Relationship dossier
Canada
Morocco
Relationship assessment
Generally cooperative relations, with social-security coordination and development ties alongside unresolved trade negotiations and differing emphases on Western Sahara.
Canada toward Morocco
+20Canada has provided development assistance to Morocco and maintains bilateral cooperation that includes social-security coordination. Canada has also supported a UN-led process on Western Sahara rather than endorsing Morocco’s sovereignty claim.
Morocco toward Canada
+20Morocco has participated in bilateral social-security coordination with Canada and maintained government cooperation on development and security. Trade negotiations with Canada began in 2011 but did not result in a free-trade agreement.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship has a cooperative institutional foundation, including social-security coordination and development and security cooperation. The lack of a concluded trade agreement and differing positions on Western Sahara qualify that cooperation, without defining the overall relationship as adversarial.
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 Morocco maintain generally cooperative government relations, including social-security coordination and cooperation in development and security. Negotiations on a Canada–Morocco free-trade agreement began in 2011 but did not produce an agreement. The two governments’ positions on Western Sahara are not identical, though Canada has supported a UN-led process.
Areas of tension
- Western Sahara: Morocco claims sovereignty, while Canada has supported a UN-led process.
Key developments
Canada and Morocco began negotiations on a bilateral free-trade agreement; no agreement resulted.
The two countries established bilateral social-security coordination.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral security and development cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing bilateral work on trade and social-security coordination is unclear.