--- title: Obama Will Host Justin Trudeau at the White House in March description: The Canadian prime minister and his wife will attend a state dinner canonical: https://time.com/4162697/obama-justin-trudeau-white-house-march/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-28T21:38:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:40:06.500Z article:section: Politics og:title: Obama Will Host Justin Trudeau at the White House in March og:description: The Canadian prime minister and his wife will attend a state dinner og:url: https://time.com/4162697/obama-justin-trudeau-white-house-march/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52dcbf49d6f467ef/69887700bc6cfc84573db02a/obama-justin-trudeau.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Will Host Justin Trudeau at the White House in March twitter:description: The Canadian prime minister and his wife will attend a state dinner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52dcbf49d6f467ef/69887700bc6cfc84573db02a/obama-justin-trudeau.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Will Host Canada's Justin Trudeau at the White House in March > Sponsored content. 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Sean Kilpatrick—The Canadian Press/AP by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Dec 28, 2015 9:38 PM UTC Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau will [travel to the White House on March 10 ](https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/681572629963214848)for an official visit and a state dinner. “The visit will be an opportunity for the United States and Canada to deepen their bilateral relationship, which is one of the closest and most extensive in the world and is based on a shared history, common values, and a vast and intricate network of cultural, familial, and commercial ties,” said Press Secretary Josh Earnest in a statement. “The visit is also intended to advance cooperation on important bilateral and multilateral issues, such as energy and climate change, security, and the economy.” Bill Clinton was the last U.S. president to host a Canadian prime minister, Jean Chrétien, at a state dinner in 1997. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4162697/obama-justin-trudeau-white-house-march/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4162697/obama-justin-trudeau-white-house-march/"},"headline":"Obama Will Host Canada's Justin Trudeau at the White House in March","datePublished":"2015-12-28T21:38:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:40:06.500Z","description":"The Canadian prime minister and his wife will attend a state dinner","url":"https://time.com/4162697/obama-justin-trudeau-white-house-march/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52dcbf49d6f467ef/69887700bc6cfc84573db02a/obama-justin-trudeau.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52dcbf49d6f467ef/69887700bc6cfc84573db02a/obama-justin-trudeau.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama","caption":"Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama","creditText":"Sean Kilpatrick—The Canadian Press/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4162697/obama-justin-trudeau-white-house-march/","name":"Obama Will Host Canada's Justin Trudeau at the White House in March"}}]}] ```