This is a list of heads of diplomatic missions to Canada from other countries and entities, such as Ambassadors and High Commissioners, as listed by Global Affairs Canada.
Current Ambassadors and High Commissioners
Below are the Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, as of July 2024.
| Sending country/entity | Name | Credentials (as of 23 March 2021) |
Title |
|---|---|---|---|
 San Marino
|
Damiano Beleffi | 18 May 2011 | Ambassador |
 Monaco
|
Maguy Maccario-Doyle | 16 December 2014 | Ambassador |
 Andorra
|
Elisenda Vives Balmaña | 28 April 2016 | Ambassador |
 Yemen
|
Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal | 21 November 2016 | Ambassador |
 Turkmenistan
|
Meret Orazov | 21 November 2016 | Ambassador |
 Djibouti
|
Mohamed Siad Douale | 2 March 2017 | Ambassador |
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
Ronald Sanders, Sir | 13 March 2017 | High Commissioner |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Louanne Gaylene Gilchrist | 28 August 2017 | Ambassador |
 Uganda
|
Joy Ruth Acheng | 12 September 2017 | High Commissioner |
 Palau
|
Hersey Kyota | 20 November 2017 | Ambassador |
 United Arab Emirates
|
Fahad Saeed Mohamed Abdulla Al Raqbani | 29 January 2018 | Ambassador |
 Lebanon
|
Fadi Ziadeh | 29 January 2018 | Ambassador |
 Bahrain
|
Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Abdulla AlKhalifa | 29 January 2018 | Ambassador |
 Morocco
|
Souriya Otmani | 29 June 2018 | Ambassador |
 Armenia
|
Anahit Harutyunyan | 9 July 2019 | Ambassador |
 Sierra Leone
|
Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai | 9 July 2019 | High Commissioner |
 Denmark
|
Hanne Fugl Eskjaer | 9 September 2019 | Ambassador |
 Afghanistan
|
Mohammad Hassan Soroosh Yousufzai | 1 November 2019 | Ambassador |
 Rwanda
|
Prosper Higiro | 1 November 2019 | Ambassador |
 Kuwait
|
Reem Mohammad Khaled Zaid Al Khaled | 1 November 2019 | Ambassador |
 Croatia
|
Vice Skračić | 18 December 2019 | Ambassador |
 Lithuania
|
Darius Skusevičius | 18 December 2019 | Ambassador |
 Kosovo
|
Adriatik Kryeziu | 10 March 2020 | Ambassador |
 Mali
|
Fatima Braoulé Méïté | 10 March 2020 | Ambassador |
 Thailand
|
Kallayana Vipattipumiprates | 13 October 2020 | Ambassador |
 Netherlands
|
Goverdina Christina (Ines) Coppoolse | 13 October 2020 | Ambassador |
 Hungary
|
Mária Éva Vass-Salazar | 13 October 2020 | Ambassador |
 Ireland
|
Eamonn Christopher McKee | 13 October 2020 | Ambassador |
 Serbia
|
Dejan Ralević | 30 November 2020 | Ambassador |
 Haiti
|
Wien-Weibert Arthus, Dr. | 30 November 2020 | Ambassador |
 El Salvador
|
Ricardo Alfonso Cisneros Rodriguez | 30 November 2020 | Ambassador |
 European Union
|
Melita Gabric | 1 February 2021 | Head of Delegation and Ambassador |
 Guatemala
|
Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo | 22 March 2021 | Ambassador |
 Austria
|
Stefan Pehringer | 8 February 2017 | Ambassador |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
Dennis Daniel Moses | 29 March 2021 | High Commissioner |
 Argentina
|
Eugenio Maria Curia | 27 March 2018 | Ambassador |
 Belize
|
Lynn Raymond Young | 4 August 2021 | High Commissioner |
 United Kingdom
|
Susannah Clare Goshko | 23 August 2021 | High Commissioner |
 Russia
|
Oleg Stepanov | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Ivory Coast
|
Bafetigue Ouattara | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Italy
|
Andrea Ferrari | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Iceland
|
Hlynur Gudjonsson | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Belgium
|
Patrick Guido M. Van Gheel | 3 November 2021 | Ambassador |
 Holy See
|
Ivan Jurkovic | 2 December 2021 | Ambassador |
 Slovenia
|
Andrej Gregor Rode | 2 December 2021 | Ambassador |
 Ghana
|
Anselm Ransford Adzete Sowah | 2 December 2021 | High Commissioner |
 Spain
|
Alfredo Martinez Serrano | 7 December 2021 | Ambassador |
 United States of America
|
David L. Cohen | 7 December 2021 | Ambassador |
 Australia
|
Scott Michael Ryan | 19 December 2021 | High Commissioner |
 Solomon Islands
|
Jane Mugafalu Waetara | 15 February 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Qatar
|
Khalid Rashid S.H. Al-Mansouri | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
 Kiribati
|
Teburoro Tito | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
 Tonga
|
Viliami Vainga Tone | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
 Comoros
|
Issimail Chanfi | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
 Mauritania
|
Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
 Benin
|
Jean-Claude Felix Do Rego | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
 Botswana
|
Onkokame Kitso Mokaila | 10 March 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Namibia
|
Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams | 10 March 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Luxembourg
|
Nicole Catherine Marie Bintner | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
 Barbados
|
Gline Arley Clarke | 27 April 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Indonesia
|
Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak | 27 April 2022 | Ambassador |
 South Africa
|
Rieaz Shaik | 27 April 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Latvia
|
Kaspars Ozolins | 27 April 2022 | Ambassador |
 Ukraine
|
Yuliia Kovaliv | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
 Portugal
|
Antonio Manuel Torres Domingues Leao Rocha | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
 Poland
|
Witold Miroslaw Dzielski | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
 Japan
|
Kanji Yamanouchi | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
