Vanier, Georges-Philias National Historic Person

Québec, Quebec
Gouverneur général Georges Vanier et Pauline Vanier, Rideau Hall, Ottawa. © Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada
Georges and Pauline Vanier at Rideau Hall
© Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada
Major Vanier is shown in with the collar badges of the 22nd Battalion, and wearing the service ribbons for the Military Cross and another award or campaign ribbon. © Canada. Dept. of National Defence | Ministère de la Défense nationale / Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-002777Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II and Rt. Hon. Georges P. Vanier, Governor-General of Canada, at the Citadel in Quebec. Oct. 1964 © Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / PA-Gouverneur général Georges Vanier et Pauline Vanier, Rideau Hall, Ottawa. © Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada
Address : 1 Côte de la Citadelle, Québec, Quebec

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 1983-11-18
Life Date: 1888 to 1967

Other Name(s):
  • Vanier, Georges-Philias  (Designation Name)

Importance: Governor General of Canada (1959-67), soldier, ambassador to France (1944-53)

Plaque(s)


Existing plaque:  Inside the Québec Citadel NHSC, Québec, Quebec

Governor General from 1959 to 1967, Vanier had a distinguished military and diplomatic career. A founder of the Royal 22e Régiment, he served with it in the First World War and was its commanding officer from 1925 to 1928. General Vanier represented Canada as Military Attaché to the League of Nations, Secretary to the Canadian High Commission in London, and Minister to France. In 1944 he became Canada's first Ambassador to France. He was highly esteemed by his troops and countrymen, and as the first French-Canadian Governor General since Confederation, dedicated himself to promoting national unity.