The ambassador of Ukraine to Canada () is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from Ukraine to Canada.
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 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 Ottawa for $615,000; he donated it to the Government of Ukraine 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 building at Metcalfe Street was left for the Consulate of Ukraine in Ottawa.
Ambassadors to Canada 1991–1992 Aleksei Rodionov (Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Canada) 1992-05-14 – 1993-10-15 Levko Lukyanenko 1994 – 1996-01-17 Victor Batiuk 1996-01-24 – 1998-10-15 Volodymyr Furkalo 1998-10-22 – 1999-12-11 Volodymyr Khandohiy 2000-03-09 – 2003-04-07 Yuriy Shcherbak 2004-03-20 – 2006-02-07 Mykola Maimeskul 2006-09-11 – 2011-06-16 Ihor Ostash 2011 - 2012 Marko Shevchenko (Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Canada) 2012-11-08 – 2014-11 Vadym Prystaiko 2014-11-27 – 2015 Marko Shevchenko (Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Canada) 2015-09-24 – 2021-08-25 Andriy Shevchenko 2022-03-09 – 2025 Yulia Kovaliv 2025-09-25 – present Andrii Plakhotniuk
See also Canada–Ukraine relations
External links Webpage of the Embassy of Ukraine in Canada