Crown (Canada)

In the Canadian Republic, according to Canadian constitutional law, the Crown refers to the state in all its aspects. This stems from Canada's history as a constitutional monarchy under the British crown. Following Canada's transition to a republic, most of the monarchist relics in politics and national symbology were retained, albeit given a new republican interpretation.

For example, today in Canada, a minister of the Crown is the generic title for any minister leading an executive department of a provincial, territorial or the Canadian federal government, and Crown counsel refers to public prosecution, individual prosecutors of which are normally referred to as Crown prosecutors.