The Embassy of Mexico in Canada, based out of Ottawa, is the primary diplomatic mission from Mexico to Canada.
| Embassy of Mexico in Canada | |
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| Embajada de México en Canadá | |
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| Style | Excellency |
| Type | Diplomatic mission |
| Status | Active |
| Reports to | Secretariat of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat | World Exchange Plaza Tower I 45 O'Connor St Ottawa, ON |
| Appointer | President of Mexico with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | No set term length |
| Formation | 1944 |
| First holder | Francisco del Río y Cañedo |
| Website | www.embamex.sre.gob.mx/canada |
Relations between the two nations were formally established on 30 January 1944, with Mexico eventually opening a consulate in Montreal in 1952. This consulate was later upgraded to an embassy and moved to Ottawa.[1]
Location
editThe embassy is located at 45 O´Connor Street, Suite 1000, Ottawa, Ontario.
Ambassadors
editThe following is a list of Ambassadors from Mexico to Canada since the formation of relations:[2]
| Term | Ambassador | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 – 1946 | Francisco del Río y Cañedo | Manuel Ávila Camacho |
| 1946 – 1946 | José Luis Ignacio Rodríguez Taboada | |
| 1946 – 1947 | Armando González Mendoza (Interim) | Miguel Alemán Valdés |
| 1947 – 1952 | Primo Villa Michel | |
| 1952 – 1953 | Juan Manuel Álvarez del Castillo | Alemán Valdés Adolfo Ruiz Cortines |
| 1953 – 1954 | Ignacio Daniel Silva Arias (Interim) | Ruiz Cortines |
| 1954 – 1956 | Salvador Pardo Bolland (Interim) | |
| 1956 – 1959 | Manuel Maples Arce | Ruiz Cortines Adolfo López Mateos |
| 1959 – 1962 | Rafael de la Colina Riquelme | López Mateos |
| 1962 – 1965 | Rafael Urdaneta de la Tour | López Mateos Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
| 1965 – 1968 | Pedro Suinaga Luján | Díaz Ordaz |
| 1968 – 1977 | Rafael Urdaneta de la Tour | Díaz Ordaz Luis Echeverría José López Portillo |
| 1977 – 1983 | Agustín Barrios-Gómez-Méndez | López Portillo Miguel de la Madrid |
| 1983 – 1987 | José Andrés de Oteyza Fernández | Madrid |
| 1987 – 1989 | Ángel Emilio Carrillo Gamboa | Madrid Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
| 1989 – 1991 | Alfredo Phillips Olmedo | Salinas de Gortari |
| 1991 – 1993 | Jorge de la Vega Domínguez | |
| 1993 – 1998 | Sandra Camila Antonia Fuentes-Beráin Villenave | Salinas de Gortari Ernesto Zedillo |
| 1998 – 2001 | Ezequiel Padilla Couttolenc | Zedillo Vicente Fox |
| 2001 – 2006 | María Teresa García Segovia | Fox |
| 2006 – 2009 | Emilio Rafael José Goicoechea Luna | Felipe Calderón |
| 2009 – 2013 | Francisco Barrio Terrazas | Calderón Enrique Peña Nieto |
| 2013 – 2015 | Francisco Suárez Dávila | Peña Nieto |
| 2015 – 2017 | Agustín García López Loaeza | |
| 2017 – 2019 | Dionisio Pérez Jácome Friscione | Peña Nieto Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| 2019 – 2022 | Juan José Gómez Camacho | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| 2022 – 2023 | Arturo Hernández Basave | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| 2023 – Present | Carlos Manuel Joaquin Gonzalez | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Consulates
editMexico also maintains three consulates general, two consulates and four honorary consulates in Canada:[3]
| Location | Consulate type | Consul | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal, Quebec | Consulate general | Alejandro Estivill | Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut |
| Toronto, Ontario | Consulate general | Porfirio Thierry Muñoz Ledo | Ontario and Manitoba |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | Consulate general | Berenice Díaz Ceballos | British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories |
| Calgary, Alberta | Consulate | Juana María Ruíz | Alberta and Saskatchewan |
| Leamington, Ontario | Consulate | Darío Alberto Bernal Acero | Essex County (South) and Ontario |
| Winnipeg, Manitoba | Honorary consulate | James Erwin Downey | N/A |
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | Honorary consulate | Galo Carrera | N/A |
| Quebec, Quebec | Honorary consulate | Micheline Dessureault | N/A |
| St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | Honorary consulate | Edward Scott Mcclellan | N/A |
Additionally, the following government secretariat departments also maintain attaché offices in the Ottawa Embassy:[3]
- Secretariat of National Defense (Military and Air Attaché Office)
- Secretariat of the Navy (Naval Attaché Office)
- Secretariat of the Economy
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Manual de organización de la embajada de México en Canadá" [Organizational Manual of the Embassy of Mexico in Canada] (PDF). Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. July 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Acervo Histórico Diplomático: Canadá" [Diplomatic Historical Archive: Canada]. Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (in Spanish). Government of Mexico. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Directorio de Oficinas" [Office Directory]. Mexican Embassy in Canada (in Spanish). Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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