What is Monarchy of Canada?
{{Infobox monarchy | border = federal |royal_title = King |realm = Canada |native_name = {{nobold|''Roi du Canada''}} |coatofarms = Royal Coat of arms of Canada.svg |coatofarms_article = |armsnote = |image = King Charles III (July 2023).jpg |incumbent = [[Charles III]] |incumbentsince = 8 September 2022 |his/her = His |heir_apparent = [[Prince William, Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://canadiancrown.gc.ca/eng/1334843914438| last=Department of Canadian Heritage| title=Crown in Canada > Royal Family > His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=1 August 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220173126/http://canadiancrown.gc.ca/eng/1334843914438| archive-date=20 December 2013| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> |residences = [[Rideau Hall]], [[Ottawa]]<br />[[Citadelle of Quebec|La Citadelle]], [[Quebec City]] |website = [https://www.canada.ca/en/services/culture/canadian-identity-society/monarchy-crown.html Monarchy and the Crown] }} {{Politics of Canada}} The '''monarchy of Canada''' is the main figure of [[Canada]]'s constitutional [[Canadian federalism|federal]] structure and [[Westminster system|Westminster-style]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[democracy]]. The monarchy is currently represented by a [[king]] who appoints a [[Governor General of Canada|governor general]] to represent him in Canada. The current Canadian [[monarch]] and [[Head of state#Governors-general (Commonwealth realms)|head of state]] is King [[Charles III]], who has reigned since 8 September 2022. Charles' eldest son, [[William, Prince of Wales|Prince William, Prince of Wales]], will eventually inherit the position as [[heir apparent]]. The monarch is a part of the [[Executive (government)|executive]] ([[King-in-Council]]), [[legislative]] ([[King-in-Parliament]]), and [[judicial]] ([[Court system of Canada|King-on-the-Bench]