List of Canadian Royal Commissions
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This is an incomplete list of Royal Commissions appointed by the Sovereign in Right of Canada. Royal Commissions have been held in Canada since Confederation; they usually consist of a panel of experts appointed by the Governor-in-Council to carry out full investigations of specific national problems. When the investigation is complete, the findings of the commission are reported to the Cabinet for appropriate action.[1] The Crown in right of each province can also appoint a Royal Commission, although they are not included in this list.
Since 1867, Canada has had over 200 Royal Commissions. These commissions are searchable in the index to Federal Royal Commissions.
[edit] Royal Commissions
- Commission to Inquire into the Present State and Probable Requirements of the Civil Service (1868)
- Royal Commission to Inquire into the Cause and Nature of the Obstruction Offered in the North-West Territories to the Peaceable Ingress of the Honourable William McDougall (1869)
- Commission to Inquire into the State of the Laws Connected with the Administration of Justice in Rupert's Land and the North-West Territories (1870)
- Royal Commission to Inquire into the Best Means for the Improvement of the Water Communications of the Dominion and the Development of the Trade with the North-Eastern Portion of North America (1870)
- Royal Commission Relating to Canadian Pacific Railway (1873)
- Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration (1885)
- Royal Commission on Railways (1887)
- Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital (1887)
- Royal Commission on Chinese and Japanese Immigration (1902)
- Royal Commission on Transportation of Canadian Goods through Canadian Ports (1903 – 1905)
- Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (The McKenna-McBride Commission) (1912)
- Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting (The Aird Commission) (1929)
- Royal Commission to Investigate the Penal System of Canada (The Archambault Report) (1938)
- Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (The Rowell-Sirois Commission) (1937 – 1940)
- Royal Commission on Administrative Classifications in the Public Service (1946)
- Royal Commission on Transportation (1949 – 51).
- Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences (The Massey-Lévesque Commission) (1949 – 1951)
- Royal Commission on Patents, Copyright and Industrial Designs (1954 – 1960)
- Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects (The Gordon Commission) (1955 – 1958)
- Royal Commission on Broadcasting (The Fowler Commission) (1955)
- Royal Commission on Energy (The Borden Commission) (1957 – 1959)
- Royal Commission on Government Organization (The Glassco Commission) (1960 – 1962)
- Royal Commission on Transportation (The MacPherson Commission)
- Royal Commission on Publications (The O'Leary Commission)
- Royal Commission on Health Services (The Hall Report) (1961 – 1964)
- Royal Commission on Taxation (1962 – 1966)
- Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (The Laurendeau-Dunton Commission) (1963 – 1967)
- Royal Commission on the Status of Women (1967–1970)
- Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs (The Le Dain Commission) (1969 – 1973)
- Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration (1975 – 1978)
- Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Activities of the RCMP (The McDonald Commission) (1977 – 1981)
- Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (MacDonald Commission) (1982 – 1985)
- Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing (1991)
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1991 – 1996)
- Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies (1993 – 1994)
- Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (The Krever Commission) (1995 – 1997)
- Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (The Romanow Report) (2000 – 2002)
