While neither country has a resident ambassador, the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi serves as the consular representative of Canada for Bhutan.

[3][4][5] The relationship started in the 1960s, when the Canadian Jesuit William Mackey built Bhutan's first high school.

Mackey and several other Canadians would later proceed to found Bhutan's education system.

[8] On August 10, 2009, Joseph Caron visited the Tashichhodzong on behalf of the Canadian government.

[9] According to Ambassador Nadir Patel, 4000 Bhutanese people live in Canada.