Relationship dossier
Canada
Ukraine
Relationship assessment
A close, sustained partnership centered on Canadian support for Ukraine’s security, sovereignty and economic resilience.
Canada toward Ukraine
+75Canada has provided Ukraine with military, financial and humanitarian assistance and has trained Ukrainian forces through Operation Unifier. Canada has also imposed sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion and signed a bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
Ukraine toward Canada
+65Ukraine has pursued bilateral security cooperation with Canada, including by signing a security cooperation agreement, and has maintained a bilateral trade framework through the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement. Ukraine has engaged Canada as a partner in supporting its security and economic resilience.
Overall relationship
+75The relationship is a sustained strategic partnership combining Canadian assistance for Ukraine’s defense and resilience with bilateral security and trade arrangements. Cooperation has intensified in response to Russia’s invasion, while the scale of support and assistance is substantially greater from Canada to Ukraine.
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 has provided Ukraine with sustained military, financial and humanitarian assistance, trained Ukrainian forces through Operation Unifier, and imposed sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion. The governments have also developed trade and security arrangements, including a bilateral security cooperation agreement. Ukraine has engaged Canada through these agreements and sustained bilateral cooperation, although the scale of support is notably asymmetric.
Key developments
Canada launched Operation Unifier to train Ukrainian security forces.
The Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement entered into force.
Canada and Ukraine signed a bilateral security cooperation agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The long-term scale and implementation of bilateral security commitments depend on future government decisions.
- The full scope of Ukraine’s government-to-government cooperation with Canada beyond security and trade is unclear.