Relationship dossier
Canada
Taiwan
Relationship assessment
Substantial unofficial ties, with economic cooperation shaped by Canada's one-China policy
Canada toward Taiwan
+30Canada engages Taiwan through unofficial representative offices and economic relations, and its foreign investment promotion and protection arrangement with Taiwan entered into force in 2017. Canada does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and follows its one-China policy.
Taiwan toward Canada
+30Taiwan engages Canada through its representative office and economic relations. Taiwan is party to a bilateral foreign investment promotion and protection arrangement with Canada that entered into force in 2017.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship combines sustained unofficial and economic engagement, including investment protections, with the limits imposed by Canada's one-China policy and lack of formal diplomatic relations. These features support a cooperative but constrained bilateral structure.
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 Taiwan maintain substantial unofficial ties, including reciprocal representative offices and economic engagement. A bilateral foreign investment promotion and protection arrangement entered into force in 2017. Canada does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and conducts relations under its one-China policy.
Key developments
The Canada–Taiwan Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Arrangement entered into force.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic cooperation beyond investment protections are unclear.
- The extent of recent Canadian and Taiwanese government cooperation across non-economic areas is uncertain.