Relationship dossier
Canada
Georgia
Relationship assessment
Canada and Georgia have a modest cooperative relationship grounded in Canadian support for Georgian sovereignty and an investment treaty.
Canada toward Georgia
+25Canada has supported Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and concluded a bilateral investment treaty with Georgia, which entered into force in 2021.
Georgia toward Canada
+25Georgia concluded a bilateral investment treaty with Canada, which entered into force in 2021, establishing reciprocal protections for covered investments.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship combines Canadian support for Georgia’s sovereignty and a reciprocal investment framework. These provide durable bases for cooperation, while the available scope of concrete bilateral engagement supports a moderate rather than close partnership.
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 Georgia maintain a generally cooperative relationship, including Canadian support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and a bilateral investment treaty that entered into force in 2021. The relationship has concrete institutional cooperation, though its scope and practical intensity appear limited.
Key developments
Canada and Georgia signed a bilateral Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement.
The Canada–Georgia Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement entered into force.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Canadian bilateral assistance to Georgia are unclear.
- The practical effects of the bilateral investment treaty are uncertain.