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. [1]

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Current ambassadors and high commissioners

Below are the ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, as of August 2025. [2]

Sending country/entityName [1] [3] Credentials
(as of August 2025)		Title
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino Damiano Beleffi 18 May 2011Ambassador [i]
Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Maguy Maccario-Doyle 16 December 2014Ambassador [ii]
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal 21 November 2016 Ambassador
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Meret Orazov 21 November 2016Ambassador [ii]
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Mohamed Siad Douale 2 March 2017Ambassador [ii]
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda Ronald Sanders, Sir13 March 2017High Commissioner [ii]
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Louanne Gaylene Gilchrist 28 August 2017Ambassador
Flag of Palau.svg Palau Hersey Kyota 20 November 2017Ambassador [ii]
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Fadi Ziadeh 29 January 2018Ambassador
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Abdulla AlKhalifa29 January 2018Ambassador
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Souriya Otmani 29 June 2018Ambassador
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Anahit Harutyunyan9 July 2019Ambassador
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan Mohammad Hassan Soroosh Yousufzai1 November 2019Ambassador
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda Prosper Higiro 1 November 2019Ambassador
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Vice Skračić18 December 2019Ambassador
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo Adriatik Kryeziu10 March 2020Ambassador
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Kallayana Vipattipumiprates13 October 2020Ambassador [i]
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Dejan Ralević30 November 2020Ambassador
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Ricardo Alfonso Cisneros Rodriguez30 November 2020Ambassador
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Bogdan Maniou22 March 2021Ambassador
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo22 March 2021Ambassador
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Maria Josefina Martinez Gramuglia29 March 2021Ambassador
Flag of Belize.svg Belize Lynn Raymond Young4 August 2021High Commissioner
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Oleg Stepanov 9 September 2021Ambassador
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast Bafetigue Ouattara9 September 2021Ambassador
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Hlynur Gudjonsson9 September 2021Ambassador
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Holy See Ivan Jurkovic2 December 2021 Ambassador [iii]
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Andrej Gregor Rode2 December 2021Ambassador
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Alfredo Martinez Serrano 7 December 2021Ambassador
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands Jane Mugafalu Waetara15 February 2022High Commissioner
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Khalid Rashid S.H. Al-Mansouri10 March 2022Ambassador
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati Teburoro Tito 10 March 2022Ambassador [i]
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga Viliami Vainga Tone10 March 2022Ambassador [i]
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros Issimail Chanfi10 March 2022Ambassador [i]
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams10 March 2022High Commissioner [ii]
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Gline Arley Clarke27 April 2022High Commissioner
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Rieaz Shaik 27 April 2022 High Commissioner
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Kaspars Ozolins27 April 2022Ambassador
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Antonio Manuel Torres Domingues Leao Rocha7 June 2022Ambassador
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Witold Miroslaw Dzielski7 June 2022Ambassador
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Kanji Yamanouchi7 June 2022Ambassador
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Raul Antonio Montiel Gasto22 September 2022Ambassador
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Margus Rava22 September 2022Ambassador
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez22 September 2022Ambassador
Flag of France.svg France Michel Miraillet 22 September 2022Ambassador
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Vergeneas Alfred Gray26 October 2022High Commissioner
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Sergiu Odainic23 November 2022Ambassador
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Olaf Andreas Kjelsen23 November 2022Ambassador
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana Keith Linden George23 November 2022High Commissioner
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of Congo Joksa Kabongo Ngoy23 November 2022Ambassador
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia Argon Budjaku23 November 2022Ambassador
Flag of Laos.svg Laos Sisavath Inphachanh20 January 2023Ambassador
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa Paolelei Luteru20 January 2023High Commissioner
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe Cecil Toendepi Chinenere28 March 2023Ambassador
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Carlos Arturo Morales Lopez28 March 2023Ambassador
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez28 March 2023Ambassador
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Plamen Georgiev Georgiev26 June 2023Ambassador
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia Kennedy Mpolobe Shepande26 June 2023Ambassador
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Marsha Monique Coore Lobban10 September 2023High Commissioner
Flag of Chad.svg Chad Bouroumdou Naloum25 September 2023Ambassador
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Gustavo Anibal Alvarez Goyoaga25 September 2023Ambassador
Flag of Peru.svg Peru Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar25 September 2023Ambassador
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovak Republic Viera Grigova25 September 2023Ambassador
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Vinh Quang Pham13 October 2023Ambassador
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Dauletbek Kussainov13 October 2023Ambassador
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Sarantogos Erdenetsogt13 October 2023Ambassador
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Iddo Moed13 October 2023Ambassador
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Chin Siong Tan13 October 2023High Commissioner
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Signe Fenja Burgstaller17 November 2023Ambassador
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Amal Yahya Almoalimi17 November 2023Ambassador
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechia Martin Tlapa17 November 2023Ambassador
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Carlos Alberto Franco Franca17 November 2023Ambassador
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Gorgui Ciss17 November 2023Ambassador
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia Momodou Lamin Bah4 December 2023High Commissioner
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini Kennedy Fitzgerald Groening4 December 2023High Commissioner
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk4 December 2023Ambassador
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis Samuel Alharjai Berridge17 February 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Bogdanic20 February 2024Ambassador
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Sabah Nizar Rashid Al Rafie20 February 2024Ambassador
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Ekaterini Dimakis20 February 2024Ambassador
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Noureddine Sidi Abed20 February 2024Ambassador
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Lassaad Boutara20 February 2024Ambassador
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Abdulrahman Hamid Mohamed Al-Hussaini20 February 2024Ambassador
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Juan Carlos Garcia Perez de Arce30 April 2024Ambassador
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Joseph Edward Sokoine30 April 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Mark Anthony Pace30 April 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz30 April 2024Ambassador
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal Bharat Raj Paudyal30 April 2024Ambassador
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of Congo Appolinaire Aya26 June 2024Ambassador
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Di Wang26 June 2024Ambassador
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Furkat Sidikov26 June 2024Ambassador
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon XXX Ngola Philip Ngwese13 September 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkiye Can Dizdar13 September 2024Ambassador
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Matthias Luettenberg13 September 2024Ambassador
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Nadiha Sobhan13 September 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Esteban Jabier Crespo Polo9 October 2024Ambassador
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Grietje Landman9 October 2024Ambassador
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland John Concannon9 October 2024Ambassador
Flag of Europe.svg European Union Geneviève Tuts9 October 2024Ambassador
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Stavros Hatziyiannis9 October 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Andreas Rendl9 October 2024Ambassador
Flag of Albania.svg Albania Artemis Malo9 October 2024Ambassador
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Abdulrahman Ali Almur Ali Alneyadi4 December 2024Ambassador
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Tewodros Girma Abebe4 December 2024Ambassador
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Carolyne Kamende Daudi4 December 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Jean-Claude Kugener4 December 2024Ambassador
Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon Alexis Bengone4 December 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Kate Logan9 December 2024 High Commissioner
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Esme Jynet Chombo10 December 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Alfredo Fabiao Nuvunga10 December 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Agostinho de Carvalho dos Santos Van-Dunem10 December 2024Ambassador
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Shazelina Binti Zainul Abidin10 December 2024High Commissioner
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Nikolaj Harris10 December 2024Ambassador
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Alessandro Cattaneo10 December 2024Ambassador
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Muhammad Saleem15 January 2025High Commissioner
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Egidijus Meilunas15 January 2025Ambassador
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Malehlanye Constantinus Ralejoe15 January 2025High Commissioner
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Hanna-Leena Korteniemi15 January 2025Ambassador
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Robert John Tinline20 February 2025High Commissioner
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan Pema Lektup Dorji3 March 2025Ambassador
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Crisantos Obama Ondo3 March 2025Ambassador
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Ratu Ilisoni Caucau Cabealawa Vuidreketi3 March 2025Ambassador
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Jose Alfonso Blanco Conde3 March 2025Ambassador
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada Sylvester Quarless15 April 2025High Commissioner
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Joan Forner Rovira29 April 2025Ambassador
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Chhea Keo29 April 2025Ambassador
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed29 April 2025High Commissioner
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana Mpho Churchill O Mophuting29 April 2025High Commissioner
Flag of the United States.svg United States of America Peter Hoekstra 29 April 2025Ambassador

