List of ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada

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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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 29, 2021|title=Foreign Representatives in Canada: Ambassadors by Order of Precedence|url=https://w05.international.gc.ca/Protocol-Protocole/Ambassador-Ambassadeur.aspx?lang=eng|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Global Affairs Canada}}

Current Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Below are the Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, {{As of|2024|July|lc=y}}.{{Cite web |last=Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada |first=Government of Canada |date=2006-06-07 |title=Protocol_DC_Title |url=https://w05.international.gc.ca/Protocol-Protocole/Heads-Chefs.aspx?lang=eng |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=w05.international.gc.ca |language=en}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Sending country/entityName{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Global Affairs|date=2011-03-31|title=List of regional deans|url=https://www.international.gc.ca/protocol-protocole/deans_doyens.aspx?lang=eng|access-date=2021-05-15|website=GAC}}Credentials
({{As of|2021|March|23|lc=y}})
Title
{{flag|San Marino}}Damiano Beleffi{{dts|format=dmy|2011|05|18}}AmbassadorCo-accredited as Permanent Representative to the United Nations; resides in New York City.
{{flag|Monaco}}Maguy Maccario-Doyle{{dts|format=dmy|2014|12|16}}AmbassadorCo-accredited as Ambassador to the United States; resides in Washington, D.C.
{{flag|Andorra}}Elisenda Vives Balmaña{{dts|format=dmy|2016|04|28}}Ambassador
{{flag|Yemen}}Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal{{dts|format=dmy|2016|11|21}}Ambassador
{{flag|Turkmenistan}}Meret Orazov{{dts|format=dmy|2016|11|21}}

| Ambassador

{{flag|Djibouti}}Mohamed Siad Douale{{dts|format=dmy|2017|03|02}}Ambassador
{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}Ronald Sanders, Sir{{dts|format=dmy|2017|03|13}}High Commissioner
{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}Louanne Gaylene Gilchrist{{dts|format=dmy|2017|08|28}}Ambassador
{{flag|Uganda}}Joy Ruth Acheng{{dts|format=dmy|2017|09|12}}High Commissioner
{{flag|Palau}}Hersey Kyota{{dts|format=dmy|2017|11|20}}Ambassador
{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}Fahad Saeed Mohamed Abdulla Al Raqbani{{dts|format=dmy|2018|01|29}}Ambassador
{{flag|Lebanon}}Fadi Ziadeh{{dts|format=dmy|2018|01|29}}Ambassador
{{Flag|Bahrain}}

|Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Abdulla AlKhalifa

|29 January 2018

|Ambassador

{{flag|Morocco}}Souriya Otmani{{dts|format=dmy|2018|06|29}}Ambassador
{{flag|Armenia}}Anahit Harutyunyan{{dts|format=dmy|2019|07|09}}Ambassador
{{flag|Sierra Leone}}Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai{{dts|format=dmy|2019|07|09}}High Commissioner
{{flag|Denmark}}

|Hanne Fugl Eskjaer

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|09|09}}

|Ambassador

{{flagcountry|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}}

|Mohammad Hassan Soroosh Yousufzai

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|11|01}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Rwanda}}

|Prosper Higiro

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|11|01}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Kuwait}}

|Reem Mohammad Khaled Zaid Al Khaled

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|11|01}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Croatia}}

|Vice Skračić

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|12|18}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Lithuania}}

|Darius Skusevičius

|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|12|18}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Kosovo}}

|Adriatik Kryeziu

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|03|10}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Mali}}

|Fatima Braoulé Méïté

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|03|10}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Thailand}}

|Kallayana Vipattipumiprates

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|10|13}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Netherlands}}

|Goverdina Christina (Ines) Coppoolse

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|10|13}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Hungary}}

|Mária Éva Vass-Salazar

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|10|13}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Ireland}}

|Eamonn Christopher McKee

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|10|13}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Serbia}}

|Dejan Ralević

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|11|30}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Haiti}}

|Wien-Weibert Arthus, Dr.