 Pakistan
|
Zaheer Aslam Janjua | 7 June 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Paraguay
|
Raul Antonio Montiel Gasto | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 Ethiopia
|
Fitsum Arega Gebrekidan | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 Estonia
|
Margus Rava | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 Egypt
|
Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 France
|
Michel Miraillet | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
 Bahamas
|
Vergeneas Alfred Gray | 26 October 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Moldova
|
Sergiu Odainic | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 Switzerland
|
Olaf Andreas Kjelsen | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 South Korea
|
Woongsoon Lim | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 Guyana
|
Keith Linden George | 23 November 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Democratic Republic of Congo
|
Joksa Kabongo Ngoy | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 India
|
Sanjay Kumar Verma | 23 November 2022 | High Commissioner |
 North Macedonia
|
Argon Budjaku | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 Costa Rica
|
Adriana Solano Lacle | 20 January 2023 | Ambassador |
 Mauritius
|
Purmanund Jhugroo | 20 January 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Laos
|
Sisavath Inphachanh | 20 January 2023 | Ambassador |
 Samoa
|
Paolelei Luteru | 20 January 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Oman
|
Moosa Hamdan Moosa Al Tai | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Marshall Islands
|
Gerlald M Zackios | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Zimbabwe
|
Cecil Toendepi Chinenere | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Philippines
|
Maria Andrelita Austria | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Colombia
|
Carlos Arturo Morales Lopez | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Mexico
|
Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
 Bulgaria
|
Plamen Georgiev Georgiev | 26 June 2023 | Ambassador |
 Honduras
|
Delia Beatriz Valle Marichal | 26 June 2023 | Ambassador |
 Turkey
|
Esra Demir | 26 June 2023 | Ambassador |
 Zambia
|
Kennedy Mpolobe Shepande | 26 June 2023 | Ambassador |
 Jamaica
|
Marsha Monique Coore Lobban | 10 September 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Chad
|
Bouroumdou Naloum | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Uruguay
|
Gustavo Anibal Alvarez Goyoaga | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Peru
|
Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Slovak Republic
|
Viera Grigova | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Kyrgyz Republic
|
Baktybek Amanbaev | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
 Vietnam
|
Vinh Quang Pham | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
 Kazakhstan
|
Dauletbek Kussainov | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
 Mongolia
|
Sarantogos Erdenetsogt | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
 Israel
|
Iddo Moed | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
 Singapore
|
Chin Siong Tan | 13 October 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Seychelles
|
Ian Dereck Joseph Madeleine | 13 October 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Sweden
|
Signe Fenja Burgstaller | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Saudi Arabia
|
Amal Yahya Almoalimi | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Czechia
|
Martin Tlapa | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Brazil
|
Carlos Alberto Franco Franca | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Senegal
|
Gorgui Ciss | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
 Gambia
|
Momodou Lamin Bah | 4 December 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Cambodia
|
Sophea Eat | 4 December 2023 | Ambassador |
 Eswatini
|
Kennedy Fitzgerald Groening | 4 December 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Suriname
|
Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk | 4 December 2023 | Ambassador |
 New Zealand
|
Cecile Hillyer | 16 January 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Samuel Alharjai Berridge | 17 February 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
Aleksandar Bogdanic | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Jordan
|
Sabah Nizar Rashid Al Rafie | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Greece
|
Ekaterini Dimakis | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Algeria
|
Noureddine Sidi Abed | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Tunisia
|
Lassaad Boutara | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Iraq
|
Abdulrahman Hamid Mohamed Al-Hussaini | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
 Chile
|
Juan Carlos Garcia Perez de Arce | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
 Tanzania
|
Joseph Edward Sokoine | 30 April 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Malta
|
Mark Anthony Pace | 30 April 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Cuba
|
Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
 Nepal
|
Bharat Raj Paudyal | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
 Republic of Congo
|
Appolinaire Aya | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
 China
|
Di Wang | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
 Uzbekistan
|
Furkat Sidikov | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
Other offices
Chargé d'Affaires and other diplomatic heads
| Sending country/entity | Name | Diplomatic title | Higher official title |
|---|---|---|---|
