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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| Harrington | John Maurice | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 127 | 468 | 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: 13; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHAMAS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHAMAS; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 5/23/1972 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/23/1972 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/10/1973 12:00:00 AM |
| Wood | Francis Ian | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 128 | 237 | 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: 14; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHRAIN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHREÏN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/3/1981 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/13/1981 12:00:00 AM |
| Taylor | Kenneth Douglas | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 129 | 514 | 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: 14; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHRAIN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHREÏN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/28/1977 12:00:00 AM |
| Poole | J. Christopher | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 130 | 342 | 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: 14; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHRAIN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHREÏN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/27/1992 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 2/21/1993 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 5/23/1996 12:00:00 AM |
| McCracken | David Stewart | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 131 | 176 | 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: 14; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHRAIN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHREÏN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 11/21/1985 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/10/1986 12:00:00 AM |
| Hobson | Daniel Edward | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 132 | 214 | 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: 14; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHRAIN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHREÏN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/11/1996 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/12/1996 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/16/2000 12:00:00 AM |
| Hay | Harry Stewart | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 133 | 316 | 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: 14; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHRAIN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHREÏN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 5/2/1978 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/21/1978 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/16/1981 12:00:00 AM |
| George | James | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 134 | 369 | 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: 14; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHRAIN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHREÏN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/26/1974 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 1/1/1977 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_TYPE_ID_ID_DE_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 5; PRESENTATION_DATE_TYPE_EN_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION_AN: Date Missing Day; PRESENTATION_DATE_TYPE_FR_TYPE_DE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION_FR: Date Jour manquant; PRESENTATION_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_LA_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: Date Missing Day/Manque le jour; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 9/17/1977 12:00:00 AM |
| Dickenson | Lawrence T. | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 135 | 527 | 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: 14; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BAHRAIN; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BAHREÏN; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/22/1988 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 2/25/1989 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 9/24/1992 12:00:00 AM |
| Wright | Arthur Robert | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 136 | 68 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 4/4/1979 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 7/22/1979 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/16/1982 12:00:00 AM |
| Vincent | Anthony | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 137 | 44 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/4/1985 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/8/1985 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 9/2/1988 12:00:00 AM |
| Westdal | Christopher William | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 138 | 125 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/22/1982 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/23/1982 12:00:00 AM |
| Scott | Jon J. | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 139 | 480 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/23/1993 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/12/1993 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 9/1/1996 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 |
| Preston | David | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 140 | 163 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/11/1999 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/5/1999 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/12/2002 12:00:00 AM |
| Riddell | Gordon George | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 141 | 297 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/8/1972 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/30/1972 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/16/1974 12:00:00 AM |
| McLaren | Robert Wallace | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 142 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/24/1973 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 7/25/1973 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/1/1975 12:00:00 AM |
| Gauvreau | Émile | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 143 | 224 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/17/1988 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/29/1988 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/5/1993 12:00:00 AM |
| Godsell | Jack F. | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 144 | 349 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/17/1976 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 2/28/1976 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/27/1979 12:00:00 AM |
| Cox | Gordon Edwin | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 145 | 295 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 4/6/1972 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 6/5/1972 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/26/1972 12:00:00 AM |
| Etheridge | Nicholas | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 146 | 634 | 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: 15; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BANGLADESH; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BANGLADESH; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/11/1996 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/5/1996 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/4/1999 12:00:00 AM |
| Zukowsky | Janet P. | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 147 | 399 | 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: 16; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BARBADOS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BARBADE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/12/1990 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/8/1990 12:00:00 AM |
| Wright | Arthur Robert | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 148 | 68 | 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: 16; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BARBADOS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BARBADE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/8/1987 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/9/1987 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/29/1990 12:00:00 AM |
| van Beselaere | Duane | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 149 | 207 | 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: 16; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BARBADOS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BARBADE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/30/1997 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/19/1997 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/11/2000 12:00:00 AM |
| Scrimshaw | Sandelle D. | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 150 | 772 | 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: 16; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BARBADOS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BARBADE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/26/2000 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/13/2000 12:00:00 AM |
| Smith | Lawrence Austin Hayne | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 151 | 526 | 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: 16; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: BARBADOS; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: BARBADE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/24/1973 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/27/1973 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 11/5/1977 12:00:00 AM |