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|11|30}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|El Salvador}}

|Ricardo Alfonso Cisneros Rodriguez

|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|11|30}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|European Union}}

|Melita Gabric

|1 February 2021

|Head of Delegation and Ambassador

{{flag|Guatemala}}

|Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo

|{{dts|format=dmy|2021|03|22}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Austria}}

|Stefan Pehringer

|{{dts|format=dmy|2017|02|08}}

|Ambassador

{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|Dennis Daniel Moses

|29 March 2021

|High Commissioner

{{flag|Argentina}}

|Eugenio Maria Curia

|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|03|27}}

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Belize}}

|Lynn Raymond Young

|4 August 2021

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|Susannah Clare Goshko

|23 August 2021

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Russia}}

|Oleg Stepanov

|9 September 2021

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}

|Bafetigue Ouattara

|9 September 2021

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Italy}}

|Andrea Ferrari

|9 September 2021

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Iceland}}

|Hlynur Gudjonsson

|9 September 2021

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Belgium}}

|Patrick Guido M. Van Gheel

|3 November 2021

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Holy See}}

|Ivan Jurkovic

|2 December 2021

|AmbassadorTitled Apostolic Nuncio rather than Ambassador.

{{Flag|Slovenia}}

|Andrej Gregor Rode

|2 December 2021

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Ghana}}

|Anselm Ransford Adzete Sowah

|2 December 2021

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Spain}}

|Alfredo Martinez Serrano

|7 December 2021

|Ambassador

{{Flag|United States of America}}

|David L. Cohen

|7 December 2021

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Solomon Islands}}

|Jane Mugafalu Waetara

|15 February 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Qatar}}

|Khalid Rashid S.H. Al-Mansouri

|10 March 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Kiribati}}

|Teburoro Tito

|10 March 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Tonga}}

|Viliami Vainga Tone

|10 March 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Comoros}}

|Issimail Chanfi

|10 March 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Mauritania}}

|Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf

|10 March 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Benin}}

|Jean-Claude Felix Do Rego

|10 March 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Botswana}}

|Onkokame Kitso Mokaila

|10 March 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Namibia}}

|Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams

|10 March 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Luxembourg}}

|Nicole Catherine Marie Bintner

|10 March 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Barbados}}

|Gline Arley Clarke

|27 April 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Indonesia}}

|Daniel Tumpal Sumurung Simanjuntak

|27 April 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|South Africa}}

|Rieaz Shaik

|27 April 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Latvia}}

|Kaspars Ozolins

|27 April 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|Yuliia Kovaliv

|7 June 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Portugal}}

|Antonio Manuel Torres Domingues Leao Rocha

|7 June 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Poland}}

|Witold Miroslaw Dzielski

|7 June 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Japan}}

|Kanji Yamanouchi

|7 June 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|Zaheer Aslam Janjua

