Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Ottawa
High CommissionCanada · High Commissioner: Shri Dinesh K. Patnaik
10 figures · 2 sources · built 3 hours ago
In short
India’s high commission in Canada records bilateral trade of 13,55,00,00,000, a reported community of 32,47,980, 40 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 33%. Led by Shri Dinesh K. Patnaik, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
13,55,00,00,000
CAD · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Canada
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade & Investment” section
“Total bilateral trade in goods between India and Canada was worth CAD 13.55 billion in 2025.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence32,47,980
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Canada"
“PIOs 1,859,680 + NRIs 1,388,300 = 3,247,980”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence40
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 3 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 30 October 1985)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES — 30 October 1985”
Published: 30 October 1985 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
33%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Canada”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to CanadaCAD · as stated in the brief9,68,00,00,000
Bilateral Brief — Canada
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade & Investment” section
“India’s exports to Canada in 2025 were worth CAD 9.68 billion and imports from Canada were CAD 3.87 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from CanadaCAD · as stated in the brief3,87,00,00,000
Bilateral Brief — Canada
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade & Investment” section
“India’s exports to Canada in 2025 were worth CAD 9.68 billion and imports from Canada were CAD 3.87 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourCAD · as stated in the brief · our calculation5,81,00,00,000
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in CAD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Canadapersons · as stated in the brief18,00,000
Bilateral Brief — Canada
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “People-to-People and Cultural Relations” section
“With more than 1.8 million Indo-Canadians and estimated 1 million non-resident Indians, Canada hosts one of the largest Indian Diaspora abroad.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Canada
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade & Investment” section
“Hon’ble CIM Piyush Goyal visited Canada from 25-28 May 2026 and held discussions with Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade of Canada, on strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (40)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY OF CANADA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESOURCES OF AUSTRALIA ON COOPERATION IN TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONScience and Technology30 June 2026
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA CONCERNING CO-OPERATION IN INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATIONScience and Technology19 May 2022
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA CONCERNING COOPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYScience and Technology13 May 2022
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND FACILATATIONBusiness and Trade23 February 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA CONCERNING COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONScience and Technology23 February 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA CONCERNING COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATIONEducation23 February 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN SPORTCultural Relations and Sport22 February 2018
- JOINT DECLARATION OF INTENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONICSAid and Cooperation23 January 2018
- MOU ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADAScience and Technology14 November 2017
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON DEEPENING COOPERATION IN CIVIL AVIATIONTransport10 March 2016
- LETTER OF INTENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DBT-GCC COLLABORATION IN DISEASE ELIMINATION AND SAVING BRAINS INITIATIVEHealth15 April 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN RAIL TRANSPORTATIONTransport15 April 2015
- AUDIOVISUAL CO-PRODUCTION AGGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADAAid and Cooperation24 February 2014
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA CONCERNING COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GASAid and Cooperation28 October 2013
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONICSAid and Cooperation06 November 2012
- ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITYSocial Security06 November 2012
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN ROAD TRANSPORTATIONTransport11 June 2012
- MOU BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINES REGARDING COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCESAid and Cooperation17 November 2011
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGYEnvironment and Resources27 June 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATIONEducation27 June 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF EARTH SCEINCES AND MININGScience and Technology27 June 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON CULTURAL COOPERATIONCultural Relations and Sport27 June 2010
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ENERGYEnvironment and Resources17 November 2009
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT STUDY GROUP TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPAid and Cooperation17 November 2009
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORSAid and Cooperation13 January 2009
- MOU ON PLANT HEALTH COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADAAid and Cooperation17 July 2006
- AGREEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADAScience and Technology17 November 2005
- MOU ON MUTUAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADAAid and Cooperation13 October 2003
- TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters24 October 1994
- TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters24 October 1994
- EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADACivil and Criminal Matters06 February 1987
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXESBusiness and Trade30 October 1985
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA RELATED TO AIR SERVICESTransport20 July 1982
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON RAKHA COPPER MINE FEASIBILITY INTERESTMiscellaneous23 November 1972
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA RELATING TO THE CANADA PENSION PLANMiscellaneous01 December 1967
- CONVENTION CONCERNING MONEY ORDER SERVICE BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADAMiscellaneous27 December 1965
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA ON COLLABORATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY WATER POWER REACTOR SYSTEMSAid and Cooperation16 December 1963
- AGREEMENT ON THE CANADA-INDIA COLOMBO PLAN KUNDAH HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PROJECTAid and Cooperation29 December 1956
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CANADA CONCERNING THE PRIORITY OF PATENTS OF INVENTIONAid and Cooperation30 August 1956
- AGREEMENT ON THE CANADA INDIA-COLOMBO PLAN ATOMIC REACTOR PROJECTAid and Cooperation28 April 1956
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 14 sections, 28,104 characters of extractable text. Sections include: Brief on India-Canada Bilateral Relations · Bilateral Mechanisms · Security Cooperation · Defence · Trade & Investment · Energy Cooperation.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 80% apart
- Overseas Indians32,47,980
- Indian community in Canada18,00,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.