Other offices

Chargé d'affaires and other diplomatic heads

Chargé d'affaires a.i. and other diplomatic heads in Canada, as of August 2025 [4]
Sending country/entityNameDiplomatic titleHigher official title
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Vasif Cingiz Oglu Abutalibov Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Filip Paul G. VandenbroekeDeputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Darussalam Suzianti Abdul LatipSecond Secretary and Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Idrissa Nenin SoulamaMinister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Victor Manuel Porras FernandezMinister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Bakari Makaridze Minister-Counsellor Ambassador
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Simon AtiekuMinister & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. High Commissioner
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea Alhassane DiabateFirst Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Marie-Françoise SuzanMinister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras Aldo Federico Rosales EspinozaMinister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Katalin Kapocsne HaasDeputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of India.svg India Chinmoy NaikDeputy High Commissioner & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Heru SantosoMinister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Ali H A A M AlastadFirst Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Libya.svg Libya Rashed A M Sharkasi Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar Sahondra Harilala Rakotoniaina Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Mali.svg Mali Amadou DialloMinister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania Aly BaSecond Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar May Thazin Tun Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Joshua Wayne HaurakiDeputy Head of Mission & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Abba Kawu ZannaMinister and Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Trygve BendiksbyMinister-Counsellor and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Thais Augusta Collado CastilloFirst Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Rea OretaMinister, Consul General and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone Sheku MesaliDeputy Head of Mission & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Younggi AhnMinister and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. Ambassador
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Kiritharan KumarasamyFirst Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. High Commissioner
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Bakhit Ismail Dahya Chargé d'affaires, e.p. (Ambassador) Ambassador
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togolese Republic Cofie Sena Rodrigue WoussidoFirst Counsellor & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Joanne Melissa AlfredCounsellor & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Allan KajikDeputy Head of Mission & Acting High CommissionerHigh Commissioner

Vacant offices

Vacant positions, as of August 2025 [5] [3]
Sending countryLast officeholderCredentialsTitle
Flag of Benin.svg Benin vacantAmbassador
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia vacantAmbassador
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi vacantAmbassador
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cabo Verde vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia vacantAmbassador
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Iran.svg Iran vacant [6] Ambassador
Flag of North Korea.svg Korea, Democratic People's Republic vacantAmbassador [i]
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyz Republic vacantAmbassador
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives vacantAmbassador
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands vacantAmbassador
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius vacantAmbassador
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru vacantAmbassador [i]
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Niger.svg Niger vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Oman.svg Oman vacantAmbassador
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea vacantHigh Commissioner
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe vacantAmbassador [i]
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles vacantAmbassador
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria vacantAmbassador
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste vacantAmbassador [ii]
Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu vacantAmbassador [i]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine vacantAmbassador
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela vacantAmbassador

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Foreign Representatives in Canada: Ambassadors by Order of Precedence". Global Affairs Canada. March 29, 2021. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Co-accredited as Permanent Representative to the United Nations; resides in New York City.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Co-accredited as Ambassador to the United States; resides in Washington, D.C.
  3. ↑ Titled Apostolic Nuncio rather than Ambassador.
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