The Consulate-General of Canada in
Boston
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(
French: ''Consulat général du Canada à Boston'') is a diplomatic mission of
Canada
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located in Suite 400 of Three
Copley Place
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in
Boston
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,
, United States. The geographical jurisdiction of the Boston office covers the
New England
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states of
Maine
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, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire
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,
Rhode Island
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, and
Vermont
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; in addition to
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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, an
overseas collectivity
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of
France
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located off the South Coast of the
Canadian Province
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of
Newfoundland
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. It further supports the
Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and is one of twelve Consulates-General and three Consulates/Trade Commission offices located in the
United States
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.
The Consulate General in Boston opened in 1951. The mission focuses on relations dealing in: technology, research and development, product commercialization, joint-ventures trade relationships, strategic partnerships, and both
greenfield and
financial investment
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s between New England and Canada.
The Canadian province of
Québec
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has maintained a separate secondary
government office
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in Boston
[Québec Government Office in Bosto]
/ref> as part of the provincial Ministry of International Relations since the early 1970s.
Past Consuls-General
*James A. Strong
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*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
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People
* King James (disambigua ...
(1951/02/01 – 1969/07/19)
* George S. Patterson (1951/07/31 – 1953/?/?)
* Jean-Louis Délisle (1953/11/? – 1954/07/?)
*Jean-Louis Fournier
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Biography
Jean Louis Fournier is the son of Dr Paul Léandre Emile Fournier and his wife Marie-Thérèse Fran� ...
(1954/09/22 – 1957/09/03)
* Alexandre Boudreau (1957/03/14 – 1958?)
*Stuart D. Helmsley
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Names
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* Stuart (automobile)
Places
Australia Generally
* Stuart Highway, connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory
North ...
(1958/09/25 – ?)
* Joseph François-Xavier Houde (1970/06/04 – 1973/09/18)
*Marion A. Macpherson
Marion Macpherson (May 16, 1924 – 1998) was a Canadian diplomat.
Early life
MacPherson was the first child of Penelope (Annie) Adams and John MacPherson and grew up in Moosomin, Saskatchewan. Her father was a second-generation Scottish Cana ...
(1976/09/21 – 1977/08/31)
* Timothy A. Williams (1978/01/19 – ?)
*Jean-Marie Gaétan Déry
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* Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law
* Jean-Marie C ...
(1980/?/? – 1983/?/?)
*Hon. Barnett J. Danson (1983/?/? – 1986/?/?)
*Pierrette A. Lucas
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* Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1758–1836), French chemist, and wife of Antoine Lavoisier
*Olga Bancic (1912–1944), Jewish–Romanian activist in the French Resistan ...
(1987/?/? – 1989/?/? )
*Hon. Thomas McMillan (1989/08/24 – 1993/?/?)
*Hon. Donald W. Cameron
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(1993/06/23 – 1997/?/?)
*Hon. Mary Clancy (1997/07/10 – 2001/?/?)
*Hon. Ron Irwin
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Life
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Irwin earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario and a law degree from Osgood ...
(2001/08/20 – 2005/?/?)
*Stan Keyes
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Before politics
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(2005/08/02 – 2006/?/?)
*Neil LeBlanc
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Early life and education
He was born in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia to Gladys (Bourque) and Alfred LeBlanc. He graduated from Saint Mary’s University and then ...
(2006/07/13 – 2010/08/09)
* Patrick G. Binns (2010/08/10 – 2015/04/22)
* David N. Alward (2015/02/23 - )
See also
*Boston–Halifax relations
Relations between Boston, Massachusetts, United States and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada date back to the founding of Halifax in 1749, when Boston businesses had an interest in the new settlement for shipping and fish trade. The bond between the tw ...
*Atlantica (trade zone)
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, a theorized concept of a free trade zone between Canada and New England.
*Northern New England Corridor
The Northern New England Corridor is one of ten federally designated higher-speed rail corridors in the United States. The proposed corridor would have allowed passenger trains to travel from Boston, Massachusetts, to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in ...
, a concept of high speed rail between Canada and New England.
* Canada-United States relations
*Embassy of the United States in Ottawa
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*List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States
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*List of diplomatic missions in Boston
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Boston (and surrounding environs of "Greater" or "Metro-Boston"). These countries have established a resident consular presence to provide diplomatic and trade representation.
Consulates
Boston
Cambr ...
References
External links
Consulate General of Canada in Boston
Past Consul-Generals
Canada and America
Government of Canada website
Trade statistics between Canada and New England
Canada
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Boston
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Canada–United States relations
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