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Indian Embassy in Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa where Embassy of India is located is the capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ottawa, the second largest city and is a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Indian Embassy in Ottawa is consolidating the bilateral relations which were developed by the first Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and two Canadian Ministers who served during those years: Louis St. Laurent and Lester B. Pearson. The diplomatic relations between Delhi and Ottawa are characterized by distinct warmer and cooler periods because both these countries share fundamental values of democracy – parliament, courts, civil services, political parties, elections, secularism, commitment to international peace and security etc. Along with these commonalities there exists a strong socio-cultural bond between the two countries emanating from an estimated 1,000,000 Canadians of Indian origin. In the past five decades India has been one the largest recipients of Canadian bilateral aid, amounting to over $ 3.8 billion Canadian dollars. Ottawa has been ranked sixth in the world in terms of quality of life which also attracted tourists from all over the world for golfing, fishing, hiking, skiing, and many other outdoor adventures and wilderness activities, hundreds of lakes, and bicycle paths provide ample natural amenities within the Capital area.

Address
High Commission of India
10 Springfield Road,
Ottawa, Canada
Telephone: 00-613-7443751-53
Fax: 00-613-7440913
Email: hicomind@hciottawa.ca
Web: www.hciottawa.ca

Timings
Applications complete in all respects are accepted at the counter from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays at High Commission of India in Ottawa and from 9.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon at Consulate General of India, Toronto.
In straightforward cases, applications received until 12.30 p.m. at the High Commission of India, Ottawa are processed and Visa delivered by 4.30 p.m. the same day. Applications received until 11.00 a.m. at Consulate General of India, Toronto, are processed and Visa delivered by 4.00 p.m. the same day and the applications received between 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon Visa are delivered the next working day between 3.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.
This does not apply to non-Canadian passports where the processing time is more.

List of Holidays 2007
Holiday
Date
Day
Id' ul Zuha January 01 Monday
Republic Day January 26 Friday
Maha Shivratri February 16 Friday
Mahavir Jayanti March 31 Saturday
Milad-Un-Nabi April 01 Sunday
Good Friday April 06 Friday
Victoria Day May 21 Monday
Independence day India August 15 Wednesday
Labour's Day September 03 Monday
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday October 02 Tuesday
Thanks Giving Day October 09 Tuesday
Id' ul Fitr October 14 Sunday
Dussehra October 21 Sunday
Diwali November 09 Friday
Guru Nanak's Birthday November 24 Saturday
Christmas day December 25 Tuesday
Boxing Day December 26 Wednesday