Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ottawa (Arabic: سفارة المملكة العربية السعودية الملكية في أتاوا Sifāra al-Mamlaka al-`Arabīya as-Su`ūdīya al-Malikīya fī Uttāwā) is Saudi Arabia's diplomatic mission to Canada.

[citation needed] In the meantime, the National Capital Commission had striven to turn Sussex Drive into a ceremonial boulevard and it balked at the Saudi design, threatening to take back the land.

[citation needed] In 1997, a new design was developed, but neighbours complained vigorously about the number of armed guards that would surround it and the loss of green space.

[citation needed] The exterior of the building was completed in 2001;[1] however it remained empty for some time, reportedly due to the strained Canadian-Saudi relations over the case of William Sampson.

The Saudi embassy reported that its staff were too busy with diplomatic matters in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks to take time off to move to new quarters.