List of Canadian royal commissions

This is an incomplete list of Canadian royal commissions or commissions of inquiry since Confederation. Commissions typically consist of a panel of distinguished experts or judges appointed by the Governor General-in-Council to carry out full investigations into specific national problems. Once their task is complete, the findings of the commission are 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
  • 1861 – Royal Commission on the Defence of Canada[1]
  • 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)
  • 1924 – Royal Commission to Inquire into and Report upon Affairs of the Home Bank of Canada and in the Matter of the Petition of the Depositors in the said Home Bank of Canada
  • 1927 – Royal Commission on Customs and Excise inquiry
  • 1929 – Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting (The Aird Commission)
  • 1933 – Royal Commission on Banking and Currency (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)
  • 1959-1962 – Royal Commission on Transportation (The MacPherson Commission)
  • 1960-1961 – 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)
  • 1966-1968 – Royal Commission on Security (The Mackenzie Commission)[2]
  • 1967–1970 – Royal Commission on the Status of Women (The Bird Commission)
  • 1968 – Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Cape Breton coal industry (The Donald Commission)
  • 1969 – Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Failure of Atlantic Acceptance Corporation, Limited.[3]
  • 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)
  • 1978 – Royal Commission on the Toronto Jail and Custodial Services (The Shapiro Commission)
  • 1982–1985 – Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (The MacDonald Commission)
  • 1984-1986 – Royal Commission on Seals and the Sealing Industry in Canada
  • 1988-1992 – Royal Commission on the Future of the Toronto Waterfront (The Crombie Commission)
  • 1989-1992 – Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation (The Hyndman Commission)
  • 1989–1993 – Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies (The Baird Commission)
  • 1991 – Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing (The Lortie Commission)
  • 1991–1996 – Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Since the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, commissions have more commonly been referred to as Commissions of Inquiry

Commissions of Inquiry
  • 1989-1992 – Commission of Inquiry into the Air Ontario Crash at Dryden, Ontario (The Moshansky Commission)
  • 1993–1997 – Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (The Krever Commission)
  • 1995-1997 – Commission of Inquiry Into the Deployment of Canadian Forces to Somalia
  • 2001–2002 – Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (The Romanow Commission)
  • 2001-2006 – Commission of Inquiry Into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar
  • 2004–2006 – Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities (The Gomery Commission)
  • 2006-2010 – Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182 (The Major Commission)
  • 2008-2010 – Commission of Inquiry Into Certain allegations Respecting Business and Financial Dealings Between Karlheinz Schreiber and the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
  • 2009-2012 – Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River (The Cohen Commission)

See also

References
  1. "General Sir Henry Lynedoch Gardiner: Diaries". Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives. 1837–1868. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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