The most recent ambassador of Canada to Germany was John Horgan who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
German laws from before the First World War against the solicitation of emigrants delayed the establishment of a permanent immigration office by Canada until 1923.
Fisher was appointed as Canada's first trade commissioner to Germany in 1910, with an office in Hamburg, which relocated to Berlin before closing in 1914 for the duration of the war.
[2] Canada established diplomatic relations with the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) on August 1, 1975, but never opened an embassy.
In 1999, the Canadian Embassy moved from Bonn to Berlin as a result of Germany relocating the seat of government to that city in the same year.