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List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada

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{{Infobox official post

| post = Ambassador

| body = the United States to Canada

| native_name = Ambassadeur des États-Unis au Canada

| insignia = US Department of State official seal.svg

| insigniasize = 120

| insigniacaption = Seal of the United States Department of State

| image = Marybeth Turner official portrait.jpg

| alt =

| incumbent = Marybeth Turner
Chargé d'affaires

| incumbentsince = January 20, 2025

| department = United States Department of State

| style =

| reports_to = United States Secretary of State

| residence = Lornado

| seat = Embassy of the United States
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| appointer = President of the United States

| appointer_qualified = with Senate advice and consent

| appointerpost =

| termlength = At the pleasure of the President

| inaugural = William Phillips
(as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary)

| formation = June 1, 1927

| last =

| abolished =

| succession =

| deputy =

| salary =

| website = [https://ca.usembassy.gov/ U.S. Embassy – Ottawa]

| flag = Flag of a United States ambassador.svg

| flagcaption = Flag of a United States Ambassador

}}

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Canada.[http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/textonly.asp?section=embconsul&document=uschiefs U.S. Chiefs of Mission to Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209162943/http://ottawa.usembassy.gov/content/textonly.asp?section=embconsul&document=uschiefs |date=2007-12-09 }} The ambassador is the head of the Embassy of the United States in Ottawa.

Prior to 1943, the head of the U.S. diplomatic mission to Canada bore the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The U.S. mission to Canada was upgraded from legation to embassy status in June 1943; Ray Atherton was the first chief of mission to hold ambassadorial rank.

List

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! # !! Ambassador !! Portrait !! Took office !! Left office !! President(s)

1

|William Phillips

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|June 1, 1927

|December 14, 1929

|Calvin Coolidge,
Herbert Hoover

2

|Hanford MacNider

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|August 29, 1930

|August 15, 1932

|Herbert Hoover

3

|Warren Delano Robbins

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|May 16, 1933

|March 28, 1935

|rowspan=5|Franklin D. Roosevelt

4

|Norman Armour

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|August 7, 1935

|January 15, 1939

5

|Daniel Calhoun Roper

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|May 19, 1939

|August 20, 1939

6

|James H. R. Cromwell

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|January 24, 1940

|May 16, 1940

7

|Jay Pierrepont Moffat

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|June 13, 1940

|January 24, 1943

8

|Ray Atherton

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|August 3, 1943

|August 30, 1948

|Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Harry S. Truman

9

|Laurence Steinhardt

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|November 1, 1949

|March 28, 1950

|rowspan=2|Harry S. Truman

10

|Stanley Woodward

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|June 22, 1950

|January 14, 1953

11

|R. Douglas Stuart

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|July 15, 1953

|May 4, 1956

|rowspan=3|Dwight D. Eisenhower

12

|Livingston T. Merchant

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|May 23, 1956

|November 6, 1958

13

|Richard B. Wigglesworth

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|December 15, 1958

|October 19, 1960

14

|Livingston T. Merchant

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|March 15, 1961

|May 26, 1962

|John F. Kennedy

15

|William Walton Butterworth

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|December 11, 1962

|September 10, 1968

|John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon B. Johnson

16

|Harold F. Linder

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|September 10, 1968

|July 9, 1969

|Lyndon B. Johnson,
Richard M. Nixon

17

|Adolph W. Schmidt

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|September 11, 1969

|January 29, 1974

|Richard M. Nixon

18

|William J. Porter

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|March 13, 1974

|December 16, 1975

|Richard M. Nixon,
Gerald R. Ford

19

|Thomas O. Enders

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|February 17, 1976

|September 14, 1979

|Gerald R. Ford,
Jimmy Carter

20

|Kenneth M. Curtis

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|October 5, 1979

|January 20, 1981

|Jimmy Carter

21

|Paul H. Robinson, Jr.

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|July 15, 1981

|September 9, 1985

|Ronald Reagan

22

|Thomas M. T. Niles

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|September 10, 1985

|June 28, 1989

|Ronald Reagan,
George H. W. Bush

23

|Edward N. Ney

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|June 30, 1989

|June 20, 1992

|George H. W. Bush

24

|Peter Teeley

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|July 3, 1992

|February 28, 1993

|George H. W. Bush,
Bill Clinton

25

|James Blanchard

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|August 19, 1993

|March 15, 1996

|Bill Clinton

26

|Gordon Giffin

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|September 17, 1997

|April 10, 2001

|Bill Clinton,
George W. Bush

27

|Paul Cellucci

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|April 17, 2001

|March 18, 2005

|rowspan=2|George W. Bush

28

|David Wilkins

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|June 29, 2005

|January 20, 2009

29

|David Jacobson

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|October 2, 2009

|July 15, 2013

|rowspan=2|Barack Obama

30

|Bruce Heyman

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|March 26, 2014

|January 18, 2017[https://ca.usembassy.gov/charge-daffaires-elizabeth-moore-aubin-assumes-duties-u-s-embassy/ Elizabeth Moore Aubin Becomes Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassy], U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada.

—

|Elizabeth Moore Aubin (acting)

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|January 18, 2017

|October 23, 2017

|Barack Obama, Donald Trump

31

|Kelly Craft

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|October 23, 2017

|August 23, 2019

|rowspan=2|Donald Trump

—

|Richard M. Mills Jr. (acting)

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|August 23, 2019

|November 9, 2020

—

|Katherine Brucker (acting)

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|November 9, 2020

|May 28, 2021

|Donald Trump,
Joe Biden

—

|Arnold A. Chacón (acting){{Cite web|title=Biography of Arnold Chacon, Chargé d'Affaires|url=https://ca.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada|language=en-US}}

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|May 28, 2021[https://www.state.gov/appointment-of-ambassador-arnold-chacon-to-serve-as-charge-daffaires-to-canada/ "Appointment of Ambassador Arnold Chacon to serve as Chargé d’Affaires to Canada"]. United States Department of State. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

|December 7, 2021

|rowspan=2|Joe Biden

32

|David L. Cohen

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|December 7, 2021

|January 20, 2025

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|Marybeth Turner (acting)

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|January 20, 2025

|incumbent

|Donald Trump

See also

References

{{reflist}}

  • [https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2089.htm United States Department of State: Background notes on Canada]
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External links

  • [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/canada United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Canada]
  • [https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/wha/ci/ca/ United States Department of State: Canada]
  • [https://ca.usembassy.gov/ United States Embassy in Ottawa]

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