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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| Jenkins | William John | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1900 | 853 | 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: 172; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SAUDI ARABIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: ARABIE SAOUDITE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 4/4/1979 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/19/1979 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 12/4/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| Lefebvre | Jean-Pierre | Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | Chargé d'affaires a.i. | Chef de Mission chargé d'affaires ad interim | 1901 | 422 | 3 | 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: 172; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SAUDI ARABIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: ARABIE SAOUDITE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/1/1974 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 11/24/1974 12:00:00 AM |
| Bobinski | Edward Lucien | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1902 | 218 | 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: 172; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SAUDI ARABIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: ARABIE SAOUDITE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/21/1976 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 1/26/1977 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/9/1979 12:00:00 AM |
| Fulford | Dwight Wilder | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1903 | 208 | 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: 172; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SAUDI ARABIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: ARABIE SAOUDITE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/22/1982 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/25/1982 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/15/1985 12:00:00 AM |
| Gignac | Jacques Gilles Bruno | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1904 | 361 | 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: 172; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SAUDI ARABIA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: ARABIE SAOUDITE; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 5/17/1973 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 6/24/1973 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/28/1974 12:00:00 AM |
| Riddell | Gordon George | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1905 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/6/1969 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/2/1969 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/7/1972 12:00:00 AM |
| Perron | Marc | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1906 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/10/1980 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/16/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| Lévesque | Michèle | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1907 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/15/1998 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/22/1998 12:00:00 AM |
| Licari | Wilfrid-Guy | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1908 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/16/1994 12:00:00 AM |
| Lessard | Gabriel-Marie Frédéric | Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | Chargé d'Affaires ad interim | Chargé d'affaires a.i. | Chef de Mission chargé d'affaires ad interim | 1909 | 253 | 3 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/11/1975 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 11/18/1977 12:00:00 AM |
| Hubert | Jean-Paul | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1910 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/11/1988 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/13/1988 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/11/1990 12:00:00 AM |
| Grenier | Raoul Jean | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1911 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/29/1972 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/12/1972 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 9/5/1974 12:00:00 AM |
| Côté | Joseph Jean Martial | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1912 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 5/11/1966 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 7/11/1966 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 | 1913 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/10/1974 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/9/1974 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/23/1977 12:00:00 AM |
| Cleveland | John Harrison | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1914 | 460 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/13/1964 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 4/1/1965 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/17/1967 12:00:00 AM |
| Carter | Thomas Lemesurier | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1915 | 816 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/8/1962 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 6/1/1962 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/10/1964 12:00:00 AM |
| Bujold | Marius Jean | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1916 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/22/1982 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/14/1982 12:00:00 AM |
| Bilodeau | Jacques | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1917 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/18/1990 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 10/13/1990 12:00:00 AM |
| Asselin | Jacques J.A. | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1918 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/14/1977 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/18/1977 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/11/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| April | Serge | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 1919 | 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: 173; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SENEGAL; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SÉNÉGAL; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/4/1985 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/26/1985 12:00:00 AM |
| Rose | John David Logan | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1920 | 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: 174; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SEYCHELLES; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SEYCHELLES (LES); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/10/1987 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/8/1991 12:00:00 AM |
| McLaren | Robert Wallace | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1921 | 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: 174; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SEYCHELLES; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SEYCHELLES (LES); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/13/1976 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 7/1/1976 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/30/1978 12:00:00 AM |
| Marsden-Dole | Patricia M. | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1922 | 646 | 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: 174; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SEYCHELLES; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SEYCHELLES (LES); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/19/1991 12:00:00 AM |
| Johansen | Karl | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1923 | 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: 174; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SEYCHELLES; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SEYCHELLES (LES); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/10/1980 12:00:00 AM |
| Hammond | Wayne N. | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 1924 | 832 | 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: 174; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SEYCHELLES; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SEYCHELLES (LES); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/10/1997 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 1/8/1998 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/22/2001 12:00:00 AM |