Isabelle Martin, Ambassador of Canada to the State of Qatar

Message

Welcome to the website of the Embassy of Canada to the State of Qatar!

Canada and Qatar continue to build on our strong relationship founded on our mutual trade, security interests, and people-to-people connections. It has been a decade since Canada established its Embassy in Qatar in 2012: today there are over 10,000 Canadians living and working in Qatar who are helping to develop ties between our two countries.

Explore our website: Canadians can learn what consular services the Embassy provides and how to access them. Residents of Qatar can find out more about how to do business with Canada, and/or how to access visa services through the Visa Application Centre in Doha.

I am proud to have this opportunity to represent Canada in Qatar and I look forward to working with Canadians and Qataris alike to further our bilateral relationship.

Sincerely,

Isabelle Martin
Ambassador of Canada to the State of Qatar

Biography

Isabelle Martin is a career diplomat who joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1996.

At Headquarters, she was director of Diplomatic Corps Services and deputy chief of Protocol from 2010 to 2013, and special adviser on national security issues at Global Affairs Canada until 2018. From 2008 to 2010, she was on assignment at the Privy Council Office.

Overseas, she served in several positions from 1998 to 2008, including in Cairo, Abu Dhabi (cross-accredited to Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar) and London. From 2018 to 2022, she was the Political Program Manager and Deputy High Commissioner in Canberra (cross-accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia).

In September of 2022, she was appointed Canada’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar.

She holds a Bachelors degree in Political Science from Laval University and a Masters Degree in International Relations from Québec’s Graduate School of International Studies. She is married with two children.