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]
Below are the Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, as of July 2024 [update] . [2]
Sending country/entity | Name [1] [3] | Credentials (as of 23 March 2021 [update] ) | Title |
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San Marino | Damiano Beleffi | 18 May 2011 | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] |
Monaco | Maguy Maccario-Doyle | 16 December 2014 | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] |
Andorra | Elisenda Vives Balmaña | 28 April 2016 | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] |
Yemen | Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal | 21 November 2016 | Ambassador |
Turkmenistan | Meret Orazov | 21 November 2016 | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] |
Djibouti | Mohamed Siad Douale | 2 March 2017 | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] |
Antigua and Barbuda | Ronald Sanders, Sir | 13 March 2017 | High Commissioner [lower-roman 2] |
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 [lower-roman 2] |
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 [lower-roman 2] |
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 [lower-roman 1] |
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 [lower-roman 3] |
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 [lower-roman 1] |
Tonga | Viliami Vainga Tone | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] |
Comoros | Issimail Chanfi | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] |
Mauritania | Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] |
Benin | Jean-Claude Felix Do Rego | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] |
Botswana | Onkokame Kitso Mokaila | 10 March 2022 | High Commissioner [lower-roman 2] |
Namibia | Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams | 10 March 2022 | High Commissioner [lower-roman 2] |
Luxembourg | Nicole Catherine Marie Bintner | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] |
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 |
Sending country/entity | Name | Diplomatic title | Higher official title |
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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 |
Sending country | Last officeholder | Credentials | Title |
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Angola | vacant | High Commissioner | |
Bhutan | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] | |
Bolivia | vacant | Ambassador | |
Burundi | vacant | Ambassador | |
Cabo Verde | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Cambodia | vacant | Ambassador | |
Central African Republic | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Equatorial Guinea | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] | |
Eritrea | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Fiji | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] | |
Grenada | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Iran | vacant [6] | Ambassador | |
Korea, Democratic People's Republic | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] | |
Liberia | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Malawi | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Maldives | vacant | Ambassador | |
Montenegro | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Mozambique | vacant | Ambassador | |
Nauru | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] | |
Nicaragua | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Niger | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Papua New Guinea | vacant | High Commissioner | |
Saint Lucia | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] | |
South Sudan | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Syria | vacant | Ambassador | |
Timor-Leste | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 2] | |
Tuvalu | vacant | Ambassador [lower-roman 1] | |
Venezuela | vacant | Ambassador |
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