Is Canada a common wealth to Great Britain?
Yes. Here’s more info from Buckingham Palace’s official site at http://www.royal.gov/uk “Canada is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy with The Queen as Sovereign. As a constitutional monarch, The Queen abides by the decisions of the Canadian Government, but she continues to play important ceremonial and symbolic roles. In all these duties, The Queen acts as Queen of Canada, quite distinctive from her role in the United Kingdom or any of her other realms. Over the course of more than 50 years The Queen has been a regular visitor to Canada, paying over 20 visits. Together with The Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen has travelled through every part of the different provinces to meet people from all cultures, walks of life and regions. Find out more about the Canadian monarchy in this section. HISTORY AND PRESENT GOVERNMENT Canada has been a monarchy for centuries – first under the kings of France in the sixteenth, seventeen
Yes, Canada is apart of the commonwealth with the Queen as our head of state. We had declared independence from the British rule, known as the The Canada Act of 1982, which is an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament that severed all remaining legislative dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom. Despite this, the United Kingdom still had the power to legislate for Canada. We continue to respect the Queen, and use her image on all of our Canadian currency. She is represented by our Governor-General, however, we do not pay any money to the Queen, either for personal income or to support the royal residences outside of Canada.
