# List of ambassadors of Canada to Austria

The Ambassador of Canada to Austria is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Austria. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Republic of Austria. The current ambassador of Canada is Troy Lulashnyk who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Laurenzerberg 2, A-1010, Vienna, Austria.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Austria was established on August 9, 1952. Victor Doré was appointed as Canada's first Envoy to Austria on August 21, 1952. The first resident ambassador to Austria was James Scott Macdonald, and was appointed on September 7, 1956 when the legation was raised to embassy status. Since 1971, the Canadian ambassador is also accredited as Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna.

## Head of mission

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. |
| No. | Name | Start Date | PoC. | End Date | Career | Prime Minister nominated by | Prime Minister nominated by | Ref. |
| 1 | Victor Doré (Envoy) | August 21, 1952 | September 9, 1952 | October 31, 1953 | Non-Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| — | Arthur Julian Andrew (Chargé d'Affaires) | January 15, 1953 | | September 1954 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 2 | George Loranger Magann (Envoy) | June 10, 1954 | | January 10, 1957 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| — | Gordon Edwin Cox (Chargé d'Affaires) | December 11, 1954 | | October 26, 1956 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 3 | James Scott Macdonald | January 10, 1957 | January 10, 1957 | July 29, 1961 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| — | Klaus Goldschlag (Chargé d'Affaires) | July 29, 1961 | | February 1962 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | |
| 4 | Blanche Margaret Meagher | November 30, 1961 | May 1962 | July 27, 1966 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | |
| 5 | John Alexander McCordick | June 21, 1966 | September 21, 1966 | January 3, 1970 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 6 | Norman Frederick Henderson Berlis | December 17, 1969 | February 6, 1970 | July 30, 1973 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 7 | John Alan Beesley | July 19, 1973 | | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 8 | Thomas Lemesurier Carter | July 27, 1976 | September 21, 1976 | October 18, 1979 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 9 | Maurice D. Copithorne | September 27, 1979 | November 12, 1979 | October 3, 1982 | Career | | Joe Clark (1979–1980) | |
| 10 | Alan William Sullivan | September 3, 1982 | January 10, 1983 | | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1980-1984) | |
| 11 | Michael Shenstone | September 12, 1985 | November 22, 1985 | September 14, 1990 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 12 | Edward Graham Lee | September 12, 1990 | September 20, 1990 | March 15, 1993 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 13 | Peter F. Walker | January 5, 1993 | | October 18, 1997 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 14 | Paul Dubois | July 10, 1997 | December 10, 1997 | April 13, 2001 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 15 | Ingrid Marianne Hall | July 16, 2001 | | | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 16 | Marie Gervais-Vidricaire | August 2, 2005 | October 25, 2005 | August 14, 2009 | Career | | Paul Martin (2003-2006) | |
| 17 | John Barrett | May 14, 2009 | September 14, 2009 | September 27, 2013 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 18 | Mark Bailey | September 17, 2013 | November 10, 2013 | July 2017 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 19 | Heidi Hulan | August 17, 2017 | September 10, 2017 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |
| 20 | Troy Lulashnyk | December 20, 2021 | January 12, 2022 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |