Bilateral Relations

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 17^th 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

September 1999	Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian
September 2002	President of the National Assembly Armen Khachatrian
October 2003	Delegation of National Assembly
October 2004	Minister of Health Norayr Davidyan
May 2006	Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian
October 2006	Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian
October 2008	Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian (20^th Summit of Heads of Member States of International Organization of the Francophonie)
February 2009	Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan
June 2010	Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian
March 2011	Minster of Energy and Natural Resources Armen Movsisyan
July-August 2013	Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan
July 2014	Delegation of Armenian National Assembly
March 2015	Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Ervand Zakharyan
May 2015	Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan
May 2015	President of National Assembly Galust Sahakyan
November 2017	Minister of Defense Vigen Sargsyan
April 2018	Deputy Prime Minister Vache Gabrielyan
July 2018	Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan

To Armenia

April 1999	David Collenette, Minister of Transport
May 2000	Delegation of the Parliament
May 2002	Delegation of the Parliament
November 2002	Gar Knutson, Secretary of State for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East Affairs
July 2003	Sarkis Assadourian, Delegation of the Parliament
April 2005	Delegation of Parliament on the Occasion of 90^th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide
September 2010	Delegation of the Parliament
July 2012	Members of the Parliament
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
September 2013	Stephan Dion, Member of Parliament
July-August 2014	Jason T. Kenny, Minister of Employment and Social Development and Minister of Multiculturalism
August 2014	Delegation of Parliament
April 2015	Christ Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Emigration of Canada
October 2015	Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie of Canada
August 2017	Visit of Canadian MPs Tony Clement, Rachael Harder and the head of One Free World International company Majed-al-Shafii
October 2018	Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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

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