List of high commissioners of Sri Lanka to Canada

The Sri Lankan high commissioner to Canada is the Sri Lankan envoy to Canada. Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, high commissioners are accredited to the head of government), they are in practice one and the same office. Sri Lanka also maintains a consul-general in Toronto.

High commissioners

The residence of the Sri Lankan high commissioner in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Name Period Title Presented credentials Ref
Velupillai Coomaraswamy 1958–1961 High Commissioner 14 March 1958 [1]
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera 1961–1963 High Commissioner October 1961 [2]
Senarat Gunawardene 1963–1965 High Commissioner 25 July 1963 [3]
L. S. B. Perera 1965–1969 High Commissioner 29 September 1965 [4]
Glanville S. Peiris 1969–1970 High Commissioner 20 October 1969 [5]
P. H. William de Silva 1970–1974 High Commissioner 14 October 1970 [6]
Vernon L. B. Mendis 1974–1975 High Commissioner 3 May 1974 [7]
Henry W. Tambiah 1975–1977 High Commissioner 29 September 1975 [8]
M.P.M.D.Fernando 1978 Acting High Commissioner 2 January 1978 [9]
Ernest Corea 1978–1980 High Commissioner 15 August 1978 [10]
Rodney C. A. Vandergert 1980–1983 High Commissioner 14 October 1980 [11]
Punchi Banda Gunatillaka Kalugalla 1984–1986 High Commissioner 6 April 1984 [12]
General Tissa Indraka Weeratunga 1986–1989 High Commissioner 21 May 1986 [13]
Walter Gregory Rupesinghe 1989–1993 High Commissioner 26 September 1989 [14]
Walter E. Fernando 1993–1996 High Commissioner 24 March 1993 [15]
Ananda C. Gunasekera 1996–2000 High Commissioner 16 September 1996 [16]
M.N.Geethangani De Silva 2001–2005 High Commissioner 5 March 2001 [17]
Wijesinghe Jinasena S. Karunaratne 2006–2008 High Commissioner 13 June 2006 [18]
Dayananda Rupasoma Perera 2008–2009 High Commissioner 22 October 2008 [19]
Chitranganee Wagiswara 2010–2014 High Commissioner 29 January 2010 [20]
Ahmed Aflel Jawad 2015–2018 High Commissioner 10 September 2015 [21]
Madukande Asoka Kumara Girihagama 2018–2020 High Commissioner 13 November 2018 [22]
Harsha Kumara Navaratne Weraduwa 2021–2024 High Commissioner 7 December 2021 [23]
Uthman Lebbe Mohammed Jauhar 2024–2025 High Commissioner 13 September 2024 [24]
Kiritharan Kumarasamy 2025–Present Acting High Commissioner August 2025 [25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Corps Diplomatique. Canada. Department of External Affairs. 1959. p. 4. CEYLON HIS EXCELLENCY SIR VELUPILLAI COOMARASWAMY , C.M.G. 14 Mar. 1958
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  3. ↑ Corps Diplomatique (in English and French). Canada. Department of External Affairs. 1963. p. 8. CEYLAN Son Excellence Sir Senarat Gunewardene 25 Juil. 1963
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  5. ↑ "Diplomatic corps and consular and other representatives in Canada = Corps diplomatique et représentants consulaires et autres au Canada. : Févr. 1970". p. 14. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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  7. ↑ "Diplomatic corps and consular and other representatives in Canada = Corps diplomatique et représentants consulaires et autres au Canada. : Févr. 1975". p. 11. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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  15. ↑ "Diplomatic, consular, and other representatives in Canada. : Dec. 1993". p. 12. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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  18. ↑ "Diplomatic, consular, and other representatives in Canada. -- : July 2006". p. 7. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "Diplomatic, consular, and other representatives in Canada. -- : November 2008". p. 4. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Diplomatic, consular, and other representatives in Canada. -- : March 2010". p. 7. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  21. ↑ "Diplomatic, consular, and other representatives in Canada. -- : October 2015". p. 7. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  22. ↑ "Diplomatic,Consular & Other Representatives in Canada" (PDF). December 2018. p. 8. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  23. ↑ "Diplomatic,Consular & Other Representatives in Canada" (PDF). July 2023. p. 6. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  24. ↑ "Diplomatic,Consular & Other Representatives in Canada" (PDF). May 2025. p. 6. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  25. ↑ "Foreign Representatives in Canada: Heads of Missions". Global Affairs Canada. Archived from the original on 15 August 2025. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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