The former residence of Canada’s consul general in New York has sold after nearly two years on the market.
Global Affairs Canada has not yet confirmed the sale price but in March said it had received an offer on the residence.
One realtor website said the five-bedroom apartment on Park Avenue sold for US$8.05 million on May 11. Another website said the price was that amount in March, around the time Global Affairs Canada confirmed it had received an offer.
The apartment was originally listed for US$9.5 million — C$13 million — in August 2024. Senior government officials said at the time that the sale was necessary because the residence needed millions of dollars in renovations.
That same year, Global Affairs Canada bought a new luxury condominium for C$9 million to serve as the official residence for its consul general in New York.
The purchase led to international headlines after some New York websites initially reported the condo deal was done for King Charles because the property’s deed said it was sold to “His Majesty the King in right of Canada.”
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It also faced backlash in Canada with Conservatives saying the new apartment, located on “Billionaires’ Row” near Central Park, was wasteful and opulent at a time when Canadians were struggling to pay their bills.
In response, Canada’s consul general in New York Tom Clark was called to testify in a House of Commons committee about the apartments. The former CTV journalist said he had nothing to do with the purchase of the new apartment, nor the sale of the old residence.
The Park Avenue apartment was initially purchased in 1961 and last renovated two decades later.
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The committee heard that it wasn’t in compliance with Canada’s accessibility legislation and the co-operative board in charge of the building had imposed restrictions on events that could be held on site.
There was also a lack of separation between family and work spaces.
Concerns about the residence were first raised in 2014 and there were plans for renovations. Those were put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The committee heard that renovation costs significantly rose and were ultimately not expected to solve some fundamental issues with the apartment.
Government officials at the time said purchasing the new apartment in Steinway Tower, a building known as the world’s thinnest skyscraper, would ultimately save Canadian taxpayers money.
The Park Avenue apartment, however, did not sell quickly. Online realtor websites show the price first dropped in June 2025, and then again to US$7.9 million last September.
The US$8.05 million that was made should be spent on homeless shelters. Canada’s consul general in New York should have to pay for his housing like every other government employee has to.
Its so time to fight back against these Liberal swine! Most of Canada is suffering huge while these bastards just keep getting richer and richer and richer!
Retirement is now not an option. eating has become once a day. Insurance, preparing for my eventual death from cancer is on hold. I have simply nothing left. Healthcare is a dismal failure.
And you know, its not jut the Liberal fascist swine. Its ALL of them. Both sides of the aisle including Pierre Poilievre the Useless!
Canada needs to be purged of its liberals and their corruption. Damned lizards the lot of them.
Politicians are living like billionaires, with chauffeurs, chefs, house cleaners, private jets and expense accounts. Meanwhile, tax payers struggle to keep a roof over their head and cannot save for retirement because their sales tax, property tax, income tax, groceries and energy costs are so high.
So much CORRUPTION in this federal government today.WHY do TAXPAYERS NEED AN APARTMENT in the most expensive part of New York to begin with? I no longer want to hand over any more tax dollars to this government because I am fed up with how this government spends MY HARD EARNED TAX DOLLARS. We ALL need to stop shopping, stop buying goods, etc.etc. because that is the only way we can SHOW CARNEY we are fed up with how HE AND HIS government is spending our hard earned tax dollars.
Oink oink oink oink oink oink….
So do we get a cut of the proceeds? It was our money what purchased the hole in the first place!
This Liberal gov is a bunch of swindlers and grifters.
Total waste of money. Ambassadors should not be living such opulent /extragent lifestyles on the Canadian taxpayers dime. This Trudeau hack offered zero value back.