The visit by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has ended, but calls for meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous peoples have not stopped.

The couple left Canada on Thursday night after a three-day tour that began in St. John's, Newfoundland, with a solemn moment reflecting on the deaths at residential schools and ended in the North with a meeting with First Nations chiefs about climate change.

Charles told people in Yellowknife that he was deeply moved by conversations with survivors who bravely shared their experiences at the schools.

Earlier in the visit, leaders of the Assembly of First Nations and the National Indigenous Peoples Council (Métis) called for an apology from the Queen, as head of the Church of England.

While the prince did not respond to this request, he said that community members and leaders on every occasion emphasized the importance of reconciliation.

Linda Gray, an Indigenous writer and community developer, says there has been a lot of listening and reflection instead of concrete action.

Gray, a member of the Ts'msyen First Nation on the north coast of British Columbia, says this amounts to "just another public relations event."

Royal historian and author Carolyn Harris says the royal visit was unlikely to offer an official apology to Indigenous peoples because members of the royal family generally refrain from engaging in any political issues.

Harris says the traditional approach followed in Canada is "commemorating in various ways, acknowledging past wrongs, rather than offering an official apology."

Gray says there are many meaningful things the monarchy can do immediately to show sincere willingness to address past wrongs, even without an apology.

"They have documents about treaties as well as about residential schools; at least the Anglican Church owns part of the treaties reached in Victoria."

"I don't think Canadians fully understand the role of the prince and the queen in treaties and such matters, and how influential they are in helping to compel Canada to fulfill their treaty responsibilities in their true intentions."

Harris notes that the Canadian visit aligned with a trend of scheduling short royal tours instead of coast-to-coast trips as in previous decades.

Harris says: "Sometimes it was difficult to stick to the different tour schedules because there were so many events that had to be covered in such a short time frame."