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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]
Current ambassadors and high commissioners
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Below are the ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, as of August 2025[update].[2]
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| Sending country/entity | Name[1][3] | Credentials (as of August 2025[update]) | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
 San Marino |
Damiano Beleffi | 18 May 2011 | Ambassador[i] |
 Monaco |
Maguy Maccario-Doyle | 16 December 2014 | Ambassador[ii] |
 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 |
 Palau |
Hersey Kyota | 20 November 2017 | Ambassador[ii] |
 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 |
 Afghanistan |
Mohammad Hassan Soroosh Yousufzai | 1 November 2019 | Ambassador |
 Rwanda |
Prosper Higiro | 1 November 2019 | Ambassador |
 Croatia |
Vice Skračić | 18 December 2019 | Ambassador |
 Kosovo |
Adriatik Kryeziu | 10 March 2020 | Ambassador |
 Thailand |
Kallayana Vipattipumiprates | 13 October 2020 | Ambassador[i] |
 Serbia |
Dejan Ralević | 30 November 2020 | Ambassador |
 El Salvador |
Ricardo Alfonso Cisneros Rodriguez | 30 November 2020 | Ambassador |
 Romania |
Bogdan Maniou | 22 March 2021 | Ambassador |
 Guatemala |
Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo | 22 March 2021 | Ambassador |
 Argentina |
Maria Josefina Martinez Gramuglia | 29 March 2021 | Ambassador |
 Belize |
Lynn Raymond Young | 4 August 2021 | High Commissioner |
 Russia |
Oleg Stepanov | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Ivory Coast |
Bafetigue Ouattara | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Iceland |
Hlynur Gudjonsson | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
 Holy See |
Ivan Jurkovic | 2 December 2021 | Ambassador[iii] |
 Slovenia |
Andrej Gregor Rode | 2 December 2021 | Ambassador |
 Spain |
Alfredo Martinez Serrano | 7 December 2021 | Ambassador |
 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] |
 Namibia |
Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams | 10 March 2022 | High Commissioner[ii] |
 Barbados |
Gline Arley Clarke | 27 April 2022 | High Commissioner |
 South Africa |
Rieaz Shaik | 27 April 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Latvia |
Kaspars Ozolins | 27 April 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 |
 Paraguay |
Raul Antonio Montiel Gasto | 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 |
 Guyana |
Keith Linden George | 23 November 2022 | High Commissioner |
 Democratic Republic of Congo |
Joksa Kabongo Ngoy | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 North Macedonia |
Argon Budjaku | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
 Laos |
Sisavath Inphachanh | 20 January 2023 | Ambassador |
 Samoa |
Paolelei Luteru | 20 January 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Zimbabwe |
Cecil Toendepi Chinenere | 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 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 |
 Eswatini |
Kennedy Fitzgerald Groening | 4 December 2023 | High Commissioner |
 Suriname |
Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk | 4 December 2023 | Ambassador |
 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 |
 Cameroon |
XXX Ngola Philip Ngwese | 13 September 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Turkiye |
Can Dizdar | 13 September 2024 | Ambassador |
 Germany |
Matthias Luettenberg | 13 September 2024 | Ambassador |
 Bangladesh |
Nadiha Sobhan | 13 September 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Ecuador |
Esteban Jabier Crespo Polo | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 Netherlands |
Grietje Landman | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 Ireland |
John Concannon | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 European Union |
Geneviève Tuts | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 Cyprus |
Stavros Hatziyiannis | 9 October 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Austria |
Andreas Rendl | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 Albania |
Artemis Malo | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
 United Arab Emirates |
Abdulrahman Ali Almur Ali Alneyadi | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Ethiopia |
Tewodros Girma Abebe | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Kenya |
Carolyne Kamende Daudi | 4 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Luxembourg |
Jean-Claude Kugener | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Gabon |
Alexis Bengone | 4 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Australia |
Kate Logan | 9 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Malawi |
Esme Jynet Chombo | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Mozambique |
Alfredo Fabiao Nuvunga | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Angola |
Agostinho de Carvalho dos Santos Van-Dunem | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Malaysia |
Shazelina Binti Zainul Abidin | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
 Denmark |
Nikolaj Harris | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Italy |
Alessandro Cattaneo | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
 Pakistan |
Muhammad Saleem | 15 January 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Lithuania |
Egidijus Meilunas | 15 January 2025 | Ambassador |
 Lesotho |
Malehlanye Constantinus Ralejoe | 15 January 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Finland |
Hanna-Leena Korteniemi | 15 January 2025 | Ambassador |
 United Kingdom |
Robert John Tinline | 20 February 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Bhutan |
