The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Canada is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Canada and is in charge of the British diplomatic mission to Canada.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Canada are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state, sharing the same King. Thus, the countries exchange High Commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

The offices of the British High Commission are at 80 Elgin Street in Ottawa, which was built in 1964 on the site of the old Grand Union Hotel.

The British High Commissioner's residence is Earnscliffe in Ottawa on Sussex Drive. The house was built in 1855, was later occupied by Canada's first prime minister, John A. Macdonald, and was bought in 1930 by the first British High Commissioner to Canada, Sir William Clark.

The incumbent high commissioner is Susannah Goshko, who assumed the office in September 2021.[1]

List of heads of mission

High commissioners to Canada

See also

References

  1. UK in Canada 🇬🇧🇨🇦 [@UKinCanada] (7 September 2021). "It is our pleasure to welcome the new British High Commissioner to Canada, Susannah Goshko. Susannah officially takes up her appointment today and joins the UKinCanada team! 🇬🇧🇨🇦 Follow along @SusannahGoshko 👉 https://t.co/xDjwi4PCTh https://t.co/Hb49ETemhK" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 December 2022 via Twitter.
  2. Change of British High Commissioner to Canada, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 3 April 2013
  3. Foreign & Commonwealth Office (22 February 2017). "Change of British High Commissioner to Canada". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. Possible, We Will Respond as Soon as. "Change of British High Commissioner to Canada: Susannah Goshko". GOV.UK. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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