List of Canadian Royal Commissions

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. [ [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/indexcommissions/g6-120-e.html About Royal Commissions - Index to Federal Royal Commissions ] ] 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 [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/indexcommissions/index-e.html index to Federal Royal Commissions] .

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 (1903ndash 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") (1937ndash 1940)
* Royal Commission on Administrative Classifications in the Public Service (1946)
* Royal Commission on Transportation (1949ndash 51).
* Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences ("The Massey-Lévesque Commission") (1949ndash 1951)
* Royal Commission on Patents, Copyright and Industrial Designs (1954ndash 1960)
* Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects ("The Gordon Commission") (1955ndash 1958)
* Royal Commission on Broadcasting ("The Fowler Commission") (1955)
* Royal Commission on Energy ("The Borden Commission") (1957ndash 1959)
* Royal Commission on Government Organization ("The Glassco Commission") (1960ndash 1962)
* Royal Commission on Transportation ("The MacPherson Commission")
* Royal Commission on Publications ("The O'Leary Commission")
* Royal Commission on Health Services ("The Hall Report") (1961ndash 1964)
* Royal Commission on Taxation (1962ndash 1966)
* Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism ("The Laurendeau-Dunton Commission") (1963ndash 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") (1969ndash 1973)
* Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration (1975ndash 1978)
* Royal Commission on Newspapers (The Kent Commission) (1981)
* Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Activities of the RCMP ("The McDonald Commission") (1977ndash 1981)
* Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada ("MacDonald Commission") (1982ndash 1985)
* Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing (1991)
* Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1991ndash 1996)
* Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies (1993ndash 1994)
* Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada ("The Krever Commission") (1995ndash 1997)
* Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada ("The Romanow Report") (2000ndash 2002)

References

See also

* Public inquiry
* Tribunal