Opened in 1971, it is currently located at 30 Murray Street in the ByWard Market neighbourhood of central Ottawa, roughly between the U.S. and Danish embassies.

[1] Several Filipino diplomats posted to Canada were recalled in May 2019 by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., ostensibly to pressure the Canadian government to take action in resolving the Canada–Philippines waste dispute, where several garbage-laden shipping containers were shipped to the Philippines from Canada and had been a sticking point in relations between the two countries for a number of years.

The third floor houses event space for the mission's activities,[5] as well as the Ottawa center of the Sentro Rizal — the first in Canada — which opened on May 10, 2018.

[10][11] The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa is currently headed by Ambassador Maria Andrelita S. Austria, who was appointed to the position by President Bongbong Marcos on November 8, 2022.

[18] Organized in cooperation with the other Philippine diplomatic missions in Canada, as well as other government agencies, the first tour generated over C$1 million in economic output,[19] with 60-65 percent of participants taking the trip more than once.