The Official Website of the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, Canada

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS 2025

Registered Filipino overseas voters (in Posts/Countries adopting online voting) may vote online in the May 12, 2025 elections.

To participate, you must be pre-enrolled as an online voter. Pre-enrolment for online voting via the COMELEC Voting Portal is from March 10 to May 7, 2025.

The 30-day overseas voting period is from 13 April 2025 until 12 May 2025, at 7:00PM Philippine Standard Time.

Your voice matters, so don't miss out! Let's make sure your vote counts!

PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO:
https://tinyurl.com/OVCSInfomercial

OVS FB Page

CLICK PHOTO TO FOLLOW / VISIT THE OVERSEAS ABSENTEE VOTING FACEBOOK PAGE

An Invitation to the Atlantic Canada Security Policy Forum with the topic "NATO and Canada's Role in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Collective Security", 5 April 2024

Details: Hits: 31

PR 40 2024 Promotional Poster NAOC Forum

Mark your calendars!

Philippine Ambassador to Canada H.E. Maria Andrelita S. Austria will be joining the panel for the Atlantic Canada Security Policy Forum with the topic "NATO and Canada's Role in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Collective Security."

Join us on Friday, April 5, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 12: 15 p.m. (Toronto time) through Zoom. Stay tuned for more details!

Philippine Ambassador Meetings with Minister of International Development on Canada’s Development Programming for the Philippines

Details: Hits: 40

PR 39 2024 Meeting with International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen 18 March 2024

18 March 2024, Ottawa - Philippine Ambassador Maria Andrelita S. Austria met with Canada’s International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen to discuss the Philippines’ development priorities and the specific areas that would benefit greatly from Canada’s assistance programming. Noting the importance of education in helping the Philippines and Filipinos adapt to future challenges, the Embassy also proposed cooperation in capacity-building initiatives and technology transfer in mutually-beneficial areas such as health care, climate change, etc.

Philippine Embassy Holds #SERBISYOPARAKAYJUANA 2024 Saturday Consular Service

Details: Hits: 56

PR 37 2024 SerbisyoParaKayJuana

18 MARCH 2024 - As part of the month-long celebration of 2024 National Women’s Month, the Embassy conducted a #SerbisyoParaKayJuana 2024 Saturday Consular Service on 16 March 2024.

The Embassy provided consular services to applicants from Ottawa and nearby provinces. The Embassy also provided purple-colored snacks to its clients, especially women and girls, as a special way to honor them in their month. END

Winter Escapade Resumes, Greets PH Summer in Manila, IloIlo, Cebu, and Bohol

Details: Hits: 93

Click above photo to see more of the event

6 March 2024, Ottawa – The Winter Escapade (WE), on its eighth season, brought more than 260 snowbirds from Canada, the United States, and Germany to experience Philippine summer in Manila, Iloilo, Cebu and Bohol in a 10-day all inclusive tour, from February 18 to 27, 2024.

Led by the Philippine Ambassador to Canada Maria Andrelita S. Austria and Philippine Consuls General Zaldy B. Patron (Calgary), Arlene T. Magno (Vancouver) and Angelica C. Escalona (Toronto), the tour kicked off with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Rizal Monument in Manila followed by visits to historical sites at Yuchengco and Sinigang Valley, Walled City of Intramuros, and Chinatown.