India-Canada Relations
India and Canada are two democracies tied together by more than 1.8 million people of Indian origin, and in 2026 they renewed a Strategic Partnership strained by the diplomatic rupture of 2023-24. The relationship is in the news because their NSA-level Security Dialogue, held in New Delhi on 5-7 October 2026, agreed to deepen cooperation against terrorism, organised crime, cybercrime and trafficking, while a fifth round of talks on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a wide-ranging trade pact, was scheduled in Ottawa for 5-9 October.
- India-Canada
- Mark Carney
- CEPA
- Cameco uranium
- Piyush Goyal
- high commissioner
- critical minerals
- diaspora
- Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
- Economic and Financial Dialogue
- India-Canada relations
- NSA-level Security Dialogue
- Security Work Plan
- extradition
- counter-terrorism
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