 Albania
|
Eliabeta Frroku | Second Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Algeria
|
Mokhtar Alloune | Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Azerbaijan
|
Vasif Cingiz Oglu Abutalibov | Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Bangladesh
|
Hossne Ayub Dewan | Deputy High Commissioner & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Brunei Darussalam
|
Suzianti Abdul Latip | Second Secretary and Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Burkina Faso
|
Idrissa Nenin Soulama | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Cameroon
|
Philippe Aime Landry Fouda Tsilla Otto | First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | High Commissioner |
 Cyprus
|
Antonios Lemesianos | Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Dominican Republic
|
Erick Augusto Bernard Mateo | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Ecuador
|
Marisol Del Carmen Nieto Cueva | Minister & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Finland
|
Sari Susanna Uusi-Rauva | Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Gabon
|
Rosine Engone Ep Oliveira | First Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Georgia
|
George Meskheli | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Germany
|
Karina Kaeuslmeier | Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Guinea
|
Alhassane Diabate | First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Kenya
|
James Moni Manyange | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Lesotho
|
Lereko Felix Maine | Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Libya
|
Rashed A M Sharkasi | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Madagascar
|
Sahondra Harilala Rakotoniaina | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Malaysia
|
Moahmmad Al Hafiz Bin Mohd Nadzir | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | High Commissioner |
 Myanmar
|
May Thazin Tun | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Nigeria
|
Remigius Obioma Nzewuji | Minister and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | High Commissioner |
 Norway
|
Anders Holmen Gulbrandsen | Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Panama
|
Thais Augusta Collado Castillo | First Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Sri Lanka
|
Anzul Banu Jhan | Deputy High Commissioner & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Sudan
|
Bakhit Ismail Dahya | Chargé d'affaires, e.p. (Ambassador) | Ambassador |
 Togolese Republic
|
Cofie Sena Rodrigue Woussido | First Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
Vacant offices
| Sending country | Last officeholder | Credentials | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
 Angola
|
vacant | High Commissioner | |
 Bhutan
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Bolivia
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Burundi
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Cabo Verde
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
| Cambodia
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Central African Republic
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Equatorial Guinea
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Eritrea
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Fiji
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Grenada
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Iran
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Korea, Democratic People's Republic
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Liberia
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Malawi
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Maldives
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Montenegro
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Mozambique
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Nauru
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Nicaragua
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Niger
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Papua New Guinea
|
vacant | High Commissioner | |
 Saint Lucia
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 South Sudan
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Syria
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Timor-Leste
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Tuvalu
|
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Venezuela
|
vacant | Ambassador |
See also
References
- ^ "Foreign Representatives in Canada: Ambassadors by Order of Precedence". Global Affairs Canada. March 29, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Government of Canada (2006-06-07). "Protocol_DC_Title". w05.international.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ Canada, Global Affairs (2011-03-31). "List of regional deans". GAC. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Government of Canada (2006-06-07). "Protocol_DC_Title". w05.international.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- Canada, Global Affairs (2006-06-07). "Foreign Representatives in Canada: Heads of Missions". w05.international.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- Clark, Campbell; Martin, Patrick; Mackinnon, Mark (7 September 2012). "Envoys out as Canada abruptly severs ties with Iran". The Globe and Mail. Toronto: The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
Notes
- ^ Co-accredited as Permanent Representative to the United Nations; resides in New York City.
- ^ Co-accredited as Ambassador to the United States; resides in Washington, D.C.
- Titled Apostolic Nuncio rather than Ambassador.
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