High Commission of Canada in Bridgetown

The High Commission of Canada to Barbados is Canada's foreign mission to Barbados. The exact location is Bishop's Hill Court in Bridgetown, St. Michael. The auspices of the High Commission to Barbados also include issues involving the neighbouring Eastern Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, as well as three British overseas territories: Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat. It also includes consular and trade services for Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin and Saint Maarten.

The High Commission provides business and consular services to residents and visitors to and from Canada. Additionally, the High Commissioner also serves as the honorary leader of the non-profit Canada Barbados Business Association (CCBA) organisation and a liaison for Canada to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The current resident High Commissioner from Canada stationed in Bridgetown is David Marshall. The office of the High Commissioner also works with the 3,000-4,000 registered Canadian permanent residents which live in Barbados throughout the year.

Canadian immigration services were moved from Barbados to Trinidad in recent years for the purposes of cost savings. This means that all Caribbean people applying to immigrate to Canada from islands surrounding Barbados must apply through Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Past Ambassadors

• Michael C. Welsh

See also

• Canada–Caribbean relations
  • Barbados–Canada relations
• The High Commission of Barbados in Ottawa
• The High Commission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States in Ottawa (OECS)

External links

• Official website - of the Canadian High Commission in Barbados
  • The Regional Security System (RSS) - website sponsored by the High Commission
  • The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service in Barbados
• Canada's DFAIT - on Canada-Barbados relations.
• The Canada Barbados Business Association (CBBA) - High Commissioner is Chairperson of organization.

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