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List of ambassadors of Canada to the United States

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This is a list of ambassadors of Canada to the United States, formally titled as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America for His [Her] Majesty's Government in Canada. Originally, Canada's top diplomatic representative to the U.S. had the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The title was promoted to the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 1943, during the period when Leighton McCarthy had the post.

Before November 25, 1926, Canada was represented in Washington D.C. by the British ambassador to the United States.

Most Canadian ambassadors to the United States have been political appointees to the position. A few (Chrétien, Pearson, Charles Ritchie, Edgar Ritchie, Kirsten Hillman, and Wrong) were career diplomats or spent most of their career at the Department of External Affairs (or its successors).

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

#	Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister(s)
1	Vincent Massey	[[Image:Vincent Massey 1927.jpg	120x120px	alt=]]	November 25, 1926	July 23, 1930	William Lyon Mackenzie King
—	H. H. Wrong (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim)	[[Image:Humphrey Hume Wrong c1915.jpg	132x132px	alt=]]	July 23, 1930	March 9, 1931	William Lyon Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
2	W.D. Herridge	[[Image:Photograph of William Duncan Herridge (d. 1961) (10613346053).jpg	143x143px	alt=]]	March 9, 1931	1935	R. B. Bennett
—	H. H. Wrong (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim)	[[Image:Humphrey Hume Wrong c1915.jpg	132x132px	alt=]]	1935	1936	R. B. Bennett
William Lyon Mackenzie King
3	Sir Herbert Marler	[[Image:HerbertMeredithMarler.jpg	162x162px	alt=]]	1936	1939	William Lyon Mackenzie King
4	Loring Christie		1939	1941	William Lyon Mackenzie King
5	Leighton McCarthy	[[Image:Leighton McCarthy.jpg	103x103px	alt=]]	1941	1943	William Lyon Mackenzie King

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

#	Name	Picture	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister(s)
5	Leighton McCarthy	[[Image:Leighton McCarthy.jpg	103x103px	alt=]]	1943	1944	William Lyon Mackenzie King
6	Lester B. Pearson	[[File:Lester B. Pearson (1963 ABC press photo).jpg	141x141px]]	1944	1946	William Lyon Mackenzie King
7	H. H. Wrong	[[Image:Humphrey Hume Wrong c1915.jpg	132x132px	alt=]]	1946	1953	William Lyon Mackenzie King
8	A.D.P. Heeney	[[File:Ambassador A. D. P. Hoony, Canadian Representative to the NATO Council 286-MP-par-03820a.jpg	134x134px]]	1953	1957	Louis St. Laurent
9	Norman Robertson	[[File:William Lyon Mackenzie King and Norman Robertson attending the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference - William Lyon Mackenzie King et Norman Robertson assistant à la conférence des premiers ministres du Commonwealth (25134542897).jpg	100x100px]]	1957	1958	John Diefenbaker
—	A.D.P. Heeney	[[File:Ambassador A. D. P. Hoony, Canadian Representative to the NATO Council 286-MP-par-03820a.jpg	134x134px]]	1959	1962	John Diefenbaker
10	C.S.A. Ritchie		1962	1966	John Diefenbaker
11	A.E. Ritchie		1966	1970	Lester B. Pearson
12	Marcel Cadieux	[[File:Canadian Ambassador Marcel Cadieux Presenting 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics Commemorative Coins to President Gerald R. Ford in the Oval Office - NARA - 45644175 (cropped).jpg	136x136px]]	1970	1975	Pierre Elliott Trudeau
13	Jake Warren		1975	1977	Pierre Elliott Trudeau
14	Peter Towe		1977	1981	Joseph Clark
15	Allan Gotlieb	[[File:Allan Gotlieb 1988 (cropped).jpg	136x136px]]	1981	1989	Pierre Elliott Trudeau
16	Derek Burney	[[File:Derek Burney.jpg	152x152px]]	1989	1993	Brian Mulroney
17	John de Chastelain		1993	1994	Jean Chrétien
18	Raymond Chrétien	[[File:Raymond Chrétien (cropped).jpg	141x141px]]	1994	2000	Jean Chrétien
19	Michael Kergin		October 26, 2000	February 28, 2005	Jean Chrétien
20	Frank McKenna	[[File:Frank McKenna2.jpg	123x123px]]	March 8, 2005	March 13, 2006	Paul Martin
21	Michael Wilson	[[File:Diplomat Michael Wilson.png	136x136px]]	March 13, 2006	October 19, 2009	Stephen Harper
22	Gary Doer	[[File:Gary Doer 2014.jpg	137x137px]]	October 19, 2009	March 3, 2016	Stephen Harper
23	David MacNaughton	[[File:David MacNaughton at 2017 MIFF (cropped).jpg	152x152px]]	March 3, 2016	August 31, 2019	Justin Trudeau
24	Kirsten Hillman	[[File: Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Hillman (cropped).jpg	137x137px]]	March 26, 2020	Incumbent	Justin Trudeau
25	Mark Wiseman	[[File:WisemanHeadshot.png	137x137px]]	February 15, 2026	Incoming	Mark Carney

References

[https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/us-eu/washington-rep.aspx?lang=eng], Acting Ambassador of Canada to the United States. ''Government of Canada''. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
[https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kirsten-hillman-us-ambassador-1.5510279], Kirsten Hillman officially named Canadian ambassador to the United States. ''CBC''. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

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