Past state funerals and national commemorative ceremonies

The state funeral of the Honourable Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Montréal,
Quebec, April 13, 1868.
Source: James Inglis, Library and Archives Canada/ C-083423

State funerals

Prime Ministers

  • 1891 – The Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald
  • 1894 – The Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
  • 1915 – The Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper
  • 1919 – The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier
  • 1937 – The Right Honourable Sir Robert Borden
  • 1950 – The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King
  • 1960 – The Right Honourable Arthur Meighen
  • 1972 – The Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson
  • 1973 – The Right Honourable Louis S. Saint Laurent
  • 1979 – The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker
  • 2000 – The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau
  • 2020 – The Right Honourable John Napier Wyndham Turner

Governors General

Ministers

  • 1940 – The Honourable Norman McLeod Rogers
  • 1941 – The Right Honourable Ernest Lapointe
  • 1942 – The Right Honourable Raoul Dandurand
  • 1950 – The Honourable Humphrey Mitchell
  • 1955 – The Honourable Alcide Côté
  • 1959 – The Honourable Sidney Smith
  • 1980 – The Honourable Daniel J. MacDonald

Others

National commemorative ceremonies

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