The ambassador of Canada to Germany is the official representative of the

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to the

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. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Federal Republic of Germany. The most recent ambassador of Canada to Germany was

John Horgan John Joseph Horgan (August 7, 1959 – November 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician and diplomat who served as the 36th premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022 and the ambassador of Canada to Germany from 2023 to 2024. He led the Briti ...

who was appointed on the advice of

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. Horgan died on November 12, 2024. The Embassy of Canada is located at Leipziger Platz 17, 10117

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, Germany.

History of diplomatic relations

Canada had no diplomatic mission to

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before the

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, though it had immigration agents in the country as early as 1872, when Wilhelm Hespeler was sent to

as the Dominion of Canada's official immigration agent for several months. German laws from before the

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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

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to Germany in 1910, with an office in Hamburg, which relocated to

before closing in 1914 for the duration of the war. The Hamburg trade office was re-opened in 1922 with

Leolyn Dana Wilgress Leolyn Dana Wilgress, (October 20, 1892 – July 21, 1969) was a Canadian diplomat. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Henry T. and Helene M. (Empev), Wilgress was educated in Vancouver, Yokohama Japan, Victoria and at McGill University ...

as trade commissioner. It again moved to Berlin in 1938, and both it and the immigration office were closed in 1939 during

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. In 1946, after the end of the war, a trade office was established in

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, and various immigration offices were also established.. In January 21, 1946, the Canadian government established the Canadian Military Mission to the

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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

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, the Canadian government decided, on November 22, 1949, to establish a

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in Bonn, the capital of the new

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(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

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(East Germany) on August 1, 1975, but never opened an embassy. Instead, Canada's Ambassador to

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based in

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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

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History of diplomatic relations

List of ambassadors of Canada to Germany

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