The Canadian Queen’s Dominion Day Message 1959

1 July 1959 In the midst of a long tour of Canada, Canada’s young Queen makes a Dominion Day address to the country from her Canadian residence at Rideau Hall. In English and French, she praises the country for having attained unity and notes that Canada was the first independent country in the Commonwealth. Her Majesty also says she is glad that in a country too big for her to visit everywhere, television can take her into all Canadian homes.