List of ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada

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.[1]

Current Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Below are the Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, as of July 2024.[2]

Sending country/entity Name[1][3] Credentials
(as of 23 March 2021)		 Title
 San Marino Damiano Beleffi 18 May 2011 Ambassador[i]
 Monaco Maguy Maccario-Doyle 16 December 2014 Ambassador[ii]
 Andorra Elisenda Vives Balmaña 28 April 2016 Ambassador[i]
 Yemen Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal 21 November 2016 Ambassador
 Turkmenistan Meret Orazov 21 November 2016 Ambassador[ii]
 Djibouti Mohamed Siad Douale 2 March 2017 Ambassador[ii]
 Antigua and Barbuda Ronald Sanders, Sir 13 March 2017 High Commissioner[ii]
 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[ii]
 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[ii]
 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[i]
 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[iii]
 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[i]
 Tonga Viliami Vainga Tone 10 March 2022 Ambassador[i]
 Comoros Issimail Chanfi 10 March 2022 Ambassador[i]
 Mauritania Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf 10 March 2022 Ambassador[i]
 Benin Jean-Claude Felix Do Rego 10 March 2022 Ambassador[ii]
 Botswana Onkokame Kitso Mokaila 10 March 2022 High Commissioner[ii]
 Namibia Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams 10 March 2022 High Commissioner[ii]
 Luxembourg Nicole Catherine Marie Bintner 10 March 2022 Ambassador[ii]
 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

Chargé d'Affaires a.i. and other diplomatic heads in Canada, as of July 2024[4]
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

Vacant positions, as of July 2024[5][3]
Sending country Last officeholder Credentials Title
 Angola vacant High Commissioner
 Bhutan vacant Ambassador[i]
 Bolivia vacant Ambassador
 Burundi vacant Ambassador
 Cabo Verde vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Cambodia vacant Ambassador
 Central African Republic vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Equatorial Guinea vacant Ambassador[i]
 Eritrea vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Fiji vacant Ambassador[i]
 Grenada vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Iran vacant[6] Ambassador
 Korea, Democratic People's Republic vacant Ambassador[i]
 Liberia vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Malawi vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Maldives vacant Ambassador
 Montenegro vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Mozambique vacant Ambassador
 Nauru vacant Ambassador[i]
 Nicaragua vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Niger vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Papua New Guinea vacant High Commissioner
 Saint Lucia vacant Ambassador[ii]
 São Tomé and Príncipe vacant Ambassador[i]
 South Sudan vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Syria vacant Ambassador
 Timor-Leste vacant Ambassador[ii]
 Tuvalu vacant Ambassador[i]
 Venezuela vacant Ambassador

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Foreign Representatives in Canada: Ambassadors by Order of Precedence". Global Affairs Canada. March 29, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  2. ^ Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Government of Canada (2006-06-07). "Protocol_DC_Title". w05.international.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ^ a b Canada, Global Affairs (2011-03-31). "List of regional deans". GAC. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  4. ^ Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, Government of Canada (2006-06-07). "Protocol_DC_Title". w05.international.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  5. ^ Canada, Global Affairs (2006-06-07). "Foreign Representatives in Canada: Heads of Missions". w05.international.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  6. ^ 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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Co-accredited as Permanent Representative to the United Nations; resides in New York City.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Co-accredited as Ambassador to the United States; resides in Washington, D.C.
  3. ^ Titled Apostolic Nuncio rather than Ambassador.