Grand Council of Fascism, the main body of Mussolini's Fascist government in Italy
- Grand Council of the Crees, the political body that represents the approximately 14,000 Crees of the James Bay and Nunavik regions
- Grand Council (Mi'kmaq)
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