[1] Théodore Jean Arcand was born on 25 June 1934 in the town of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.

[3] On 28 July, a unanimous resolution at the House of Commons of Canada commended Arcand and his staff for their commitment.

[3] After Arcand's apartment was bombed by Israeli jets, the embassy was finally evacuated on 2 August.

[2] He received the Order of Knight Commander of St. Gregory The Great from Pope John Paul II.

[6] A polyglot, Arcand had studied Czech, Danish, Swahili, Italian, Arabic, and Hungarian.