|7 June 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Paraguay}}

|Raul Antonio Montiel Gasto

|22 September 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Ethiopia}}

|Fitsum Arega Gebrekidan

|22 September 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Estonia}}

|Margus Rava

|22 September 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Egypt}}

|Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez

|22 September 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|France}}

|Michel Miraillet

|22 September 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Bahamas}}

|Vergeneas Alfred Gray

|26 October 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Moldova}}

|Sergiu Odainic

|23 November 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Switzerland}}

|Olaf Andreas Kjelsen

|23 November 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|South Korea}}

|Woongsoon Lim

|23 November 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Guyana}}

|Keith Linden George

|23 November 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}

|Joksa Kabongo Ngoy

|23 November 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|India}}

|Sanjay Kumar Verma

|23 November 2022

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|North Macedonia}}

|Argon Budjaku

|23 November 2022

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Costa Rica}}

|Adriana Solano Lacle

|20 January 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Mauritius}}

|Purmanund Jhugroo

|20 January 2023

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Laos}}

|Sisavath Inphachanh

|20 January 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Samoa}}

|Paolelei Luteru

|20 January 2023

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Oman}}

|Moosa Hamdan Moosa Al Tai

|28 March 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}

|Gerlald M Zackios

|28 March 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}

|Cecil Toendepi Chinenere

|28 March 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Philippines}}

|Maria Andrelita Austria

|28 March 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Colombia}}

|Carlos Arturo Morales Lopez

|28 March 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Mexico}}

|Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez

|28 March 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Bulgaria}}

|Plamen Georgiev Georgiev

|26 June 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Honduras}}

|Delia Beatriz Valle Marichal

|26 June 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Turkey}}

|Esra Demir

|26 June 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Zambia}}

|Kennedy Mpolobe Shepande

|26 June 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Jamaica}}

|Marsha Monique Coore Lobban

|10 September 2023

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Chad}}

|Bouroumdou Naloum

|25 September 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Uruguay}}

|Gustavo Anibal Alvarez Goyoaga

|25 September 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Peru}}

|Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar

|25 September 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Slovak Republic}}

|Viera Grigova

|25 September 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Kyrgyz Republic}}

|Baktybek Amanbaev

|25 September 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Vietnam}}

|Vinh Quang Pham

|13 October 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}

|Dauletbek Kussainov

|13 October 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Mongolia}}

|Sarantogos Erdenetsogt

|13 October 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Israel}}

|Iddo Moed

|13 October 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Singapore}}

|Chin Siong Tan

|13 October 2023

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Seychelles}}

|Ian Dereck Joseph Madeleine

|13 October 2023

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Sweden}}

|Signe Fenja Burgstaller

|17 November 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|Amal Yahya Almoalimi

|17 November 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Czechia}}

|Martin Tlapa

|17 November 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Brazil}}

|Carlos Alberto Franco Franca

|17 November 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Senegal}}

|Gorgui Ciss

|17 November 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Gambia}}

|Momodou Lamin Bah

|4 December 2023

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Cambodia}}

|Sophea Eat

|4 December 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Eswatini}}

|Kennedy Fitzgerald Groening

|4 December 2023

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Suriname}}

|Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk

|4 December 2023

|Ambassador

{{Flag|New Zealand}}

|Cecile Hillyer

|16 January 2024

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

|Samuel Alharjai Berridge

|17 February 2024

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|Aleksandar Bogdanic

|20 February 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Jordan}}

|Sabah Nizar Rashid Al Rafie

|20 February 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Greece}}

|Ekaterini Dimakis

|20 February 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Algeria}}

|Noureddine Sidi Abed

|20 February 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Tunisia}}

|Lassaad Boutara

|20 February 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Iraq}}

|Abdulrahman Hamid Mohamed Al-Hussaini

|20 February 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Chile}}

|Juan Carlos Garcia Perez de Arce

|30 April 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Tanzania}}

|Joseph Edward Sokoine

|30 April 2024

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Malta}}

|Mark Anthony Pace

|30 April 2024

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Cuba}}

|Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz

|30 April 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Nepal}}

|Bharat Raj Paudyal

|30 April 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Republic of Congo}}

|Appolinaire Aya

|26 June 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|China}}

|Di Wang

|26 June 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}

|Furkat Sidikov

|26 June 2024

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Australia}}

|Kate Logan

|December 2024

|High Commissioner

Other offices

= Chargé d'Affaires and other diplomatic heads =

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Chargé d'Affaires a.i. and other diplomatic heads in Canada, {{As of|2024|July

lc=y}}{{Cite web |last=Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada |first=Government of Canada |date=2006-06-07 |title=Protocol_DC_Title |url=https://w05.international.gc.ca/Protocol-Protocole/Heads-Chefs.aspx?lang=eng#P |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=w05.international.gc.ca |language=en}}

