List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States

This is a list of Canadian envoys to the United States, formally titled as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America for Her Majesty's Government in Canada. Until 1943, Canada's representative had the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, after which the position was promoted to the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, while Leighton McCarthy occupied the position.

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

• Vincent Massey - 1927–1930
  • H. H. Wrong, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim - 1930-1931
• W.D. Herridge - 1931–1935
  • H. H. Wrong, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim - 1935-1936
• Sir Herbert Marler - 1936–1939
• Loring Christie - 1939–1941
• Leighton McCarthy - 1941–1943

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

• Leighton McCarthy - 1943–1944
• Lester B. Pearson - 1944–1946
• H. H. Wrong - 1946–1953
• A.D.P. Heeney - 1953–1957
• Norman Robertson - 1957–1958
• A.D.P. Heeney - 1959 –1962
• C.S.A. Ritchie - 1962–1966
• A.E. Ritchie - 1966–1970
• Marcel Cadieux - 1970–1975
• Jake Warren - 1975–1977
• Peter Towe - 1977–1981
• Allan Gotlieb - 1981–1989
• Derek Burney - 1989–1993
• John de Chastelain - 1993–1994
• Raymond Chrétien - 1994–2000
• Michael Kergin - 2000–2005
• Frank McKenna - 2005-2006
• Michael Wilson - 2006-2009
• Gary Doer - 2009-present

See also

• List of United States Ambassadors to Canada
• Canadian Embassy in Washington

References

• "Canadian Heads of Posts Abroad from 1880". Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. 

Canadian Ambassadors to the United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1926-1943) Massey Wrong (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) Herridge Wrong (Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) Marler Christie McCarthy Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1943-) McCarthy Pearson Wrong Heeney Robertson C. Ritchie E. Ritchie Cadieux Warren Towe Gotlieb Burney de Chastelain Chrétien Kergin McKenna Wilson Doer