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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| Fortier | D'Iberville | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1420 | 147 | 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: 125; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MALTA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MALTE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/29/1976 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/20/1976 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/27/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| Charland | Claude Talbot | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1421 | 135 | 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: 125; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MALTA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MALTE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/29/1985 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 5/23/1985 12:00:00 AM |
| Collett | Wilmer James | A/HC | Acting High Commissioner | H-C p.i. | Haut-commissaire par intérim | 1422 | 860 | 9 | 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: 125; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MALTA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MALTE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/27/1972 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 10/30/1973 12:00:00 AM |
| Bartleman | James Karl | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1423 | 389 | 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: 126; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: ÎLES MARSHALL (République des); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/7/2000 12:00:00 AM |
| Licari | Wilfrid-Guy | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1424 | 838 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 11/25/1994 12:00:00 AM |
| Perron | Marc | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1425 | 566 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/10/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| Riddell | Gordon George | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1426 | 297 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/6/1969 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/7/1972 12:00:00 AM |
| Grenier | Raoul Jean | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1427 | 698 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/29/1972 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 9/5/1974 12:00:00 AM |
| Hubert | Jean-Paul | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1428 | 420 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/11/1988 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/11/1990 12:00:00 AM |
| Lévesque | Michèle | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1429 | 628 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/15/1998 12:00:00 AM |
| Bujold | Marius Jean | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1430 | 582 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/22/1982 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/4/1982 12:00:00 AM |
| Côté | Joseph Jean Martial | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1431 | 490 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 5/11/1966 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/12/1968 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/12/1969 12:00:00 AM |
| Couvrette | Joseph Gilles André | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1432 | 487 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/10/1974 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/26/1974 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/23/1977 12:00:00 AM |
| April | Serge | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1433 | 779 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/4/1985 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/10/1985 12:00:00 AM |
| Asselin | Jacques J.A. | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1434 | 362 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/14/1977 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/9/1977 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/11/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| Bilodeau | Jacques | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1435 | 352 | 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: 127; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITANIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURITANIE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/14/1991 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 4/25/1991 12:00:00 AM |
| Rose | John David Logan | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1436 | 451 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/28/1988 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 4/4/1988 12:00:00 AM |
| Perron | Arthur C. | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1437 | 58 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/26/1995 12:00:00 AM |
| McLaren | Robert Wallace | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1438 | 750 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/27/1975 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/14/1975 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/30/1978 12:00:00 AM |
| Irwin | John Arnold | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1439 | 446 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/11/1969 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 4/27/1970 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/1/1971 12:00:00 AM |
| Johansen | Karl | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1440 | 502 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/10/1980 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/2/1981 12:00:00 AM |
| Edwards | Lucie Geneviève | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1441 | 556 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 1/7/2000 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/14/1999 12:00:00 AM |
| Bergbusch | Eric John | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1442 | 227 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/20/1978 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/5/1979 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/31/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| Arnould | Derek Clement | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1443 | 188 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/31/1984 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/19/1985 12:00:00 AM |
| Barker | James Rollins | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1444 | 392 | 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: 128; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: MAURITIUS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: MAURICE (ÎLE); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/25/1971 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/6/1972 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/13/1975 12:00:00 AM |