Greek Embassy in Ottawa

Canadian citizens can visit Greece without a visa for up to 90 days.

2025 figures: 336 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Greece’s embassy in Ottawa, and 327 visas were issued. 7 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 2.1%. That is barely different from 2024 (1.2%). Applications rose by 31% compared with 2024 (256).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 1.2% (2024) to 5.2% (2023).

Greece issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in Canada; this office handled 25% of their 1,341 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Toronto 0.7%, Vancouver 0.0% and Montreal 5.2%. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Canada, 9.0% of applications were refused in 2025; Greece’s rate worldwide was 14.5%. Greece received the 9th largest number of applications of the 23 Schengen states represented here.

Almost every visa issued here allows multiple entries. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Canada.

The Greek embassy in Ottawa is the only mission of Greece in Canada on record. Canada in turn has 2 missions in Greece, its embassy being in Athens.

About the Greek embassy in Ottawa

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Greece in Ottawa. The head of mission on record is Markos Tripolitakis.

Address and contact

Address: MacLaren Street 80, Ottawa. The record for the Greek embassy in Ottawa includes an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Greek citizens travelling to Canada

Greek citizens do not need a visa for Canada, but they need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) before departure; it covers stays of up to 180 days.

When the Greek embassy in Ottawa is closed

The Greek embassy in Ottawa closes on Canada’s public holidays, the next being Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027, and usually on holidays of Greece such as Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026.

Before visiting the Greek embassy in Ottawa

Current procedures for the Greek embassy in Ottawa, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Greek embassy in Ottawa

The Greek embassy in Ottawa has 38 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.