The ambassador of Canada to Germany is the official representative of the government of Canada to the government of Germany. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Federal Republic of Germany. The current ambassador of Canada to Germany is Vera Alexander, who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Leipziger Platz 17, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
History of diplomatic relations
Canada had no diplomatic mission to Germany before the Second World War, though it had immigration agents in the country as early as 1872, when Wilhelm Hespeler was sent to Berlin as the Dominion of Canada's official immigration agent for several months. German laws from before the First World War against the solicitation of emigrants delayed the establishment of a permanent immigration office by Canada until 1923. W.G. Fisher was appointed as Canada's first trade commissioner to Germany in 1910, with an office in Hamburg, which relocated to Berlin before closing in 1914 for the duration of the war. The Hamburg trade office was re-opened in 1922 with Leolyn Dana Wilgress as trade commissioner. It again moved to Berlin in 1938, and both it and the immigration office were closed in 1939 during the Second World War. In 1946, after the end of the war, a trade office was established in Frankfurt, and various immigration offices were also established..
In January 21, 1946, the Canadian government established the Canadian Military Mission to the Allied Control Council in Berlin and appointed Lt.-Gen. Maurice Pope, who was responsible both to the Department of External Affairs and the Department of National Defence, as its first head.
By order-in-council, the Canadian government decided, on November 22, 1949, to establish a diplomatic mission in Bonn, the capital of the new Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The mission operated under the auspices of the Canadian Military Mission to the Allied Control Council until July 10, 1951, when the Canadian mission in Bonn was upgraded to an embassy with Thomas Clayton Davis as Canada's first Ambassador to West Germany. Canada established diplomatic relations with the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) on August 1, 1975, but never opened an embassy. Instead, Canada's Ambassador to Poland based in Warsaw was accredited as Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic from 1976 until 1990, when the GDR was dissolved and united with West Germany. In 1999, the Canadian Embassy moved from Bonn to Berlin as a result of Germany relocating the seat of government to that city in the same year.
List of ambassadors of Canada to Germany No.NameTerm of officeCareerPrime Minister nominated by Start Date End Date–Maurice Arthur Pope(Head of Mission)November 22, 1949December 15, 1949CareerLouis St. Laurent(1948–1957)1Thomas Clayton DavisJuly 12, 1950October 27, 1950Non-Career2Charles Stewart Almon RitchieMarch 25, 1954January 5, 1958Career3Escott Meredith ReidNovember 22, 1957CareerJohn G. Diefenbaker(1957–1963)4John Kennett StarnesMay 28, 1962Career5Richard Plant BowerFebruary 23, 1966July 14, 1966February 13, 1970CareerLester B. Pearson(1963–1968)6Gordon Gale CreanDecember 4, 1969February 27, 1970July 18, 1975CareerPierre Elliott Trudeau(1968–1979 & 1980–1984)7John Gelder Horler HalsteadJuly 17, 1975October 31, 1975September 29, 1980Career8Klaus GoldschlagJuly 10, 1980October 9, 1980Career9Donald Sutherland McPhailOctober 13, 1983September 16, 1988Career10Thomas DelworthNovember 26, 1987September 7, 1992CareerBrian Mulroney(1984–1993)11Paul HeinbeckerAugust 27, 1992October 13, 1992August 30, 1996Career12Gaëtan LavertuJune 3, 1996September 18, 1996CareerJean Chrétien(1993–2003)13Marie Bernard-MeunierJune 26, 2000October 19, 2000Career14Paul DuboisMay 19, 2004October 12, 2004July 2008CareerPaul Martin(2003–2006)15Peter BoehmJuly 4, 2008September 15, 2008December 30, 2012CareerStephen Harper(2006–2015)16Marie Gervais-VidricaireAugust 16, 2013September 27, 2013April 7, 2017Career17Stéphane DionMay 1, 2017June 6, 2017August 24, 2022Non-CareerJustin Trudeau(2015–2025)–Isabelle Poupart(Chargée d’affaires a.i.)December 2022October 31, 2023Career18John HorganNovember 1, 2023December 8, 2023November 12, 2024Non-Career19Vera AlexanderSeptember 18, 2025November 20, 2025https://x.com/CanEmbGermany/status/1991510610316829061CareerMark Carney(2025–present)
See also Canada–Germany relations Canada House (Berlin) Embassy of Germany, Ottawa
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