Pema Lektup Dorji | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Crisantos Obama Ondo | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
 Fiji |
Ratu Ilisoni Caucau Cabealawa Vuidreketi | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
 Dominican Republic |
Jose Alfonso Blanco Conde | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
 Grenada |
Sylvester Quarless | 15 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Andorra |
Joan Forner Rovira | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
 Cambodia |
Chhea Keo | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
 Maldives |
Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed | 29 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
 Botswana |
Mpho Churchill O Mophuting | 29 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
 United States of America |
Peter Hoekstra | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
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Other offices
Chargé d'affaires and other diplomatic heads
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| Sending country/entity | Name | Diplomatic title | Higher official title |
|---|---|---|---|
 Azerbaijan |
Vasif Cingiz Oglu Abutalibov | Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Belgium |
Filip Paul G. Vandenbroeke | Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 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 |
 Costa Rica |
Victor Manuel Porras Fernandez | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Georgia |
Bakari Makaridze | Minister-Counsellor | Ambassador |
 Ghana |
Simon Atieku | Minister & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | High Commissioner |
 Guinea |
Alhassane Diabate | First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Haiti |
Marie-Françoise Suzan | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Honduras |
Aldo Federico Rosales Espinoza | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Hungary |
Katalin Kapocsne Haas | Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 India |
Chinmoy Naik | Deputy High Commissioner & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Indonesia |
Heru Santoso | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Kuwait |
Ali H A A M Alastad | First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Libya |
Rashed A M Sharkasi | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Madagascar |
Sahondra Harilala Rakotoniaina | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Mali |
Amadou Diallo | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Mauritania |
Aly Ba | Second Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Myanmar |
May Thazin Tun | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 New Zealand |
Joshua Wayne Hauraki | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Nigeria |
Abba Kawu Zanna | Minister and Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Norway |
Trygve Bendiksby | Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Panama |
Thais Augusta Collado Castillo | First Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Philippines |
Rea Oreta | Minister, Consul General and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Sierra Leone |
Sheku Mesali | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 South Korea |
Younggi Ahn | Minister and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
 Sri Lanka |
Kiritharan Kumarasamy | First Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | 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 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Joanne Melissa Alfred | Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
 Uganda |
Allan Kajik | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
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Vacant offices
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| Sending country | Last officeholder | Credentials | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
 Benin |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Bolivia |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Burundi |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Cabo Verde |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
| Cambodia |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Central African Republic |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Eritrea |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
| Grenada |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Iran |
vacant[6] | Ambassador | |
 Korea, Democratic People's Republic |
vacant | Ambassador[i] | |
 Kyrgyz Republic |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Liberia |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
| Maldives |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Marshall Islands |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Mauritius |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Montenegro |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Nauru |
vacant | Ambassador[i] | |
 Nicaragua |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Niger |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Oman |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Papua New Guinea |
vacant | High Commissioner | |
 Saint Lucia |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
vacant | Ambassador[i] | |
 Seychelles |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 South Sudan |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Syria |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Timor-Leste |
vacant | Ambassador[ii] | |
 Tuvalu |
vacant | Ambassador[i] | |
 Ukraine |
vacant | Ambassador | |
 Venezuela |
vacant | Ambassador |
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