Relationship dossier
Canada
Chile
Relationship assessment
A sustained economic partnership built around a modernized free trade agreement
Canada toward Chile
+40Canada entered a free trade agreement with Chile in 1996, in force from 1997, and joined Chile in modernizing it, with expanded provisions taking effect in 2019. These arrangements provide a durable framework for Canadian trade and investment with Chile.
Chile toward Canada
+40Chile entered a free trade agreement with Canada in 1996, in force from 1997, and joined Canada in modernizing it, with expanded provisions taking effect in 2019. These arrangements provide a durable framework for Chilean trade and investment with Canada.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship has a durable institutional foundation in the bilateral free trade agreement and its 2019 modernization. Economic cooperation is supported by trade and investment arrangements and expanded provisions, making the partnership more substantial than formal diplomatic ties alone.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Canada and Chile maintain a sustained economic partnership centered on a free trade agreement in force since 1997, later broadened through a modernization that took effect in 2019. The agreement supports bilateral trade and investment, while cooperation also extends to areas including environmental and gender provisions. The relationship is substantially cooperative, though the known evidence is strongest in economic and institutional cooperation.
Key developments
Canada and Chile signed a bilateral free trade agreement.
The Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement entered into force.
The modernized Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement entered into force, adding expanded provisions including on gender and the environment.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of practical cooperation beyond trade and related economic arrangements is unclear.
- The implementation and effects of the 2019 agreement's expanded provisions are not fully clear.