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Relationship dossier

Canada North Macedonia

Relationship assessment

Cooperation through social security arrangements and North Macedonia’s NATO membership

Canada toward North Macedonia

+25

Canada supported North Macedonia’s accession to NATO. The two countries also have a bilateral social security agreement, providing a framework for cooperation on social security matters.

North Macedonia toward Canada

+25

North Macedonia’s NATO membership places it in a shared alliance with Canada, and its bilateral social security agreement with Canada provides a framework for cooperation on social security matters.

Overall relationship

+30

The relationship has a cooperative institutional foundation in the bilateral social security agreement and North Macedonia’s NATO membership, which Canada supported. These arrangements indicate practical cooperation, though the scale of broader bilateral engagement is less clear.

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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Canada and North Macedonia maintain a cooperative relationship supported by a bilateral social security agreement and North Macedonia’s membership in NATO, which Canada supported. These arrangements provide concrete grounds for cooperation, although the breadth and intensity of bilateral government engagement are less clear.

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