List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States
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This is a list of Canadian envoys to the United States of America. Until 1943 Canada's representative had the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. The position was promoted to the rank of ambassador in 1943 while Leighton McCarthy occupied the position.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Vincent Massey - 1927 – 1930
- W.D. Herridge - 1931 – 1935
- Sir Herbert Marler - 1936 – 1939
- Loring Christie - 1939 – 1941
- Leighton McCarthy - 1941 – 1943
Ambassador to the United States
- Leighton McCarthy - 1943 – 1944
- Lester B. Pearson - 1944 – 1946
- H.H. Wrong - 1946 – 1953
- A.D.P. Heeney - 1953 – 1957
- Norman Robertson - 1957 – 1958
- A.D.P. Heeney - 1959 – 1962
- C.S.A. Ritchie - 1962 – 1966
- A.E. Ritchie - 1966 – 1970
- Marcel Cadieux - 1970 – 1975
- Jake Warren - 1975 – 1977
- Peter Towe - 1977 – 1981
- Allan Gotlieb - 1981 – 1989
- Derek Burney - 1989 – 1993
- John de Chastelain - 1993 – 1994
- Raymond Chrétien - 1994 – 2000
- Michael Kergin - 2000 – 2005
- Frank McKenna - 2005 - 2006
- Michael Wilson - 2006 - present