List of Canadian ambassadors to France

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List of Canadian ambassadors to France -- Canada's mission in Paris is the second oldest Canadian diplomatic post, the oldest being the High Commission in London. Technically, however, Paris is Canada's oldest foreign mission as the diplomatic posting to London was not considered to be a "foreign" mission as Canada was a member of the British Empire.

The mission in Paris was established in 1882 when Hector Fabre was sent to serve as an "Agent of the Dominion (of Canada)". He was accorded no formal diplomatic status, however, as Britain had not accorded Canada the right to establish formal diplomatic relations with foreign states. In 1891 Fabre was succeeded by Senator Philippe Roy as Canada's Agent in France.

Canada opened a formal legation in Paris in 1928 at which point Roy was accorded the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and given diplomatic privileges.

George Philias Vanier was Minister and Head of Legation from 1939 to 1940 (he was concurrently Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom) and he was named Canada's first Ambassador to France in September 1944.[1]

Ambassador	Start of Term	End of Term
George Philias Vanier	1944	1953
Jean Désy	1954	1957
Pierre Dupuy	1958	1963
Jules Léger	1964	1968
Paul Beaulieu	1968	1970
Léo Cadieux	1970	1975
Gérard Pelletier	1975	1981
Michel Dupuy	1981	1985
Lucien Bouchard	1985	1988
Claude Charland	1988	1992
Benoît Bouchard	1993	1996
Jacques Roy	1996	2000
Raymond Chrétien	2000	2003
Claude Laverdure	2003	present