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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| Tait | Richard Marcus | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2431 | 716 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/21/1968 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/17/1969 12:00:00 AM |
| Williams | Bruce MacGillivray | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2432 | 89 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/15/1956 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 2/16/1957 12:00:00 AM |
| Woodsworth | Charles James | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2433 | 102 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/23/1960 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 11/14/1961 12:00:00 AM |
| Lett | Sherwood | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2434 | 871 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/10/1954 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/1/1955 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 |
| Moore | Victor Campbell | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2435 | 827 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/8/1965 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 3/1/1967 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 |
| Seaborn | James Blair | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2436 | 374 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 4/16/1964 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/1/1965 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 |
| Hart | Albert Frederick | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2437 | 14 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/30/1969 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 5/31/1971 12:00:00 AM |
| Jackson | Robert David | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2438 | 731 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/28/1971 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 5/22/1973 12:00:00 AM |
| Johnson | David Moffat | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2439 | 175 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/5/1955 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 5/15/1956 12:00:00 AM |
| Cox | Gordon Edwin | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2440 | 295 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/9/1962 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/5/1964 12:00:00 AM |
| Dier | Ormond Wilson | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2441 | 643 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 11/1/1966 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 4/11/1968 12:00:00 AM |
| Erichsen-Brown | John Price | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2442 | 475 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/10/1959 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 4/27/1960 12:00:00 AM |
| Bédard | Charles Michel | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2443 | 108 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/1/1958 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 10/31/1959 12:00:00 AM |
| Carter | Thomas Lemesurier | COMNR | Commissioner | COMM | Commissaire | 2444 | 816 | 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: 218; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (ICSC); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (CICS); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 3/21/1957 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 10/25/1958 12:00:00 AM |
| Perron | Arthur C. | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2446 | 58 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 2/14/1991 12:00:00 AM; APPOINTMENT_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_LA_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: OIC: 1991-0243 (verified using red registers at LAC); PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/24/1990 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/12/1994 12:00:00 AM |
| Small | Charles John | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2447 | 103 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 11/13/1973 12:00:00 AM; APPOINTMENT_DATE_NOTE_NOTE_DE_LA_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: P.C. 1973-3567; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 1/31/1975 12:00:00 AM |
| Smith | Lawrence Austin Hayne | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2448 | 526 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 5/19/1988 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/22/1988 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 1/1/1990 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 |
| Latour | Cécile | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2449 | 97 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/11/1999 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 11/24/1999 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/16/2002 12:00:00 AM |
| Menzies | Arthur Redpath | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2450 | 67 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 6/29/1976 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 3/2/1977 12:00:00 AM |
| Paynter | John Lawrence | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2451 | 464 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 10/13/1983 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/10/1983 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/15/1987 12:00:00 AM |
| Bild | M. Fred | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2452 | 559 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/26/1979 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 9/19/1979 12:00:00 AM |
| Desloges | Christine | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2453 | 120 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 8/16/1994 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 7/16/1997 12:00:00 AM |
| Grinius | Marius | AE&P | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | AEP | Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire | 2454 | 581 | 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: 219; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: VIETNAM (Socialist Republic of); COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: VIETNAM (République socialiste du); APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 7/10/1997 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 8/28/1997 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 8/4/1999 12:00:00 AM |
| Rousseau | Charles Odilon Roger | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2455 | 109 | 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: 220; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SAMOA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SAMOA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 9/3/1981 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 2/15/1982 12:00:00 AM; TERMINATION_DATE_DATE_DE_FIN: 6/17/1985 12:00:00 AM |
| Small | Albert Douglas | HC | High Commissioner | H-C | Haut-commissaire | 2456 | 12 | 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: 220; COUNTRY_EN_PAYS_AN: SAMOA; COUNTRY_FR_PAYS_FR: SAMOA; APPOINTMENT_DATE_DATE_DE_NOMINATION: 11/21/1985 12:00:00 AM; PRESENTATION_DATE_DATE_DE_PRESENTATION: 12/11/1985 12:00:00 AM |