Executive Councils in the provinces and territories of Canada are constitutional organs headed by the Lieutenant-Governor.
The Cabinet is an informal grouping within the Council, headed by a provincial Premier, whom hold de facto power over the body. The Executive Council is a larger body, including both Cabinet members, former Cabinet members and other individuals, which technically advises the Lieutenant-Governor but which in practice has purely ceremonial purpose. They serve the same function provincially as the Queen's Privy Council for Canada does federally except that the Executive Council does not have the ceremonial role of directly advising the Queen, proclaiming her successors, or assenting to some Royal Marriages.
These are the:
Canadian territories also have councils. These are the:
The executive branch of the Canadian federal government is not called an executive council. Executive power is exercised by the Canadian Cabinet who are always members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
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