List of ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada
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Template:Short description 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.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Current ambassadors and high commissioners
Below are the ambassadors and high commissioners to Canada, by order of precedence, Template:As of.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Sending country/entity | Name<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> | Credentials (Template:As of) |
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| Template:Flag | Damiano Beleffi | Template:Dts | Ambassador<ref name="UN" group="lower-roman">Co-accredited as Permanent Representative to the United Nations; resides in New York City.</ref> |
| Template:Flag | Maguy Maccario-Doyle | Template:Dts | Ambassador<ref name="US" group="lower-roman">Co-accredited as Ambassador to the United States; resides in Washington, D.C.</ref> |
| Template:Flag | Jamal Abdullah Yahya Al-Sallal | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Meret Orazov | Template:Dts | Ambassador<ref name="US" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Mohamed Siad Douale | Template:Dts | Ambassador<ref name="US" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Ronald Sanders, Sir | Template:Dts | High Commissioner<ref name="US" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Louanne Gaylene Gilchrist | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Hersey Kyota | Template:Dts | Ambassador<ref name="US" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Fadi Ziadeh | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Abdulla AlKhalifa | 29 January 2018 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Souriya Otmani | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Anahit Harutyunyan | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flagcountry | Mohammad Hassan Soroosh Yousufzai | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Prosper Higiro | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Vice Skračić | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Adriatik Kryeziu | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Kallayana Vipattipumiprates | Template:Dts | Ambassador<ref name="UN" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Dejan Ralević | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Ricardo Alfonso Cisneros Rodriguez | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Bogdan Maniou | 22 March 2021 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Guisela Atalida Godinez Sazo | Template:Dts | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Maria Josefina Martinez Gramuglia | 29 March 2021 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Lynn Raymond Young | 4 August 2021 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Oleg Stepanov | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Bafetigue Ouattara | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Hlynur Gudjonsson | 9 September 2021 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Ivan Jurkovic | 2 December 2021 | Ambassador<ref group="lower-roman">Titled Apostolic Nuncio rather than Ambassador.</ref> |
| Template:Flag | Andrej Gregor Rode | 2 December 2021 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Alfredo Martinez Serrano | 7 December 2021 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Jane Mugafalu Waetara | 15 February 2022 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Khalid Rashid S.H. Al-Mansouri | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Teburoro Tito | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador<ref name="UN" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Viliami Vainga Tone | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador<ref name="UN" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Issimail Chanfi | 10 March 2022 | Ambassador<ref name="UN" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Margareth Natalie Mensah-Williams | 10 March 2022 | High Commissioner<ref name="US" group="lower-roman" /> |
| Template:Flag | Gline Arley Clarke | 27 April 2022 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Rieaz Shaik | 27 April 2022 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Kaspars Ozolins | 27 April 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Antonio Manuel Torres Domingues Leao Rocha | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Witold Miroslaw Dzielski | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Kanji Yamanouchi | 7 June 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Raul Antonio Montiel Gasto | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Margus Rava | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Ahmed Abdallah Ibrahim Hafez | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Michel Miraillet | 22 September 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Vergeneas Alfred Gray | 26 October 2022 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Sergiu Odainic | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Olaf Andreas Kjelsen | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Keith Linden George | 23 November 2022 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Joksa Kabongo Ngoy | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Argon Budjaku | 23 November 2022 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Sisavath Inphachanh | 20 January 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Paolelei Luteru | 20 January 2023 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Cecil Toendepi Chinenere | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Carlos Arturo Morales Lopez | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez | 28 March 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Plamen Georgiev Georgiev | 26 June 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Kennedy Mpolobe Shepande | 26 June 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Marsha Monique Coore Lobban | 10 September 2023 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Bouroumdou Naloum | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Gustavo Anibal Alvarez Goyoaga | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Manuel Gerardo Talavera Espinar | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Viera Grigova | 25 September 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Vinh Quang Pham | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Dauletbek Kussainov | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Sarantogos Erdenetsogt | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Iddo Moed | 13 October 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Chin Siong Tan | 13 October 2023 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Signe Fenja Burgstaller | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Amal Yahya Almoalimi | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Martin Tlapa | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Carlos Alberto Franco Franca | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Gorgui Ciss | 17 November 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Momodou Lamin Bah | 4 December 2023 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Kennedy Fitzgerald Groening | 4 December 2023 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Jan Marten Willem Schalkwijk | 4 December 2023 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Samuel Alharjai Berridge | 17 February 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Aleksandar Bogdanic | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Sabah Nizar Rashid Al Rafie | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Ekaterini Dimakis | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Noureddine Sidi Abed | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Lassaad Boutara | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Abdulrahman Hamid Mohamed Al-Hussaini | 20 February 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Juan Carlos Garcia Perez de Arce | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Joseph Edward Sokoine | 30 April 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Mark Anthony Pace | 30 April 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Bharat Raj Paudyal | 30 April 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Appolinaire Aya | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Di Wang | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Furkat Sidikov | 26 June 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | XXX Ngola Philip Ngwese | 13 September 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Can Dizdar | 13 September 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Matthias Luettenberg | 13 September 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Nadiha Sobhan | 13 September 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Esteban Jabier Crespo Polo | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Grietje Landman | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | John Concannon | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Geneviève Tuts | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Stavros Hatziyiannis | 9 October 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Andreas Rendl | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Artemis Malo | 9 October 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Abdulrahman Ali Almur Ali Alneyadi | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Tewodros Girma Abebe | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Carolyne Kamende Daudi | 4 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Jean-Claude Kugener | 4 December 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Alexis Bengone | 4 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Kate Logan | 9 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Esme Jynet Chombo | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Alfredo Fabiao Nuvunga | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Agostinho de Carvalho dos Santos Van-Dunem | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Shazelina Binti Zainul Abidin | 10 December 2024 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Nikolaj Harris | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Alessandro Cattaneo | 10 December 2024 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Muhammad Saleem | 15 January 2025 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Egidijus Meilunas | 15 January 2025 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Malehlanye Constantinus Ralejoe | 15 January 2025 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Hanna-Leena Korteniemi | 15 January 2025 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Robert John Tinline | 20 February 2025 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Pema Lektup Dorji | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Crisantos Obama Ondo | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Ratu Ilisoni Caucau Cabealawa Vuidreketi | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Jose Alfonso Blanco Conde | 3 March 2025 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Sylvester Quarless | 15 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Joan Forner Rovira | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Chhea Keo | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed | 29 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Mpho Churchill O Mophuting | 29 April 2025 | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Peter Hoekstra | 29 April 2025 | Ambassador |
Other offices
Chargé d'affaires and other diplomatic heads
| Sending country/entity | Name | Diplomatic title | Higher official title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flag | Vasif Cingiz Oglu Abutalibov | Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Filip Paul G. Vandenbroeke | Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Suzianti Abdul Latip | Second Secretary and Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Idrissa Nenin Soulama | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Victor Manuel Porras Fernandez | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Bakari Makaridze | Minister-Counsellor | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Simon Atieku | Minister & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Alhassane Diabate | First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Marie-Françoise Suzan | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Aldo Federico Rosales Espinoza | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Katalin Kapocsne Haas | Deputy Head of Mission & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Chinmoy Naik | Deputy High Commissioner & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Heru Santoso | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Ali H A A M Alastad | First Secretary & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Rashed A M Sharkasi | CounsellorCounsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Sahondra Harilala Rakotoniaina | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Amadou Diallo | Minister-Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Aly Ba | Second Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | May Thazin Tun | Counsellor & Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Joshua Wayne Hauraki | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Abba Kawu Zanna | Minister and Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Trygve Bendiksby | Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Thais Augusta Collado Castillo | First Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Rea Oreta | Minister, Consul General and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Sheku Mesali | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Younggi Ahn | Minister and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Kiritharan Kumarasamy | First Secretary and Chargé d'affaires, a.i. | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Bakhit Ismail Dahya | Chargé d'affaires, e.p. (Ambassador) | Ambassador |
| Template:Flag | Cofie Sena Rodrigue Woussido | First Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Joanne Melissa Alfred | Counsellor & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
| Template:Flag | Allan Kajik | Deputy Head of Mission & Acting High Commissioner | High Commissioner |
Vacant offices
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