Canadians in Rhodes

15/05/2023

New passport design

The Government of Canada has unveiled a new passport design, with an updated reference of Canada’s new king, His Majesty King Charles III.

Canada has become the 1st of 15 Commonwealth Realms to update its travel documents to appropriately reference the new king. 👑🇨🇦

03/05/2023

23/01/2023

The ‘Royal’ Canadian Air Force, ‘Royal’ Canadian Navy & many ‘Royal’ army regiments remind us that the Canadian Forces 🪖 serve The King & the interests of the nation as a whole 🇨🇦, not a particular government or political party.

15/10/2021

Today in 1957, The Queen of Canada & Prince Philip stood under the Peace Tower following Her Majesty’s Speech from the Throne, officially opening a new session of Canada’s Parliament.

14/10/2021

Today in 1951, Toronto’s streets are lined as well wishers welcome Princess Elizabeth & Prince Philip on their first Royal Visit to Canada. The five-week tour took the couple across the country just 4-months before she became Canada’s Queen.

12/10/2021

Today in 1951, Princess Elizabeth attends a state banquet at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, during her first visit to Canada. 4-months later she would become Canada’s Queen.

09/10/2021

Best of luck to the 1st Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 🇨🇦 (based in Shilo, Manitoba) who began as Her Majesty The Queen’s guard 💂‍♀️ at Buckingham Palace yesterday! This year marks 150 years since the regiment’s formation.

05/10/2021

A group of Canadian troops based in Manitoba have made the trip across the pond to serve as the Queen's Guard at a number of royal residences, including Buckingham Palace.

26/09/2021

Ontario’s official motto is “Loyal she began, loyal she remains” refers to Ontario’s Loyalist settlers. Many of the American colonists who remained loyal to the Crown during the American Revolution relocated to Ontario, then Upper Canada.

25/09/2021

In 1858, to avoid confusion with Colombia in South America & New Caledonia in the Pacific, Queen Victoria joined the Hudson Bay Company’s districts of Columbia & New Caledonia together & named the colony, “British Columbia”.

21/09/2021

Yousuf Karsh was an Armenian-Canadian photographer from Montreal, Quebec, and a favourite photographer of The Queen. Photographing her as a Princess and later as Queen from 1943 until 1987 - some of the most iconic pictures of The Queen are by Karsh.