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Canadian government

Her Majesty's Government
The bilingual Government of Canada wordmark
Signature
Formation 1867
Country Canada
Website canada.ca
Crown
Head of state Monarch
Viceregal representative Governor general
Seat Rideau Hall
Legislative (Queen-in-Parliament)
Legislature Parliament
Meeting place Centre Block
Executive (Queen-in-Council)
Main body Queen's Privy Council for Canada
Leader President of the Privy Council
Main organ Cabinet
Head of government Prime minister
Meeting place Langevin Block
Judicial (Queen on the Bench)
Court Supreme court

The Government of Canada, French: Gouvernement du Canada, or more formally Her Majesty's Government (French: Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada. It is based in the national capital of Ottawa, Ontario. The head of government is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party the Liberal Party of Canada won the majority of seats in the Canadian Parliament in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

In Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council. In both senses, the construct was established at Confederation—through the Constitution Act, 1867—as a federal constitutional monarchy, wherein the Canadian Crown acts as the core, or "the most basic building block," of its Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. The Crown is thus the foundation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Canadian government. Further elements of governance are outlined in the rest of the Canadian constitution, which includes written statutes, court rulings, and unwritten conventions developed over centuries.


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