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L’ Embassy du Canada a France is the diplomatic representation of Canada to the French Republic. It is located in Paris, the capital of the country. His ambassador has been Stéphane Dion, since 2022.
Until 2017 the embassy was located at 35-37, avenue Montaigne, in the 8 It is district of Paris ; The building is sold to the British businessman Adrien Labi. She was then transferred to 130, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré [ first ] . It also hosts a general consulate. The ambassador’s residence is located at 135, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. Paris is also the headquarters of Canada’s permanent delegations to UNESCO (1 rue Miollis) [ 2 ] and OECD (15 bis rue de Franqueville [ 3 ] ), as well as the delegation of the Government of Quebec (66 rue Pergolèse).
The Canada Ambassador to France is also an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Canada to Monaco since the , Canada becoming the 40 It is foreign power to be accredited to the Principality.
The embassy is the oldest diplomatic mission in Canada (it should be noted that the United Kingdom was not considered a foreign country).
The history of the presence of Canada in France dates back to 1882 and was initiated by the Quebec government. The provincial government appoints Hector Fabre, former journalist and senator, to be his representative in France. The federal government takes the opportunity to appoint it “agent of Dominion “, Then” Commissioner General “of Canada in France, without giving him a diplomatic rank or status, the British crown not having granted Canada the right to establish formal diplomatic relations with foreign states. Fabre is supposed to bring in the High Commissioner of Canada in the United Kingdom, but in fact, this is not the case.
In 1911, Philippe Roy was appointed, by the Liberals of Wilfrid Laurier, “commissioner general” of Canada and Quebec in France. The conservative government which follows this double role in the service of Canada And du Québec, and Roy resigns from his position as Commissioner General of Quebec. In 1914, he was one of the few diplomats to stay in Paris despite the invasion of the German army during the First World War.
The , the Canadian office in Paris is promoted to legislation, and Philippe Roy becomes the “Plenipotentiary Minister” in France. He presents his receivable letters on , although still under the responsibility of the British ambassador.
During the Second World War, after the Battle of France of 1940, the Minister of Canada in Paris, Georges Vanier, fled to London where the legation settled . Canada does not send any representative under the Vichy regime, but Canada maintains relations, which allows Vanier to go to France on several occasions. Canada recognizing free French forces (FFL) by Charles de Gaulle, Vanier remains in communication with them from his London post. In 1943, Vanier was also appointed representative of the Government of Canada to the French National Liberation Committee (CFLN) in Algiers. He leaves London to Algiers the . After the liberation of France, the legation became an embassy and Vanier was appointed first ambassador of Canada to France in 1944. He then became Governor General of Canada in 1959, until his death in 1967.
This Canadian diplomatic representation is led by a chief of mission which bears the title of [ 4 ] :
- Commissioner (1882 to 1910);
- General Commissioner (1911 to 1928);
- Envoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1928 to 1940);
- Representative (1942 to 1944);
- Extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador (since 1944).
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Located at 135 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, the residence of the Canada Ambassador to France is a former mansion commanded by the Count of Artois in 1779 on land that Louis XIV had acquired between the Champs-Élysées and the roadway to make it a royal nursery. The porch and the vestibule of ionic columns were decorated by Lhuillier. The Duchess of La Rochefoucault, daughter of the Countess de Fels, sold the Rigny Hotel To the Canadian government in 1950. Restoration was entrusted to the architects Jansen and Carlhian. On the ground floor on the garden, a large living room with white and gold woodwork in Louis XV style comes from the Dupille hotel, rue de Turenne.
In addition to that of Paris, there are several honorary consulates of Canada in France, based at:
In the Official Journal of the French Republic (Jorf), on legifrance:
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