Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver

What Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver does

The Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver is a diplomatic mission of the Government of Ireland, operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála). It is one of three Irish diplomatic posts in Canada — alongside the Embassy in Ottawa and the Consulate General in Toronto — and serves Irish citizens and stakeholders across Western Canada from its office at 1300-1095 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. The consulate is part of Ireland's global network of over 100 embassies, consulates general, and representative offices abroad.

Its core service offering comprises consular and citizenship services for Irish citizens abroad: passport applications (via the central Passport Online portal managed from Dublin), Foreign Birth Registration, Certificates of Freedom to Marry, authentication and Apostille of Irish public documents, gender recognition registration, and emergency consular assistance. These are delivered through a hybrid channel mix — walk-in and appointment-based services at the Vancouver office, postal/drop-off document submission, and online application portals operated centrally by the Department. Visa information is also provided, alongside trade, investment, tourism, and cultural promotion functions carried out in coordination with Team Ireland partner agencies.

The consulate generates no commercial revenue; service fees (e.g., €40 per Authentication/Apostille, €100 per Adoption Dossier, €60 plus €6 handling for Certificate of Freedom to Marry) are statutory user charges that flow back to the Government of Ireland. All operating costs are publicly funded. Strategic emphasis is placed on diaspora engagement, bilateral trade facilitation, and cultural programming — including a planned Canada-Ireland 180 cultural initiative for 2027 — delivered through events (e.g., St. Patrick's Day celebrations), the @IrlinVancouver X account, the Team Ireland Canada newsletter, and the central Ireland.ie government portal.

Name

Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver

Legal name

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Website

https://dfa.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver is a Government of Ireland diplomatic mission operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, providing consular, passport, citizenship, and authentication services to Irish citizens and the Irish diaspora in Western Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Consular and Diplomatic Services

NAICS

National Security and International Affairs (928), International Affairs (92812), International Affairs (928120)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888)

akta.pro primary industry

Consular Services & Citizen Assistance (BPAIAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Diplomatic Missions & Embassies (Bilateral Relations) (BPAIAIAA), Visa, Immigration Liaison & Travel Document Policy (Foreign Affairs) (BPAIAIAL), Consular Appointment, Document Legalization & Attestation Services (Apostille) (THACAKAE), Diaspora & Expatriate Engagement (BPAIAIAI)

Keywords

• Consular services
• Passport services
• Document authentication
• Citizenship registration
• Diplomatic mission

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver, British Columbia

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver is a diplomatic mission of the Government of Ireland operating under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It delivers official consular services to Irish citizens in Western Canada, including passport applications and renewals, Foreign Births Registration, document authentication and Apostille, Certificates of Freedom to Marry, visa and immigration information, and emergency consular assistance. It also supports Ireland-Canada trade, investment, tourism, and cultural relations through the Team Ireland network.

Product overview

The Consulate General of Ireland, Vancouver operates as part of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade network, providing consular services to Irish citizens in Canada. The offering consists of a unified consular service platform that includes passport processing (via Passport Online), foreign birth registration, authentication/apostille services, marriage abroad certificates, visa services, and consular assistance. These services are delivered through a combination of online application portals, walk-in services at diplomatic premises, and postal processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Passport Services Online passport application processing, post passport service, urgent appointment service, and passport card issuance for Irish citizens residing in or visiting Western Canada.
• Consular Assistance Consular services for Irish citizens abroad including emergency assistance, welfare of prisoners, and travel support provided through the Consulate General in Vancouver.
• Foreign Birth Registration Online registration service for individuals born abroad to Irish parents to have their birth recorded in the Foreign Births Register, securing Irish citizenship.
• Authentication and Apostille Services Authentication and Apostille stamping of Irish public documents for use abroad, available via walk-in, post, or drop-off service at the Consulate General.
• Marriage and Civil Partnership Abroad Services Issuance of Certificate of Freedom to Marry (Certificat de Coutume/Nulla Osta) for Irish citizens intending to marry abroad.
• Visa and Immigration Services Visa information and processing support for travel to Ireland, including working holiday authorisations, delivered through the Consulate General in coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs.
• Gender Recognition Services Registration in the Register of Gender Recognition of Foreign Births for Irish citizens who obtained citizenship through the Foreign Births Register.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IDA IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIreland's inward investment and development agency. Part of Team Ireland network supporting foreign direct investment and economic development. Works with Consulate to facilitate trade and investment between Ireland and Western Canada.
• Enterprise IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. Engages with Consulate on trade missions and business development activities in Canada.
• Bord BiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Irish Food Board promotes Irish food, drink and horticulture. Supports Irish food exporters in the Canadian market, including visits with major retailers like Sobeys and LCBO.
• Tourism IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerManages the marketing of the island of Ireland as a holiday destination. Works with Consulate on promoting Ireland as a tourism destination to Canadian travelers.
• Culture IrelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromotes Irish arts and culture internationally. Supports cultural events and programming at Consulate and in the community.
• Screen IrelandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational development agency for Irish film and animation. Engages with Canadian screen industry through trade and cultural initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• VFS Global: Major outsourced visa and consular services operator serving multiple governments (including Ireland-adjacent Schengen states). A potential commercial complement/competitor for the visa/passport application logistics layer the consulate delivers in-house.

Direct peers

• U.S. Consulate General Vancouver: Major Anglophone foreign consulate operating alongside Ireland in the same city, providing consular, passport, and visa-adjacent services to U.S. citizens and bilateral trade support. Comparable in mandate and structure as a non-EU Western diplomatic mission.
• British Consulate-General Vancouver: Co-located in Vancouver and serves a similarly anglophone diaspora with comparable passport, consular assistance, and notarial/documentation services. Most relevant functional peer for benchmarking service scope and citizen experience in Western Canada.
• Consulate General of Ireland, Toronto: Same-network Irish consulate serving central/eastern Canada under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Operates an identical consular service catalogue (passports, citizenship, authentication, trade promotion) with the same Vienna Convention mandate, differing only in geography served.
• Consulate General of France in Vancouver: EU-member-state consulate sharing premises and citizen-services scope (passport/citizenship, authentication, trade promotion) with the Irish consulate in Western Canada. A direct functional peer for diaspora-services design.
• Consulate General of Germany in Vancouver: EU peer operating in Western Canada with the same diplomatic toolkit (passports, citizenship/documentation, trade promotion, cultural programming) but serving a larger German diaspora, useful for service-volume benchmarking.
• Embassy of Ireland, Ottawa: The senior Irish diplomatic mission in Canada; delivers the same consular and trade-promotion services as Vancouver at embassy level, while also handling political and intergovernmental relations. Operates as the in-Canada hub of the same Team Ireland network.
• Australian Consulate-General Vancouver: Commonwealth peer in the same city providing passport, notarial, and consular assistance services to Australians in Western Canada, plus trade and education promotion tied to Australian state agencies.

Others

• Canada-Ireland Foundation: Bilateral organization supporting Ireland-Canada cultural, educational, and business exchange, frequently co-programming with the Consulate in Western Canada. Not a competing service provider but a key ecosystem partner and adjacent peer for understanding diaspora engagement.

Emerging players

• CIBTvisas: Private visa and passport expediting service provider that handles document legalization and consular appointments on behalf of travelers; comparable in delivery mechanism to parts of the authentication/apostille workflow run by the consulate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/IrlinVancouver
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@IrelandinCanada
• Facebookfacebook.com/irlembcanada
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consulate-general-of-ireland-vancouver
• Instagraminstagram.com/irlembcanada

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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