The Canadian Secretary to the Queen is the senior operational member of the Royal Household of the sovereign of Canada. The secretary is the principal channel of communication between the Queen and her Canadian government

Government of Canada

The Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council...

, provincial governments, and the governments of the fifteen other Commonwealth realm

Commonwealth Realm

A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth of Nations that has Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state. The sixteen current realms have a combined land area of 18.8 million km² , and a population of 134 million, of which all, except about two million, live in the six...

s, as well as holding responsibility for the official programme of tours of Canada

Royal tours of Canada

Canadian royal tours have been taking place since 1786, and continue into the 21st century, either as an official tour, a working tour, a vacation, or a period of military service by a member of the Canadian Royal Family...

 by members of the Royal Family and correspondence of the sovereign in the Canadian context. He or she will also draft speeches the Queen will deliver.

Secretaries to the Queen

• 1959 1986: Howard Graham
  Howard Graham
  Lieutenant General Howard Douglas Graham, was a Canadian Army Officer and former Chief of the General Staff.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1989 1991: John Perlin
• 1998 2009: M. Gaston Cloutier
• 1 April 2009: Kevin S. MacLeod

See also

• Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
  Secretary to the Governor General of Canada
  The Secretary to the Governor General is the head of the Office of the Governor General of Canada and is based at Rideau Hall, Ottawa. The current secretary is Stephen Wallace, appointed in 2011.-Secretaries to the governor general:...
  
  
• Private Secretary to the Sovereign
  Private Secretary to the Sovereign
  The Private Secretary to the Sovereign is the senior operational member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, as distinct from the Great Officers of the Household. The Private Secretary is the principal channel of communication with Her Majesty's Government and the...
  
  
• Principal Secretary (Canada)
  Principal Secretary (Canada)
  In Canada the Principal Secretary is a senior aide, often the most senior political aide, to a head of government. Formerly the position of Principal Secretary was the most senior in the Canadian Prime Minister's Office, though since 1987 it is second to the Chief of Staff...