Embassy of Canada - Reykjavik, Iceland
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N 64° 08.871 W 021° 56.711
27W E 454014 N 7113831
The embassy of Canada in Iceland is located at Túngata 14 in downtown Reykjavik.
Waymark Code: WMWVCE
Location: Iceland
Date Posted: 10/16/2017
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"Relations between Iceland and present-day Canada began over one thousand years ago when Icelander Leif Erikson landed in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland to establish a colony. However, the colony did not last long, and much of the fate of the migrants is unknown. The first permanent migrants from Iceland arrived in Canada in 1874 to work on the rail lines at Kinmount, Ontario. Between 1870 and 1914, thousands of Icelanders migrated to North America, with most moving to Canada.
In 1940, during World War II, Canadian troops were based in Iceland, along with troops from the United Kingdom and the United States to counter German advances in the north Atlantic. Canadian Prime Minister William Mackenzie King said this action was made by the Canadian Government at the request of the Government of the United Kingdom. Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced on 18 June 1940 that the first contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force had landed in Iceland. In 1942, Iceland opened a consulate in Winnipeg.[6] Soon after the war, in 1947, both nations officially established diplomatic relations.
In 1948, Iceland appointed an ambassador to Canada with residence in Washington, D.C.. In 1949, Canada appointed a non-resident ambassador to Iceland based in Oslo, Norway. In May 2001, Iceland established an embassy in the Canadian capital of Ottawa and Canada followed suit by opening an embassy in Reykjavík."
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