Our Mission
At its core, our mission is to build relationships:
- To assist Canadian in the Southeast United States
- To promote Canadian interests and values and to work with U.S. partners on priority issues
- To promote Canadian products, services, investment opportunities, and science & technology partnerships
The Consulate General of Canada in Atlanta is part of a network of diplomatic missi
ons that constitute the Government of Canada’s official representation in the United States. The Consulate General in Atlanta provides the following services:
Consular Services: The function of the Consular Services section is to assist and protect Canadians who live in or travel within the six-state Southeast U.S. region and to respond promptly to requests for help in situations of distress. Among the consular services extended are: Issuance of emergency passports; processing of citizenship applications; notarial services; responding to specific requests for information; and serving as a liaison with local and state emergency management agencies and first responders. The Consular Services section also provides assistance to Canadian citizens arrested or detained in the Southeast United States. Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Service (FPDS): The FPDS Section establishes and maintains broad-based relationships with a wide variety of interlocutors in order to raise awareness of Canadian and Canadian interests and values. This includes working with: Government officials; politicians; academics; business people; media; cultural communities; and other diplomatic missions within the Southeast United States. partners focuses on issues of priority for both countries such as economic competitiveness, diversity and inclusion, North American security, energy & environment. International Business Development (IBD): The Canada-United States economic relationship is larger and more diversified than that of any other two nations in the world. Each country is the other’s largest customer for exported goods and services and each is among the other’s chief sources of foreign direct investment. As specialists in a variety of priority sectors, our Trade Commissioners assist Canadian firms to identify and expand their export markets in the Southeast United States with focused market intelligence. We also provide information and advice on developing strategic alliances between American and Canadian companies; promote Canada as a destination for foreign direct investment and as a key international player in science, technology and innovation partnerships. The IBD Section also helps identify Canadian sources of supply for buyers, distributors and manufacturers’ representatives in the Southeast United States.
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