List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II


Queen Elizabeth II became Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952 and remained Head of the Commonwealth until her death on 8 September 2022. During that time, she toured the Commonwealth of Nations widely. She visited all member states except for Cameroon, and the three most recently joined member states, Rwanda, Togo and Gabon. Her first foreign tour was before her accession when she accompanied her parents to the countries of Southern Africa in 1947.
Tours of the British Islands are excluded from the list below.

1950s

DateCountryHost
6 February 1952Kenya|colonial

1960s

DateCountryHost
20 January 1961Cyprus|1960

1970s

DateCountryHost
2–3 March 1970Canada

1980s

DateCountryHost
24–28 May 1980Australia

1990s

DateCountryHost
1–16 February 1990New Zealand

2000s

DateCountryHost
17 March – 1 April 2000Australia

2010s

DateCountryHost
28 June – 6 July 2010Canada

Commonwealth countries and territories never visited by Elizabeth II

Other territories
Australian Antarctic Territoryefn|name=NominalTerritory|Though nominally called territories, these regions are constitutionally integrated into their respective countries.