The Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada ( uk, Посол України в Канаді) is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

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History

Canada became the first Western power to recognize the independence of Ukraine on 2 December 1991. Diplomatic relations were fully established on January 27, 1992, when the

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

Anatoliy Zlenko and the Secretary of State for External Affairs Barbara McDougal exchanged notes. On September 10, 1992, a Canadian of Ukrainian descent, Erast Hutsulyak, obtained a house at 331 Metcalfe Street in

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for $615,000; he donated it to the

Government of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

as accommodation for the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada. The embassy was officially opened on December 1, 1992. In 1994, another house was purchased for the embassy, at 310 Somerset Street West, for $1.8 million. The new building is located from the first one. Most of the funds came from the

Ukrainian Canadian Congress The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC; uk, Конгрес Українців Канади) is a nonprofit umbrella organization of Ukrainian-Canadian political, cultural, and religious organizations. History Originally known as the Ukrainian ...

. The building at Metcalfe Street was left for the Consulate of Ukraine in Ottawa.

Ambassadors to Canada

* 1991–1992

Aleksei Rodionov Aleksei Borisovich Rodionov (russian: Алексей Борисович Родионов; born April 26, 1947) is a Russian cinematographer. Filmography * '' Farewell'' (1983) * ''Among Grey Stones'' (1983) * ''Come and See'' (1985) * ''Orlando ...

(Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Canada) * 1992-05-14 – 1993-10-15 Levko Lukyanenko * 1994 – 1996-01-17

Victor Batiuk Victor Havrylovych Batiuk ( uk, Віктор Гаврилович Батюк; 15 March 1939 – 2 December 1996) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian diplomat and poet, who has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, and Permanent R ...

* 1996-01-24 – 1998-10-15

Volodymyr Furkalo Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣр� ...

* 1998-10-22 – 1999-12-11

Volodymyr Khandohiy Volodymyr Dmytrovych Khandohiy ( uk, Володимир Дмитрович Хандогій) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. Khandohiy was the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for six months in 2009. Biography Volodymyr Khan ...

* 2000-03-09 – 2003-04-07

Yuriy Shcherbak Yuriy Mykolayovych Shcherbak ( uk, Ю́рій Микола́йович Щерба́к; born 23 October 1934) is a Ukrainian writer, screenwriter, publicist, epidemiologist, politician, diplomat, and environmental activist. Doctor of Medicine ( ...

* 2004-03-20 – 2006-02-07

Mykola Maimeskul Mykola ( uk, Мико́ла, Mykóla, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian variant, of the masculine name " Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to: People *Mykola Arkas (1853–1909), Ukrainian composer, wri ...

* 2006-09-11 – 2011-06-16

Ihor Ostash Ihor Ivanovych Ostash ( uk, Ігор Іванович Осташ; born 4 August 1959) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician currently serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Lebanon since 2016, previously serving as ambassador of Ukraine to Canad ...

* 2011 - 2012

Marko Shevchenko Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also *Marco (disambiguation) *Markko (disambiguation) *Marka (disambiguation) *Markov *Marku Marku is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the ...

(Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Canada) * 2012-11-08 – 2014-11

Vadym Prystaiko Vadym Volodymyrovych Prystaiko ( uk, Вадим Володимирович Пристайко; born 20 February 1970) is a Ukrainian diplomat currently serving as Ukraine's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom. He w ...

* 2014-11-27 – 2015

(Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Canada) * 2015-09-24 – 2021-08-25

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

* 2022-03-9 Yulia Kovaliv

External links

Webpage of the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada
{{Ukrainian diplomatic missions