diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/context.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/context.hpp
index f91a27252d..b8ecabf6d1 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/context.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/context.hpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class OnShutdownCallbackHandle
   using OnShutdownCallbackType = std::function<void ()>;
 
 private:
-  OnShutdownCallbackType callback;
+  std::weak_ptr<OnShutdownCallbackType> callback;
 };
 
 /// Context which encapsulates shared state between nodes and other similar entities.
@@ -234,22 +234,23 @@ class Context : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Context>
    * On shutdown callbacks may be registered before init and after shutdown,
    * and persist on repeated init's.
    *
-   * \param[in] callback the on shutdown callback to be registered
-   * \return the created shared pointer of callback handler
+   * \param[in] callback the on_shutdown callback to be registered
+   * \return the created callback handle
    */
   RCLCPP_PUBLIC
   virtual
-  OnShutdownCallbackHandle::WeakPtr
+  OnShutdownCallbackHandle
   add_on_shutdown_callback(OnShutdownCallback callback);
 
   /// Remove an registered on_shutdown callbacks.
   /**
-   * \param[in] callback_handle the handle to be removed.
+   * \param[in] callback_handle the on_shutdown callback handle to be removed.
+   * \return true if the callback is found and removed, otherwise false.
    */
   RCLCPP_PUBLIC
   virtual
-  void
-  remove_on_shutdown_callback(const OnShutdownCallbackHandle::WeakPtr & callback_handle);
+  bool
+  remove_on_shutdown_callback(const OnShutdownCallbackHandle & callback_handle);
 
   /// Return the shutdown callbacks.
   /**
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ class Context : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Context>
   // attempt to acquire another sub context.
   std::recursive_mutex sub_contexts_mutex_;
 
-  std::unordered_set<OnShutdownCallbackHandle::SharedPtr> on_shutdown_callbacks_;
+  std::unordered_set<std::shared_ptr<OnShutdownCallback>> on_shutdown_callbacks_;
   std::mutex on_shutdown_callbacks_mutex_;
 
   /// Condition variable for timed sleep (see sleep_for).
diff --git a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/executor.hpp b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/executor.hpp
index 2c5a167f1a..13ed108348 100644
--- a/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/executor.hpp
+++ b/rclcpp/include/rclcpp/executor.hpp
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class Executor
   weak_nodes_ RCPPUTILS_TSA_GUARDED_BY(mutex_);
 
   /// shutdown callback handle registered to Context
-  rclcpp::OnShutdownCallbackHandle::WeakPtr shutdown_callback_handle_;
+  rclcpp::OnShutdownCallbackHandle shutdown_callback_handle_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace rclcpp
diff --git a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/context.cpp b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/context.cpp
index 915cd5434a..827ea9163d 100644
--- a/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/context.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/src/rclcpp/context.cpp
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ Context::shutdown(const std::string & reason)
   // call each shutdown callback
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(on_shutdown_callbacks_mutex_);
-    for (const auto & callback_handle : on_shutdown_callbacks_) {
-      callback_handle->callback();
+    for (const auto & callback : on_shutdown_callbacks_) {
+      (*callback)();
     }
   }
 
@@ -349,43 +349,44 @@ Context::shutdown(const std::string & reason)
 rclcpp::Context::OnShutdownCallback
 Context::on_shutdown(OnShutdownCallback callback)
 {
-  std::weak_ptr<OnShutdownCallbackHandle> callback_handle =
-    add_on_shutdown_callback(callback);
-  return callback_handle.lock()->callback;
+  OnShutdownCallbackHandle callback_handle = add_on_shutdown_callback(callback);
+  return *(callback_handle.callback.lock());
 }
 
-rclcpp::OnShutdownCallbackHandle::WeakPtr
+rclcpp::OnShutdownCallbackHandle
 Context::add_on_shutdown_callback(OnShutdownCallback callback)
 {
-  auto handle = std::make_shared<OnShutdownCallbackHandle>();
-  handle->callback = callback;
+  auto callback_shared_ptr = std::make_shared<OnShutdownCallback>(callback);
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(on_shutdown_callbacks_mutex_);
-    on_shutdown_callbacks_.emplace(handle);
+    on_shutdown_callbacks_.emplace(callback_shared_ptr);
   }
-  return handle;
+
+  OnShutdownCallbackHandle callback_handle;
+  callback_handle.callback = callback_shared_ptr;
+  return callback_handle;
 }
 
-void
-Context::remove_on_shutdown_callback(const OnShutdownCallbackHandle::WeakPtr & callback_handle)
+bool
+Context::remove_on_shutdown_callback(const OnShutdownCallbackHandle & callback_handle)
 {
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(on_shutdown_callbacks_mutex_);
-  auto callback_handle_shared_ptr = callback_handle.lock();
-  if (callback_handle_shared_ptr) {
-    on_shutdown_callbacks_.erase(callback_handle_shared_ptr);
+  auto callback_shared_ptr = callback_handle.callback.lock();
+  if (callback_shared_ptr == nullptr) {
+    return false;
   }
+  return on_shutdown_callbacks_.erase(callback_shared_ptr) == 1;
 }
 
 std::vector<rclcpp::Context::OnShutdownCallback>
 Context::get_on_shutdown_callbacks()
 {
   std::vector<OnShutdownCallback> callbacks;
-  std::unordered_set<OnShutdownCallbackHandle::SharedPtr>::iterator iter;
 
   {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(on_shutdown_callbacks_mutex_);
-    for (iter = on_shutdown_callbacks_.begin(); iter != on_shutdown_callbacks_.end(); ++iter) {
-      callbacks.emplace_back((*iter)->callback);
+    for (auto & iter : on_shutdown_callbacks_) {
+      callbacks.emplace_back(*iter);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_utilities.cpp b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_utilities.cpp
index 14e09cf5d6..c83c0dbaa0 100644
--- a/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_utilities.cpp
+++ b/rclcpp/test/rclcpp/test_utilities.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ TEST(TestUtilities, test_context_basic_access) {
   EXPECT_EQ(std::string{""}, context1->shutdown_reason());
 }
 
+TEST(TestUtilities, test_context_basic_access_const_methods) {
+  auto context1 = std::make_shared<const rclcpp::contexts::DefaultContext>();
+
+  EXPECT_NE(nullptr, context1->get_init_options().get_rcl_init_options());
+}
+
 MOCKING_UTILS_BOOL_OPERATOR_RETURNS_FALSE(rcl_guard_condition_options_t, ==)
 MOCKING_UTILS_BOOL_OPERATOR_RETURNS_FALSE(rcl_guard_condition_options_t, !=)
 MOCKING_UTILS_BOOL_OPERATOR_RETURNS_FALSE(rcl_guard_condition_options_t, >)