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United States presidential visits to Canada

United States presidential visits to Canada

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There have been 41 United States presidential visits to Canada by 14 presidents over the past century. As the U.S. president is both head of state and head of government, these visits have taken many forms, ranging from formal state visits to official visits, working visits, or private visits (or, as in the case of Franklin D. Roosevelt, personal vacations).

Governor General Michaëlle Jean escorts President Barack Obama from Air Force One, in Ottawa, Ontario, during his February 2009 presidential visit to Canada

Since the first presidential visit, made by Warren G. Harding in 1923 (just a few weeks before his death), Canada has become one of the most common presidential international travel destinations. Since the Franklin Roosevelt administration, only Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter never visited Canada while in office.[1] Eight presidents have addressed a joint session of the Parliament of Canada, with Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan both speaking twice.

Table of visits

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Dominion of Newfoundland

Prior to becoming a Canadian province in 1949, Newfoundland was a separate Dominion. President Franklin Roosevelt visited there twice: He vacationed at Bay of Islands and Bonne Bay on August 17 to 20, 1939. Two years later, between August 9 and 12, he returned to Newfoundland, ostensibly for another vacation. In actuality, he conferred with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard HMS Prince of Wales and USS Augusta in Placentia Bay. At the conclusion of the conference, they issued the Atlantic Charter.[4][18]

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References

  1. "Presidential visits to Canada". Toronto Sun. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  2. "Travels of President Warren G. Harding". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  3. "Warren G. Harding & Stanley Park". The History of Metropolitan Vancouver.
  4. "Travels of President Franklin D. Roosevelt". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  5. "Travels of President Harry S. Truman". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  6. "Travels of President Dwight D. Eisenhower". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  7. "Travels of President John F. Kennedy". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  8. "Travels of President Lyndon B. Johnson". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  9. "Travels of President Richard M. Nixon". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  10. National Research Council (U.S.); Royal Society of Canada (1985). The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: an evolving instrument for ecosystem management. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. p. 22.
  11. "Travels of President Ronald Reagan". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  12. "Travels of President George H. W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  13. "Travels of President William J. Clinton". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  14. "Travels of President George W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  15. "Travels of President Barack Obama". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  16. Gratwick, Harry (2009). Penobscot Bay: People, Ports & Pastimes. The History Press. p. 72.

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