List of Canadian Royal Commissions

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This is an incomplete list of Canadian Royal Commissions since Confederation. Royal Commissions typically consist of a panel of experts appointed by the Governor General-in-Council to carry out full investigations into specific national problems. When this task is complete, the findings of the commission are then reported to the Cabinet for appropriate action. The Crown in right of each province can also appoint a Royal Commission, although they are not included in this list.

Royal Commissions

  • 1868  Royal Commission to Inquire into the Present State and Probable Requirements of the Civil Service
  • 1869  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
  • 1870  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
  • 1873  Royal Commission Relating to Canadian Pacific Railway
  • 1885  Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration
  • 1887  Royal Commission on Railways
  • 1887  Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital
  • 1902  Royal Commission on Chinese and Japanese Immigration
  • 1905  Royal Commission on Transportation of Canadian Goods through Canadian Ports
  • 1912  Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (The McKenna-McBride Commission)
  • 1919  Royal Commission on Industrial Relations (The Mathers Commission)
  • 1929  Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting (The Aird Commission)
  • 1933  Royal Commission on Banking and Finance (The Macmillan Commission)
  • 1938  Royal Commission to Investigate the Penal System of Canada (The Archambault Commission)
  • 1937-1940  Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (The Rowell-Sirois Commission)
  • 1945  Royal Commission on the Halifax Disorders, May 7th-8th, 1945
  • 1946  Royal Commission on Administrative Classifications in the Public Service
  • 1946  Royal Commission to Investigate the Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the Communication, by Public Officials and Other Persons in Positions of Trust, of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of a Foreign Power (The Kellock-Taschereau Commission)
  • 1949-1951  Royal Commission on Transportation
  • 1949-1951  Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences (The Massey-Lévesque Commission)
  • 1954 – Royal Commission on the Revision of the Criminal Code
  • 1954-1960  Royal Commission on Patents, Copyright and Industrial Designs
  • 1955-1958  Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects (The Gordon Commission)
  • 1955  Royal Commission on Broadcasting (The Fowler Commission)
  • 1957-1959  Royal Commission on Energy (The Borden Commission)
  • 1960-1962  Royal Commission on Government Organization (The Glassco Commission)
  • – Royal Commission on Transportation (The MacPherson Commission)
  • – Royal Commission on Publications (The O'Leary Commission)
  • 1961-1964  Royal Commission on Health Services (The Hall Commission)
  • 1962-1966  Royal Commission on Taxation (The Carter Commission)
  • 1963-1967  Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (The Laurendeau-Dunton Commission)
  • 1968  Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Cape Breton coal industry (The Donald Commission)
  • 1967-1970  Royal Commission on the Status of Women (The Bird Commission)
  • 1969  Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Failure of Atlantic Acceptance Corporation, Limited.
  • 1969-1973  Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs (The Le Dain Commission)
  • 1975-1978  Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration
  • 1981  Royal Commission on Newspapers (The Kent Commission)
  • 1977-1981  Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Activities of the RCMP (The McDonald Commission)
  • 1982-1985  Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (The MacDonald Commission)
  • 1986  Royal Commission on Seals and the Sealing Industry in Canada
  • 1991  Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing (The Lortie Commission)
  • 1991-1996  Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
  • 1993-1994  Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies (The Baird Commission)
  • 1995-1997  Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (The Krever Commission)
  • 2000-2002  Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (The Romanow Commission)
  • 2004-2006  Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities (The Gomery Commission)
  • September 2006-February 2008  Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182 (The Major Commission)

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