The cruiser arrived too late for combat but participated in the return to Hong Kong, Manila, and Japan before settling into Canadian service. Her 1948 voyage to Pearl Harbor with destroyers and a frigate became the Royal Canadian Navy's first large postwar deployment. Later exercises with Canadian and Australian forces and work alongside the carrier Magnificent made Ontario a visible fleet centerpiece. Carrying Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip during the 1951 royal visit added a diplomatic role to a service career that ended in 1958.
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HMCS Ontario became Canada's fleet cruiser
Transferred before completion, Ontario supported Canada's postwar Pacific exercises, fleet deployments, and royal visits.