Canadian royalty


Canadian royalty may refer to Canadians; who are members of royal families, Canadian through birth, naturalization, or marriage; or Canadian families that are given the epithet or moniker as Canadian royalty or Canadian royals. Additionally, Canada is a monarchy, so members of the Canadian monarchy are Canadian royalty.

Former monarchies of Canada

Former colonial monarchies of territory now Canada

Many tribes, bands, nations, have or still have inherited chieftainships, with hereditary chiefs. Canadian colonization of the land required that these First Nations groups have elected band councils and tribal chiefs, which the federal government would recognize and deal with. The colonial expansion also resulted in waves of diseases that have wiped out some hereditary lineages. None of the remaining hereditary chiefs or lineages are recognized as royal by the Canadian governments.

Royalty

Royal house of Canada

Members of the royal house of the monarchy of Canada are the royalty of Canada de jure
Had Great Britain been invaded by Nazi Germany during World War II, the British royal family would have relocated to Canada, during Operation Rocking Horse, into Hatley Castle, Victoria, BC.

Members of the House of Windsor who resided in Canada

Several Canadians have had very serious relationships just short of marriage, and could have entered into the House of Windsor

Maritally and lineally associated with the Royal Houses of Canada

  • Autumn Phillips, of Montreal, married Peter Phillips in 2008, son of Princess Anne; then divorced in 2021. She was considered a part of the Royal Family, the first Canadian so entering the royal family.
  • * Peter Phillips, married Autumn Kelly of Montreal, son of Princess Anne, the Princess Royale, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, therebeing the grandson of Elizabeth II. Peter does not have an HRH title, as Princess Anne rejected the proposal for her children Peter and Zara, the first born to a princess without titles in 500 years in Britain. Phillips was a member of the line-of-succession to the throne.
  • ** Savannah Phillips, born to Autumn and Peter, great-grandchild of Elizabeth II. She was in the line of succession to the throne under Elizabeth II. She is the most senior Canadian in the line of succession.
  • ** Isla Phillips, born to Autumn and Peter, great-grandchild of Elizabeth II. She was in the line of succession to the throne under Elizabeth II. She is the second most senior Canadian in the line of succession.