Visits By President
| President | Date | Type | Hosted by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren G. Harding | 26 July 1923 | Official | None | Harding was the first sitting US President to visit Canada, stopping in Vancouver on his way home from Alaska. It was in Vancouver that a crowd of 50,000 gathered to hear the President speak; however, while playing golf there, Harding contracted pneumonia, and a week later died. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 29 June – 1 July 1933 | Unofficial | None | This was a private vacation to the Roosevelt family home on New Brunswick's Campobello Island. |
| 28 July – 31 July 1936 | State/unofficial | The Baron Tweedsmuir |
The first three days of the trip were to Campobello Island for a vacation; on 31 July Roosevelt travelled to Quebec City for official duties. | |
| 18 August 1938 | State | Albert Edward Matthews |
The President, along with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, and His Majesty's representative, The Lieutenant Governor Edward Matthews, dedicated the Thousand Islands Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River. At the same time, Roosevelt also received an honorary degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. | |
| 14 August – 16 August 1939 | Unofficial | None | This was a vacation to Campobello Island and to Sydney, Nova Scotia. | |
| 21 August – 23 August 1939 | Unofficial | None | Roosevelt stopped at Halifax, Nova Scotia on his way back to the United States. | |
| 17 August – 25 August 1943 | Working | The Earl of Athlone |
Roosevelt travelled to Canada to attend the Quebec Conference in Quebec City, Quebec. The conference was also attended by Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. | |
| 11–16 September 1944 | Working | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Roosevelt returned to Quebec for the second Quebec Conference, attended by the same dignitaries as the year previous. | |
| Harry S. Truman | 10 June – 12 June 1947 | State | The Earl of Athlone |
Truman met with the Governor General and Prime Minister Mackenzie King in what was only his second of four peacetime trips abroad. |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | 13 November – 15 November 1953 | State | Vincent Massey |
Eisenhower resided at Rideau Hall and addressed a joint session of parliament. |
| 8 July – 11 July 1958 | Working | John Diefenbaker |
Eisenhower again addressed a joint session of the Canadian parliament. | |
| 26 June 1959 | State | Elizabeth II |
Eisenhower and the Queen jointly opened the Saint Lawrence Seaway. | |
| John F. Kennedy | 16 May – 18 May 1961 | State | Georges Vanier |
This was Kennedy's first foreign trip following his inauguration; he travelled to Ottawa and addressed a joint session of parliament. |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 16 September 1964 | Working | Lester B. Pearson |
Johnson met with Prime Minister Pearson to participate in ceremonies related to the Columbia River Treaty. |
| 21 August – 22 August 1966 | State | John B. McNair |
Johnson travelled to Campobello Island to lay the cornerstone of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park and conferred informally with Prime Minister Pearson. | |
| 25 May 1967 | State | Roland Michener |
Johnson was in Montreal for Expo 67, and met privately with the Governor General and Prime Minister Pearson. | |
| Richard Nixon | 13 April – 15 April 1972 | State | Roland Michener |
Nixon travelled to Ottawa to address parliament and meet with Prime Minister Trudeau to sign the Great Lakes Treaty. |
| Ronald Reagan | 10 March – 11 March 1981 | State | Edward Schreyer |
This was Reagan's first international trip as president, during which he met with the Governor General, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and gave a speech to a joint session of parliament. |
| 19 July – 21 July 1981 | Working | Pierre Trudeau |
Reagan was in Montebello, Quebec to attend the 7th G7 summit. | |
| 17 March – 18 March 1985 | Working | Brian Mulroney |
Reagan met with Mulroney for the Shamrock Summit in Quebec City, Quebec. | |
| 4 April – 5 April 1987 | State | Jeanne Sauvé |
Reagan travelled to Ottawa and resided at Rideau Hall, where he met with Governor General Sauvé, and Prime Minister Mulroney, and addressed a joint session of parliament on 6 April. | |
| 19 June – 21 June 1988 | Working | Brian Mulroney |
Reagan was in Toronto, Ontario, to attend the 14th G7 summit. | |
| George H. W. Bush | 10 February 1989 | Working | Brian Mulroney |
This was Bush's first international trip as president, during which he went to Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Mulroney. |
| 10 April 1990 | Bush was in Toronto to meet with Prime Minister Mulroney. | |||
| 13 March – 14 March 1991 | Bush was in Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Mulroney and sign the Air Quality Agreement. | |||
| 9 July 1991 | Bush went to Toronto to meet with Prime Minister Mulroney. | |||
| Bill Clinton | 3 April – 4 April 1993 | Working | Brian Mulroney |
This was Clinton's first foreign trip as president, in which he travelled to Vancouver to attend a summit meeting with Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Mulroney. |
| 22 February – 24 February 1995 | State | Roméo LeBlanc |
Clinton undertook various ceremonial duties in Ottawa, including speaking to a joint session of parliament. | |
| 15 June – 17 June 1995 | Working | Jean Chrétien |
Clinton went to Halifax to attend the 21st G7 summit. | |
| 23 – 25 November 1997 | Clinton was in Vancouver to attend the 9th APEC summit. | |||
| 7 – 8 October 1999 | Clinton travelled to Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, to meet with the Prime Minister and Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard, and attend a conference on federalism, before moving on to Ottawa, where he opened the US Embassy. | |||
| George W. Bush | 20 April – 22 April 2001 | Working | Jean Chrétien |
Bush went to Quebec City to attend the Summit of the Americas. This was not Bush's first foreign visit, which a number of Canadians viewed as a slight. |
| 25 June – 27 June 2002 | Bush was in Kananaskis, Alberta, to attend the 28th G8 summit. | |||
| 1 December 2004 | State | Myra Freeman |
Bush travelled to Halifax to deliver an official speech at Pier 21 and conduct a series of other events before returning to the US the same day. | |
| 20 August – 21 August 2007 | Working | Stephen Harper |
North American Leaders' Summit in Montebello, Quebec | |
| Barack Obama | 19 February 2009 | Working | Stephen Harper |
Obama made his first international trip a brief five hour visit to Ottawa, where he was greeted by Governor General Michaëlle Jean and held meetings with Prime Minister Harper and Michael Ignatieff, the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. |
| 25 June – 27 June 2010 | Travelled to Huntsville, Ontario to attend the 36th G8 summit and to Toronto for the 2010 G-20 summit |
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