Bilateral Relations
Canada
General information
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Canada were established on January 31, 1992.
In January 1995 Armenia opened an Embassy in Ottawa.
The office of Honorary Consul of Canada in Armenia was opened in 1997.
The inter-parliamentary Friendship Groups function mutually in the Parliaments of the two countries.
In 2006 Canada on the legislative and executive levels recognized the Armenian Genocide.
In 2019. Mr. Varoujan Lapoyan was appointed as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia to Toronto, with jurisdiction in province of Ontario.
On November 17th 2020 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Armenia Alison Mary LeClaire (residence in Moscow) presented her credentials to President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian.
Visits
To Canada
| September 1999 | Working visit of Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian |
| September 2002 | Working visit of National Assembly Speaker Armen Khachatrian |
| October 2003 | Working visit of the Delegation of Armenian National Assembly |
| October 2006 | Working visit of Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian |
| October 2008 | Working visit of Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian (20th Summit of Heads of Member States of International Organization of the Francophonie) |
| February 2009 | Working visit of Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan |
| June 2010 | Official visit of Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian |
| March 2011 | Working visit of Armen Movsisyan Minster of Energy and Natural Resources |
| March 2015 | Minister of energy and natural resources E.Zakharyan |
| May 2015 | Working visit of Minister of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia Hranush Hakobyan |
| May 2015 | Official visit of the President of National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Galust Sahakyan |
| November 2017 | Working visit of Minister of Defense Vigen Sargsyan |
| April 2018 | Working visit of Vice-Prime Minister Vache Gabrielyan |
| July 2018 |
Working visit of Vice-Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan |
To Armenia
| April 1999 | Working visit of Minister of Transport David Collenette |
| May 2000 | Working visit of Parliamentarian Delegation |
| May 2002 | Working visit of Parliamentarian Delegation |
| November 2002 | Working visit of Secretary of State for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East Gar Knutson |
| April 2005 | Official visit of the Delegation of Parliament on the Occasion of 90th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide |
| April 2010 |
Working visit of the Director General of European Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Robert Hage |
| September 2010 | Working visit of Parliamentarian Delegation |
| July 2012 | Working visit of Parliamentarian Delegation |
| April 2013 | Official visit of the Canadian delegation led by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Deepak Obhrai on the occasion of the Inauguration of the President of the Republic of Armenia |
| 2013 | Working visit of Member of Parliament Stephan Dion |
| July 2014 | Official visit of Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister of Multiculturalism Jason T. Kenny |
| August 2014 | Visit of Members of Parliament |
| April 2015 | Official visit of the Minister of Citizenship and Emmigration of Canada Mr. Christ Alexander |
| October 2015 | Official visit of the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie of Canada Mr. Christian Paradis |
| April 2015 |
Working visit of Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Chris Alexander and head of Armenia-Canada parliamentary friendship groups Harold Albrecht. |
| August 2017 |
Visit of Canadian MPs Tony Clement, Rachael Harder and the head of One Free World International company Majed-al-Shafii |
| October 2018 | Official visit of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau |
Legal field
Agreements
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada on Trade and Commerce ( came into force April 1, 1999)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada for the promotion and protection of investments (came into force March 29, 1999)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital (came into force December 25, 2005)
Protocols
- Protocol of Intentions (signed on July 30, 1998 in Ottawa)
Memorandums
- Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Armenia and the Department of Transport of Canada concerning the provision of technical expertise in the area of transport ( came into force April 7, 1999)
Other
- Arrangement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada for the employment of dependents of members of diplomatic missions and consular posts (exchange of Notes, April 7 and June 29, 2009).
Trade and economic relations
The bilateral relations between the two countries are largely promoted by the Canadian-Armenian Business Council (CABC), which was created to boost bilateral economic cooperation. Business partnership is mutually productive in the fields of mining, construction, energy, jewelry, light industry, high technology and IT.
Bilateral trade between Armenia and Canada (in US dollars)
Հայաստանի եւ Կանադայի ապրանքաշրջանառության ծավալները (հազ. ԱՄՆ դոլարով)
| Export |
Import (by country of origin) |
Import (by trading country) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 29560,9 | 13235,0 | - |
| 2011 | 70430.8 | 16840.4 | - |
| 2012 | 85074.7 | 18645.4 | - |
| 2013 | 87388.9 | 28366.7 | - |
| 2014 | 93303.0 | 23045.2 | - |
| 2016 | 139935.5 | 12297.2 | 8837.3 |
| 2017 | 7162.5 | 65906.5 | 8632.3 |
| 2018 | 33233.7 | 30081.1 | 9637.2 |
TextileMain exported goods
- Non-ferrous metals.
Main imported goods
- Meat and meat products
- Processed food
- Paper
- Medicine
- Machine tools
- Тools
Updated 05.04.2019