Governor in Council of Canada

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Canadian federal institution executive authority

The Governor in Council of Canada is the federal executive authority exercised by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, responsible for making key governmental appointments and regulations.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Governor in Council	4
Governor-General in Council	3
Governor General in Council	2
Governor in Council (Canada)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal institution ⓘ executive authority ⓘ
actsOnAdviceOf	Queen’s Privy Council for Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
actsThrough	orders in council ⓘ
advisedBy	Cabinet of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Governor General in Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	federal government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appoints	deputy ministers ⓘ heads of federal agencies ⓘ judges of federal courts ⓘ lieutenant governors of provinces ⓘ members of Crown corporations ⓘ members of federal tribunals ⓘ
canIssue	proclamations bringing statutes into force ⓘ regulations with force of law ⓘ
constitutionalMonarch	King Charles III NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalRole	formal executive of the Canadian federal government ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
decisionForm	order in council ⓘ
derivesAuthorityFrom	federal statutes ⓘ royal prerogative ⓘ
documentTypeUsed	Order in Council (OIC) NERFINISHED ⓘ
exercisesPowersOf	King in Right of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPowerTo	approve certain federal regulations and bylaws ⓘ create or dissolve certain federal offices ⓘ fix remuneration for certain public offices ⓘ
headedBy	Governor General of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution Act, 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ Letters Patent, 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ
makes	appointments ⓘ orders in council ⓘ proclamations ⓘ regulations ⓘ
operatesUnderPrinciple	responsible government ⓘ
oversees	many federal regulatory decisions ⓘ
practicallyControlledBy	Cabinet of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedBody	Privy Council Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	implementation of certain federal statutes ⓘ issuing regulations under federal acts ⓘ making certain diplomatic appointments ⓘ making key senior public service appointments ⓘ
scope	federal executive decision-making ⓘ
supportedBy	Privy Council Office NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canada Council for the Arts → boardAppointedBy → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

Queen’s Privy Council for Canada → relatedConcept → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor in Council

Canadian Transportation Agency → appointedBy → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor in Council

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada → appointedBy → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

Intelligence Commissioner of Canada → appointmentBy → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor in Council

Executive Government of the Commonwealth → powerExercisedBy → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General in Council

Telecommunications Act (Canada) → grantsPowerTo → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

Board of Broadcast Governors → appointedBy → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor General in Council

CDS → reportsTo → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)

this entity surface form: Governor in Council (Canada)

Member of the Order of Australia → approvalBy → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General in Council

Federal Executive Council of Australia → styleOfActs → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General in Council

Commissioner → appointedBy → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Commissioner of the Northwest Territories

this entity surface form: Governor in Council

North-West Legislative Assembly → subordinateTo → Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor General in Council