His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Her Royal
Highness the Crown Princess will pay an official visit to Canada’s
capital Ottawa and Toronto on 17-19 September, 2014 to head up a Danish
business promotion.
- The program will focus on trade in health, food, architecture and green building and design and fashion.
- Around 80 Danish companies and organizations involved in export promotion.
- During the visit, the Crown Prince Couple will participate in a number of commercial and cultural activities, which aims to strengthen relations between Denmark and Canada as well as partnerships between Danish and Canadian companies.
- In Ottawa, the Crown Prince Couple will lay a wreath at Canada’s war memorial and meet with the Canadian Governor-General.
- Moreover, they will at a local school to participate in an event against bullying - a subject which is precisely one of the Crown Princess priorities through the Mary Foundation.
- The Visit to Ottawa ends with a reception at the Danish Embassy attended by representatives from the Canadian government and the participating Danish business delegation.
- The visit continues in Toronto, where the royal couple will participate in a series of seminars in Danish fashion, design and green building.
- The Crown Princess will visit a Danish fashion and design exhibition, while the Crown Prince will be presented with a Danish-Canadian partnership for the construction of a Danish low-energy house in Canada.
- The royal couple will also visit Canada’s oldest and largest department store, The Hudson Bay Company, where about 30 Danish businesses in the fashion, design and food in a 3-week period has opened so-called pop-up shops. Here, the Crown Princess will visit the Danish-British chef Paul Cunningham.
- In 2015, Toronto will host the Pan American Games, which brings together 41 nations from North and South America to the world’s third largest multi-sport event. During the visit to Toronto, the Crown Prince Couple will visit one of the stadiums that will provide a framework for the Games. The royal couple will also be presented with a Danish-designed wheelchair for use by hockey players with disabilities.
- The Royal Couple will also participate in a series of seminars and events in the health sector, which in Canada is high demand for Danish solutions.
- The Ambassador will host a dinner at the Royal Ontario Museum and the visit ends with a film screening of the Danish western The Salvation from 2014.