# List of ambassadors of Canada to Belgium

The Ambassador of Canada to Belgium is the official representative of the Canadian government to the government of Belgium. The official title for the ambassador is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to the Kingdom of Belgium. The current ambassador of Canada is Alain Gendron who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on October 29, 2020.
The Embassy of Canada is located at Avenue des Arts 58, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Canada and Belgium were established on January 3, 1939. Jean Désy was appointed as Canada's first ambassador to Belgium on December 22, 1938.

## 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 | Jean Désy (Envoy) | December 22, 1938 | February 4, 1939 | October 31, 1940 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| – | Pierre Dupuy (Chargé d'Affaires) | October 31, 1940 | | October 26, 1942 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 2 | George Philias Vanier (Envoy) | November 5, 1942 | April 9, 1943 | September 2, 1944 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| – | Pierre Dupuy (Chargé d'Affaires) | December 30, 1943 | | September 8, 1944 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| – | Thomas Archibald Stone (Chargé d'Affaires) | September 8, 1944 | | January 16, 1945 | Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 3 | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | October 3, 1944 | January 16, 1945 | January 21, 1947 | Non-Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 4 | Victor Doré | October 31, 1946 | January 21, 1947 | June 12, 1950 | Non-Career | | W. L. Mackenzie King (1935-1948) | |
| 5 | Maurice Arthur Pope | July 12, 1950 | August 3, 1950 | November 26, 1953 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 6 | Charles Pierre Hébert | October 21, 1953 | January 14, 1954 | December 14, 1958 | Career | | Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) | |
| 7 | Sydney David Pierce | October 2, 1958 | 1959 | October 31, 1965 | Career | | John G. Diefenbaker (1957-1963) | |
| 8 | Paul Tremblay | April 14, 1966 | June 21, 1966 | February 16, 1970 | Career | | Lester B. Pearson (1963-1968) | |
| 9 | James Coningsby Langley | December 10, 1970 | December 17, 1970 | March 1, 1973 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 10 | Jules Léger | March 1, 1973 | March 1, 1973 | January 8, 1974 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| – | Jean-Yves Grenon (Chargé d'Affaires) | December 1, 1973 | | July 12, 1974 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 11 | Lucien Lamoureux | June 10, 1974 | July 12, 1974 | September 14, 1980 | Non-Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 12 | D'Iberville Fortier | July 10, 1980 | October 7, 1980 | August 3, 1984 | Career | | Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979) | |
| 13 | Maxwell Freeman Yalden | August 31, 1984 | October 30, 1984 | November 6, 1987 | Career | | John Turner (1984) | |
| 14 | Jacques J.A. Asselin | December 3, 1987 | January 14, 1988 | July 20, 1991 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 15 | Raymond A.J. Chrétien | September 23, 1991 | December 16, 1991 | January 21, 1994 | Career | | Brian Mulroney (1984-1993) | |
| 16 | Jean-Paul Hubert | July 12, 1994 | July 14, 1994 | July 24, 1998 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 17 | Claude Laverdure | August 4, 1998 | October 6, 1998 | August 2, 2000 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 18 | Jacques Bilodeau | July 26, 2000 | September 27, 2000 | July 14, 2004 | Career | | Jean Chrétien (1993-2003) | |
| 19 | John A. McNee | August 9, 2004 | October 12, 2004 | May 26, 2006 | Career | | Paul Martin (2003-2006) | |
| 20 | Laurette Glasgow | September 20, 2006 | October 25, 2006 | August 29, 2008 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 21 | Louis de Lorimier | September 2, 2008 | December 10, 2008 | September 12, 2012 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 22 | Denis Robert | August 15, 2012 | October 17, 2012 | August 30, 2016 | Career | | Stephen Harper (2006-2015) | |
| 23 | Olivier Nicoloff | July 18, 2016 | November 16, 2016 | October 26, 2020 | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |
| 24 | Alain Gendron | October 29, 2020 | January 13, 2021 | | Career | | Justin Trudeau (2015-Present) | |