Heads of Missions (Canada)
Every Canadian head of post and dates of service, by person and country Coverage: Historical to 2026 edition. Note: Updated June 2026; best ambassador dataset found. Loaded automatically.
Source: Global Affairs Canada · updated October 6, 2026 · Open Government Licence - Canada
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Download CSV| LAST_NAME_NOM_DE_FAMILLE | FIRST_NAME_PRENOM | TITLE_NAME_EN_NOM_DU_TITRE_AN | TITLE_DESCRIPTION_EN_DESCRIPTION_DU_TITRE_AN | TITLE_NAME_FR_NOM_DU_TITRE_FR | TITLE_DESCRIPTION_FR_DESCRIPTION_DU_TITRE_FR | ID | PERSON_ID_IDENTIFIANT_DE_PERSONNE | TITLE_ID_ID_DU_TITRE | Other details |
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| Lalani | Arif | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3257 | 1319 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 92; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: IRAQ; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: IRAQ; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 11/24/2006 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 4/24/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Leir | Michael | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 3258 | 961 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 140; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: NAURU; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: NAURU (République de); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 11/24/2006 12:00:00 AM |
| Lysyshyn | Ralph | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3259 | 962 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 215; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: UZBEKISTAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: OUZBÉKISTAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 11/24/2006 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/21/2010 12:00:00 AM |
| Hynes | Ross | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3260 | 1316 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 166; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: RWANDA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: RWANDA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/15/2007 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/12/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Archibald | Ruth | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 3261 | 769 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 112; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: LESOTHO; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: LESOTHO; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/15/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Kingsley | Denis | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 3262 | 1336 | 11 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 35; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: CAYMAN ISLANDS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: CAÏMANS (ÎLES); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/15/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Kingsley | Denis | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 3263 | 1336 | 11 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 201; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/15/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Lavoie | Jean-Pierre | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3264 | 1329 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 36; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/15/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Lavoie | Jean-Pierre | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3265 | 1329 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 37; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: CHAD; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: TCHAD; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/15/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Massip | Marie-Isabelle | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3266 | 1338 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 113; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: LIBERIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: LIBÉRIA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/15/2007 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 8/20/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Massip | Marie-Isabelle | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 3267 | 1338 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 175; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SIERRA LEONE; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SIERRA LEONE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/15/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Lapointe | Paul-Henri | AMB & PERM REP | Ambassador and Permanent Representative | AMB et REP PERM | Ambassadeur et représentant permanent | 3268 | 1342 | 32 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 152; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: ORGANISATION DE COOPÉRATION ET DE DÉVELOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUES; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/26/2007 12:00:00 AM; APPOINTMENT_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_LA_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: effective March 26, 2007 (OIC was dated 2007-01-10) OIC: 2007-0020; PRESENTATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_LA_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: mission did not have POC date; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/31/2010 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: TOM provided by mission on 6 Jan. 2026 |
| Archibald | Ruth | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 3270 | 769 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 187; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: ESWATINI (formerly Swaziland); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: ESWATINI (auparavant Swaziland); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/13/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Sullivan | Daniel | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 3272 | 1331 | 11 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 21; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BERMUDA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BERMUDES; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/13/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Lalani | Arif | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3274 | 1319 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 1; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: AFGHANISTAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: AFGHANISTAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 4/24/2007 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/1/2008 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_ID_ID_DE_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: 5; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN_AN: Date Missing Day; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN_FR: Date Jour manquant; TERMINATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: Date Missing Day/Manque le jour |
| Collette | Robert | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3275 | 720 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 189; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SWITZERLAND; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SUISSE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/21/2005 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/31/2005 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/24/2009 12:00:00 AM |
| Archibald | Ruth | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 3277 | 769 | 8 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 139; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: NAMIBIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: NAMIBIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 12/4/2006 12:00:00 AM |
| Glasgow | Laurette | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3278 | 1228 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 117; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: LUXEMBOURG; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: LUXEMBOURG; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 12/4/2006 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 1/25/2007 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/29/2008 12:00:00 AM |
| Malone | David | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3279 | 162 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 141; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: NEPAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: NÉPAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 12/4/2006 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/28/2008 12:00:00 AM |
| Massip | Marie-Isabelle | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3281 | 1338 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 146; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: NIGER; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: NIGER; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 12/4/2006 12:00:00 AM |
| Lavoie | Jean-Pierre | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3282 | 1329 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 171; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SAO TOMÉ-ET-PRINCIPE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 12/4/2006 12:00:00 AM |
| Mundy | John | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3283 | 989 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 91; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: IRAN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: IRAN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 4/13/2007 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: It seems that John Mundy did not present credentials: according to the G&M Tehran accepted him (agréé) but refused to accredit him and he was expelled in December 2007. (see Globe and Mail, Dec. 5, 2007, p. A22). The embassy was closed in September 2012. See "Envoys out as Canada severs Iranian ties," Globe and Mail, 8 Sept. 2012, p. A3. |
| McDougall | Robert | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3284 | 1300 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 238; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SERBIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SERBIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/26/2007 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/1/2008 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_ID_ID_DE_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN_AN: Date Missing Month and Day; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN_FR: Date manquante Mois et jour; TERMINATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: Date Missing Month & Day/Manque le mois et le jour |
| McDougall | Robert | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3285 | 1300 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 239; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MONTENEGRO; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MONTÉNÉGRO; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/26/2007 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/1/2008 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_ID_ID_DE_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN_AN: Date Missing Month and Day; TERMINATION_DATE_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN_FR: Date manquante Mois et jour; TERMINATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_DATE_DE_FIN: Date Missing Month & Day/Manque le mois et le jour |
| Fraser | Scott | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 3290 | 1345 | 2 | POSTING_TYPE_ID_ID_DU_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION: 4; POSTING_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_AN: Non Consular; POSTING_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_PUBLICATION_FR: Non Consulaire; COUNTRY_ID_ID_DU_PAYS: 66; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: FINLAND; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: FINLANDE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/18/2007 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/25/2007 12:00:00 AM |