Prime Minister Mark Carney walks with Louise Arbour to announce the new governor general during an event in Ottawa, May 5 2026. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Mark Carney has picked former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour to be Canada’s next governor general.
“Louise Arbour has held nearly every office a Canadian jurist can hold, and several that no Canadian has held before,” Carney said during a May 5 press conference at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
