The High Commission of Canada in Pakistan is the

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. It is located on the Diplomatic Enclave in Sector G-5 of

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

. Leslie Scanlon is the current High Commissioner of Canada to Pakistan. Canada also maintains an

honorary consul A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...

-cum-trade office in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

, and an honorary consul in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

History

Canada established its High Commission in Karachi, which was then the capital of Pakistan, in May 1949. Following Islamabad's declaration as the federal capital in 1967, the present High Commission building was designed by the Canadian architect

Isadore Coop Isadore "Issie" Coop (1926–2003) was a Canadian architect and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, with a reputation for highly functional, cost-effective architecture. A student of the famed American-German architect Ludwig M ...

and inaugurated that same year. In 1972, a monumental wooden sculpture carved by

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known as ''La Mer'' ("The Sea") was commissioned for the Canadian High Commission in Islamabad.

Operations

The operating hours of the Canadian High Commission are from 8 am to 5 pm ( PST) on Mondays to Thursdays, and 8 am to 12.30 pm on Fridays. The High Commission represents the Canadian government's interests in Pakistan, including political, economic, cultural and defence relations, and also provides consular services to Canadian citizens in Pakistan. In addition, it is involved in several development projects throughout Pakistan. A Liaison Officer of the

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is posted at the mission who acts as Canada's law enforcement representative in the region, holding cross-accreditation in eight other countries of Southwest and Central Asia.

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Canada–Pakistan relations

History

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