Recent Heads of Mission Appointments
October 17, 2025
Robert Sinclair becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Sweden. Mr. Sinclair replaces Jason LaTorre.
October 8, 2025
Sonya Thissen becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Hellenic Republic. Ms. Thissen replaces Anna-Karine Asselin.
October 1, 2025
The Honourable John Hannaford, P.C. becomes the Personal Representative of the Prime Minister to the European Union.
September 18, 2025
The Honourable David Lametti becomes Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, a position previously held by Bob Rae.
Vera Alexander becomes Ambassador of Canada to Germany, a position previously held by the late John Horgan.
August 28, 2025
Christopher Cooter becomes High Commissioner for Canada in the Republic of India, a position previously held by Cameron MacKay.
August 14, 2025
Jennifer Lalonde becomes High Commissioner in the Republic of Fiji. Ms. Lalonde replaces Keith Smith.
Joanne Lemay becomes Consul General in São Paulo (Federative Republic of Brazil). Ms. Lemay replaces Caroline Charette.
Paul Thoppil becomes High Commissioner in the Republic of Singapore. Mr. Thoppil replaces Jean-Dominique Ieraci.
July 30, 2025
Louis-Martin Aumais becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Mr. Aumais replaces Tarik Khan.
Jeff David becomes Consul General in Mumbai (Republic of India). Mr. David replaces Diedrah Kelly.
Ghislain Robichaud becomes Consul General in Sydney (Australia). Mr. Robichaud replaces André-François Giroux, who is currently serving as Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti.
Allison Stewart becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Libya. Ms. Stewart replaces Isabelle Savard.
July 3, 2025
Alexandre Bilodeau becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tunisia. Mr. Bilodeau replaces Lorraine Diguer.
Anderson Blanc becomes High Commissioner in the Republic of Mozambique. Mr. Blanc replaces Sara Nicholls.
Natalie Britton becomes Consul General in Istanbul (Republic of Türkiye). Ms. Britton replaces Tara Scheurwater.
Sandra Choufani becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Ms. Choufani replaces Anderson Blanc.
Christian DesRoches becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Cambodia. Mr. DesRoches replaces Ping Kitnikone.
Ambra Dickie becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, in Jakarta. Ms. Dickie replaces Vicky Singmin.
Stephen Doust becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mongolia. Mr. Doust replaces Sandra Choufani.
Gregory Galligan becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Lebanese Republic. Mr. Galligan replaces Stefanie McCollum.
Alison Grant becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Austria and Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna. Ms. Grant replaces Troy Lulashnyk.
Marie-Claude Harvey becomes High Commissioner in the Republic of Cameroon. Ms. Harvey replaces Lorraine Anderson.
Patrick Hébert becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Finland. Mr. Hébert replaces Jeanette Stovel.
Jean-Dominique Ieraci becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Peru. Mr. Ieraci replaces Louis Marcotte.
Tarik Khan becomes High Commissioner in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Mr. Khan replaces Leslie Scanlon.
Craig Kowalik becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Ecuador. Mr. Kowalik replaces Stephen Potter.
Philippe Lafortune becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Korea. Mr. Lafortune replaces Tamara Mawhinney.
Jean-Paul Lemieux becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation. Mr. Lemieux replaces Patrick Wittmann.
Isabelle Martin becomes High Commissioner in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Ms. Martin replaces Eric Walsh.
Karim Morcos becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Qatar. Mr. Morcos replaces Isabelle Martin.
James Nickel becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Mr. Nickel replaces Shawn Steil.
Tara Scheurwater becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Kuwait. Ms. Scheurwater replaces Aliya Mawani.
Nicolas Simard becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Mr. Simard replaces Joshua Tabah.
Joshua Tabah becomes High Commissioner in the Republic of Kenya and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and to the United Nations Environment Programme. Mr. Tabah replaces Christopher Thornley.
Kent Vachon becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Mr. Vachon replaces Ping Kitnikone.
May 2, 2025
Tamer Mansy becomes High Commissioner in Brunei Darussalam. Mr. Mansy replaces Ambra Dickie.
March 5, 2025
Sarah Quigley becomes Consul General in Denver (United States of America). Ms. Quigley replaces Sylvain Fabi.
February 26, 2025
Leslie Scanlon becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Israel. Ms. Scanlon replaces Lisa Stadelbauer.
January 22, 2025
Robin Wettlaufer becomes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. Ms. Wettlaufer replaces Michael Callan.