 Canada has had its own Privy Council — the Queen 's Privy Council for Canada — since 1867 . While the Canadian Privy Council is specifically " for Canada " , the Privy Council discussed above is not " for the United Kingdom " ; in order to clarify the ambiguity where necessary , the latter was traditionally referred to as the Imperial Privy Council . Equivalent organs of state in other Commonwealth realms , such as Australia and New Zealand , are called Executive Councils . 
