The Queen will visit Canada from June 28 to July 6, and will spend Canada Day in Ottawa. (Canadian Press)The Queen and Prince Philip will visit Canada next summer.

The royal couple will visit from June 28 to July 6 and will stop in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Manitoba, spending Canada Day in Ottawa, the Governor General's office confirmed Friday.

The Department of Canadian Heritage is expected to issue a detailed itinerary at a later date.

It will be the Queen's 22nd official visit to Canada.

She first came in 1957, when she opened a session of Parliament. Her most recent visit was in May 2005, when she toured the western provinces.

The announcement of next summer's visit came after she met Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday.

"The Crown endures as a symbol of our unique Canadian identity, uniting Canadians of every background and every region," Harper said. "Canadians hold Her Majesty and the royal family in deep affection and high regard, a sentiment which is clearly mutual."

Some recent polls, however, suggest that much of the lustre has faded from royal tours.

A recent survey by the Strategic Counsel indicated 65 per cent of Canadians believe ties to the monarchy should be severed when the Queen dies.

Canada spent $2.6 million on the 11-day visit by Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, who arrived in St. John's, N.L., on Nov. 2 and visited four provinces.

According to documents obtained through a federal access to information request by Sun Media, the cost of hotel rooms for the visit was more than $135,000. Other expenses included $40,000 for a tour website and $630,000 to pay staff who worked on the visit.

With files from The Canadian Press