The East Turkistan Representative Office in Edmonton serves as an official representation (de-facto embassy) of the Government in Exile of the Republic of East Turkistan in  Canada. Its missions include promoting East Turkistani culture, language, and history to the Canadian government, Canadian institutions and the Canadian people. The East Turkistan Representative Office in Edmonton also raises awareness and advocates for political and human rights for East Turkistan its people.

The Representative is responsible for the direction and work of the representation (de-facto embassy). The representation’s tasks are to present East Turkistan’s positions to the Canadian government. The representation is also responsible for press and cultural relations. The representative is based at the East Turkistan Representative Office in Edmonton but travels regularly throughout Canada.

The East Turkistan Representative Office also  provides services to the East Turkistani community residing in Canada as well as to East Turkistanis visiting Canada.