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.
From 2019 Anahit Harutyunyan is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Canada. Ambassador Harutyunyan is also representing Armenia in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, residence in Montreal).
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.
The Office of the Honorary Consul of Canada in Armenia was opened in 1997, was closed in 2018 (Honorary Consul was Artashes Emin).
In 2019 Haik Van Lapoyan was appointed as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia to Toronto, with jurisdiction in province of Ontario.
In 2022 Levon Afeyan was appointed as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia to Montreal, with jurisdiction in province of Quebec.
Legal field
Agreements
- Joint Declaration on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Armenia and Canada (signed on January 31, 1992 in Praha)· Protocol of Intentions (signed on July 30, 1998 in Ottawa)
- 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 (signed on April 7, 1999, in Yerevan)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada for the promotion and protection of investments (signed on May 8, 1997, Ottawa)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada on Trade and Commerce (signed on May 8, 1997, Ottawa)
- 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 (signed on June 29, 2004, Yerevan)
- 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, 2009).
Visits
To Canada
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September 1999 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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September 2002 |
President of the National Assembly Armen Khachatrian |
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October 2003 |
Delegation of National Assembly |
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October 2004 |
Minister of Health Norayr Davidyan |
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May 2006 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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October 2006 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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October 2008 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian (20th Summit of Heads of Member States of International Organization of the Francophonie) |
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February 2009 |
Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan |
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June 2010 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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March 2011 |
Minster of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan |
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July-August 2013 |
Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan |
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July 2014 |
Delegation of Armenian National Assembly |
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March 2015 |
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Ervand Zakharyan |
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May 2015 |
Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan |
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May 2015 |
President of National Assembly Galust Sahakyan |
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November 2017 |
Minister of Defense Vigen Sargsyan |
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April 2018 |
Deputy Prime Minister Vache Gabrielyan |
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July 2018 |
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan |
To Armenia
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April 1999 |
David Collenette, Minister of Transport |
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May 2000 |
Delegation of the Parliament |
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May 2002 |
Delegation of the Parliament |
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November 2002 |
Gar Knutson, Secretary of State for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East Affairs |
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July 2003 |
Sarkis Assadourian, Delegation of the Parliament |
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April 2005 |
Delegation of Parliament on the Occasion of 90th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide |
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September 2010 |
Delegation of the Parliament |
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July 2012 |
Members of the Parliament |
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April 2013 |
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 |
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September 2013 |
Stephan Dion, Member of Parliament |
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July-August 2014 |
Jason T. Kenny, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister of Multiculturalism |
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August 2014 |
Delegation of Parliament |
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April 2015 |
Christ Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Emigration of Canada |
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October 2015 |
Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie of Canada |
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August 2017 |
Visit of Canadian MPs Tony Clement, Rachael Harder and the head of One Free World International company Majed-al-Shafii |
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October 2018 |
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau |
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February 2022 |
Stephan Dion, , Ambassador of Canada to Germany, Canada’s Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe |
Trade and economic relations
The bilateral relations between the two countries are largely promoted by the Canadian-Armenian Business Council (CABC, Toronto), 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.
In the last decade (except for 2020-2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic) the Armenia-Canada trade turnover is about 100 million USD per year.
Main exported goods
- Diamond
- Textile products
- Medicine
Main imported goods
- Meat and meat products
- Paper
- Cars
- Tools
- Machine tools
Updated 11.03.2022