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Usage of the phrase Dominion of Canada was employed as the country's name after 1867, predating the general use of the term dominion as applied to the other autonomous regions of the British Empire after 1907.
Canada is a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II the queen of Canada as the head of state, with her role delegated to the governor general, who is appointed on the advice of the prime minister by the reigning monarch[1] for an unlimited period of time (recent tradition is to keep it at 5 year terms).