!Sending country/entity

!Name

!Diplomatic title

!Higher official title

{{Flag|Albania}}

|Eliabeta Frroku

|Second Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Algeria}}

|Mokhtar Alloune

|Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{flag|Azerbaijan}}

|Vasif Cingiz Oglu Abutalibov

|Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Bangladesh}}

|Hossne Ayub Dewan

|Deputy High Commissioner & Acting High Commissioner

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Brunei Darussalam}}

|Suzianti Abdul Latip

|Second Secretary and Acting High Commissioner

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}

|Idrissa Nenin Soulama

|Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{flag|Cameroon}}

|Philippe Aime Landry Fouda Tsilla Otto

|First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Cyprus}}

|Antonios Lemesianos

|Acting High Commissioner

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}

|Erick Augusto Bernard Mateo

|Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Ecuador}}

|Marisol Del Carmen Nieto Cueva

|Minister & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Finland}}

|Sari Susanna Uusi-Rauva

|Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{flag|Gabon}}

|Rosine Engone Ep Oliveira

|First Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Georgia}}

|George Meskheli

|Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Germany}}

|Karina Kaeuslmeier

|Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Guinea}}

|Alhassane Diabate

|First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Kenya}}

|James Moni Manyange

|Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Lesotho}}

|Lereko Felix Maine

|Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner

|High Commissioner

{{flag|Libya}}

|Rashed A M Sharkasi

|Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{flag|Madagascar}}

|Sahondra Harilala Rakotoniaina

|Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Malaysia}}

|Moahmmad Al Hafiz Bin Mohd Nadzir

|Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|High Commissioner

{{flag|Myanmar}}

|May Thazin Tun

|Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Nigeria}}

|Remigius Obioma Nzewuji

|Minister and Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|High Commissioner

{{Flag|Norway}}

|Anders Holmen Gulbrandsen

|Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Panama}}

|Thais Augusta Collado Castillo

|First Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i.

|Ambassador

{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}

|Anzul Banu Jhan

|Deputy High Commissioner & Acting High Commissioner

|High Commissioner

{{flag|Sudan}}

|Bakhit Ismail Dahya

|Chargé d'affaires, e.p. (Ambassador)

|Ambassador

{{flag|Togo|name=Togolese Republic}}

|Cofie Sena Rodrigue Woussido

|First Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner

|High Commissioner

= Vacant offices =

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Vacant positions, {{As of|2024|July

lc=y}}{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Global Affairs |date=2006-06-07 |title=Foreign Representatives in Canada: Heads of Missions |url=https://w05.international.gc.ca/Protocol-Protocole/Heads-Chefs.aspx?lang=eng&_ga=2.29001785.464741636.1621047902-65876607.1621047902 |access-date=2021-05-15 |website=w05.international.gc.ca}}

!Sending country

!Last officeholder

!Credentials

!Title

{{flag|Angola}}vacant

|| High Commissioner

|-

|{{Flag|Bhutan}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{flag|Bolivia}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{flag|Burundi}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Cabo Verde}}

|| vacant

||

|| Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Cambodia}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Central African Republic}}

|| vacant

||

|| Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}

|| vacant

||

|| Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Eritrea}}

|| vacant

||

|| Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Fiji}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Grenada}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Iran}}

|| vacant{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Campbell|last2=Martin|first2=Patrick|last3=Mackinnon|first3=Mark|date=7 September 2012|title=Envoys out as Canada abruptly severs ties with Iran|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc.|location=Toronto|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/envoys-out-as-canada-abruptly-severs-ties-with-iran/article4526167/|access-date=29 May 2014}}

||

||Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|North Korea|name=Korea, Democratic People's Republic}}

|| vacant

||

|| Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Liberia}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Malawi}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Maldives}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Montenegro}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Mozambique}}

|| vacant

||

|| Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Nauru}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{flag|Niger}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}

|| vacant

||

|| High Commissioner

|-

|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|South Sudan}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Syria}}

|| vacant

||

||Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Timor-Leste}}

|| vacant

||

|| Ambassador

|-

| {{flag|Tuvalu}}

|| vacant

||

|| Ambassador

|-

|{{Flag|Venezuela}}

|vacant

|

|Ambassador

|}

== See also ==

References

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