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ESTONIAN EMBASSY IN OTTAWA

The Estonian embassy in Canada provides services for citizens of Estonia, Canada
and other countries.

 * About the Estonian Embassy
 * Standard Consular Services
 * Estonia in Canada
 * Helping Canadian and Estonian businesses work together effectively
 * 15 Facts about Estonia

This article contains useful information about this embassy.   

 * Telephone Number: (613) 789 4222
 * Fax Number: (613) 789 95 55
 * Email: embassy.ottawa@mfa.ee
 * Address: 260 Dalhousie Street, Suite 210 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7E4, Canada


ABOUT THE ESTONIAN EMBASSY IN CANADA

Besides the embassy, there are six honorary Estonian consuls in five Canadian
provinces. These are located in Alberta, British Colombia, Ontario, Nova Scotia,
and Quebec.  

The Estonian embassy in Canada is located in the capital city, Ottawa. This
embassy is for consular services and promoting Estonian interests in Canada.

The Estonian embassy is located at 260 Dalhousie Street. This is in the Byward
Market district of downtown Ottawa. It is between Pure Beauty Studio & Academy
and Pharmacie Brisson.

It is also close to the Embassy of Denmark and the Embassy of the Philippines. 




STANDARD CONSULAR SERVICES

The embassy is open for consular services between the hours of 1pm and 4pm from
Monday to Wednesday. There is a range of consular services available for various
purposes.  


ESTONIA VISA

The Estonian embassy is able to assist with different types of visas needed for
Estonia. Canadian citizens are not required to apply for visas to enter the
Schengen zone for less than 90 days. Estonia is included in the Schengen zone.
However, people who wish to apply for the long-stay (D) visa can do so at the
Estonian Embassy. This visa allows visitors to Estonia to stay for up to a year,
and it can be a single or multiple-entry visa.


CONSULAR REGISTRATION

Visitors to the embassy will need to pre-book appointments online through the
embassy website. The embassy recommends that this is done at least two working
days before you make a visit.




TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

Canadian citizens are required to have a passport with a validity of at least
three months for the period they intend to stay in Estonia. There also needs to
be two blank pages on each passport. Children that are travelling without their
parents must take with them a notarised letter of parental consent. 


LEGALIZATION OF DOCUMENTS

The Estonian embassy in Ottawa is able to legalise public documents that are to
be used in Estonia. Before doing this, Global Affairs Canada will need to
authenticate the documents. This authentication can only be carried out by
Global Affairs Canada, and not by any regional authorities. When you have made
an appointment for legalising your documents, you will need to bring your
documents to the embassy.


EMBASSY STAFF

The Estonian Ambassador to Canada since 2018 has been Mr. Toomas Lukk. His
assistant is Vanessa Gold and the consul in Ottawa is Anne-Ly Ader. There are
eight honorary consuls and vice-consuls. These are in Halifax, Quebec, Toronto,
Montreal, Alberta, and Vancouver.




ESTONIA IN CANADA

Canada is a much larger country than Estonia, in both population and land size.
However, there is a fairly large Estonian population living in Canada, of around
25,000. This is one of the largest populations of Estonian living outside of
Estonia. These people are represented by the Estonian Central Council of
Canada. 

Relations between Estonia and Canada are positive, with a shared history that
has brought the two countries together. Canada did not accept the Societ Union’s
annexation of Estonia. It also supported Estonian independence after the break
up of the USSR. 

In 2004 Estonia joined the NATO alliance, and Canada was among the first to
approve the ratification. In recent decades, Canada also has an increased
presence in the Baltic region. It is represented in the region by a Canadian
embassy in Riga, Latvia. There is an additional embassy in Tallinn, Estonia. 

Bilateral trade between the two countries amounts to hundreds of millions of
dollars every year. This is mainly in imports to Canada from Estonia of
machinery, mineral fuels and electrical equipment. 




HELPING CANADIAN AND ESTONIAN BUSINESSES WORK TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY




15 INCREDIBLE FACTS ABOUT ESTONIA


SCARCE POPULATION

Estonia is a small country of just around 1.3 million people. It also has one of
the lowest population densities in Europe. 





HIGH FEMALE RATIO

It has a female majority of just 84 men to every 100 women. This makes it the
country with the second-highest ratio of women to men. 





FREE TRANSPORTATION

In the capital, Tallinn, public transportation is completely free for
residents. 





TWICE INDEPENDENT

Estonia celebrates two days of independence. The first is to commemorate
independence from the Russian empire in 1918. The other is for independence from
the USSR in 1991. 





DEVASTATING LOSSES

In the second world war, a relatively high number of the Estonian people were
affected. Around 7.3 per cent was killed while 10 per cent was taken to
communist gulags.   





SNAZZY FLAG

The Estonian national flag has a unique colour scheme of blue, black, and white
in horizontal bands. 





MEDIEVAL TALLINN

The old town in the centre of Tallinn contains incredible examples of medieval
architecture. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. This area is particularly
noted for its cobbled streets and turret towers.   





UNIQUE LANGUAGE

The official language is Estonian, which is not an Indo-European language.
Russian and English are also widely spoken.





INTERNET BALLOT

Estonia was the world’s first country to use online political voting. This
started for local elections in 2005. 





AVID READERS

99.8 per cent of the Estonian population is literate, which is among the highest
in world literacy rates. 





BALKAN ARCHIPELAGO

There are around 2,350 islands within Estonian territory. This is a large amount
for a country of its size, but neighbouring Finland has almost 180,000. 





STARTUP ESTONIA

Estonia has 31 startups per 100,000 inhabitants. In Europe, this is just behind
a rate of 34 in Ireland and 38 in Iceland. 





EARLY INTERNET SUCCESS

The internet giants, Hotmail, Skype and Kazaa are all originally from Estonia. 





DIGITAL VISAS

From 2020, Estonia has offered an e-residency or ‘digital nomad visa’. It is one
of the first countries to offer this type of visa. 





UNUSUAL SPORTS

Estonia is very sporting with a high number of Olympic medals. Estonians created
their own sport of swinging called ‘kiiking’. They also have a penchant for the
unusual sport of wife-carrying. 




Profile of Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia

> The Estonian embassy in Canada performs many services for people with
> different needs. There is a strong and healthy relationship between the two
> countries. This is likely to continue in the future as Estonia is emerging as
> a more advanced and forward-thinking state.


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