India-Canada Reset
After two years of frozen ties, India and Canada rebuilt their relationship in 2026. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's four-day visit in late February — the first bilateral trip by a Canadian premier since 2018 — reset the partnership around a shared 'One Earth, One Family, One Future' vision, a CAD 2.6 billion uranium supply deal and free-trade talks aimed at doubling commerce to USD 50 billion by 2030. The finance track opens next: Nirmala Sitharaman travels to Toronto in late August 2026 for the first India-Canada Economic and Financial Dialogue.
- India-Canada
- Mark Carney
- CEPA
- Cameco uranium
- Piyush Goyal
- high commissioner
- critical minerals
- diaspora
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