Relationship dossier
Canada
Saint Lucia
Relationship assessment
Bilateral cooperation includes social security coordination, tax-information exchange and Canadian development assistance.
Canada toward Saint Lucia
+30Canada has provided development assistance to Saint Lucia and participates in bilateral social security arrangements that coordinate pension benefits for people connected to both countries.
Saint Lucia toward Canada
+30Saint Lucia participates in bilateral social security coordination with Canada and tax-information exchange arrangements, providing concrete channels for government cooperation.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a cooperative institutional foundation, notably bilateral social security coordination and tax-information cooperation, alongside Canadian development assistance. The available picture does not establish the breadth or durability of cooperation across other policy areas.
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 Saint Lucia have a cooperative relationship supported by bilateral arrangements, including a social security agreement coordinating pension benefits, and Canadian development assistance to Saint Lucia. The relationship also includes tax-information cooperation. The breadth and recent implementation of these arrangements are unclear.
Key developments
Canada and Saint Lucia concluded a bilateral social security agreement coordinating benefits under their pension systems.
Canada and Saint Lucia concluded a tax-information exchange agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral social security and tax-information arrangements are unclear.
- Details of recent Canadian development assistance specifically benefiting Saint Lucia are limited.