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Canada at the United Nations

Flag of Canada
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg by Original, Modified by: The current SVG encoding is a rewrite performed by MapGrid (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-11-09
ISO 3166-1
CA / CAN
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-11-09

A founding Member State: one of the fifty-one that signed the Charter at San Francisco in 1945.

International organisations

Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.

OrganisationJoined
United Nations 1945-11-09

Service on principal organs

Elected terms as recorded by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A year marked pending is one the Library publishes as a partial list because its elections have not yet been held.

Economic and Social Council

2027 pending 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1977 1976 1975 1974 1967 1966 1965 1958 1957 1956 1952 1951 1950 1948 1947 1946

Human Rights Council

2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2000 1999 1990 1989 1978 1977 1968 1967 1959 1958 1949 1948

Permanent representatives

9 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Marc-André Blanchard 2016-04-012020-07-31
John Barrett 20092013
Stephen Lewis 1984-09-151988-07
Michel Dupuy 1980-05-061981-05
Yvon Beaulne 19691972
Andrew McNaughton 1948-011949-12
George Ignatieff -in office / not recorded
Louise Fréchette -in office / not recorded
Charles Ritchie -in office / not recorded

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations, 466 Lexington Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Canada Day, 1 July
Accredited diplomats
29

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 14.0073 2024
GDP 2.3199e+12 2025
GNI per capita 56,420 2025
Life expectancy at birth 82.108 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.31303 2024
Population 4.16517e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 416,028 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 360 2025

World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.

General Debate statements

80 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 259,055 words in all. The longest was 1981, at 6,357 words, delivered by Mr. MACGUIGAN.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×16, Prime Minister ×8, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×3, Chair of the Delegation ×3. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.

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Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Canada
Coat of arms. Royal Coat of arms of Canada.svg by Sodacan (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Canada
Location. CAN orthographic.svg by Addicted04 (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

94 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.

TreatySignedRatified or acceded
Charter of the United Nations - 9 Nov 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 22 Jan 1948 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 5 Feb 1962 26 May 1966
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 18 Jul 1974 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 28 Nov 1949 3 Sep 1952
Convention on the Rights of the Child 28 May 1990 13 Dec 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 25 Nov 2005 a
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 11 Mar 2010
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 24 Aug 1966 14 Oct 1970
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 19 May 1976 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 19 May 1976 a
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 19 May 1976 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 10 Dec 1981
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 10 Dec 1981
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 23 Aug 1985 24 Jun 1987
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 29 Aug 1946 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 29 Aug 1946 A
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute - 25 Mar 2026 a
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 15 Jul 2003 26 Nov 2004
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 17 Jul 1978 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 4 Jun 1969 a
Protocol amending the Agreements, Conventions and Protocols on Narcotic Drugs, concluded at The Hague on 23 January 1912, at Geneva on 11 February 1925 and 19 February 1925, and 13 July 1931, at Bangkok on 27 November 1931 and at Geneva on 26 June 1936 - 11 Dec 1946 s
Protocol Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946 - 19 Nov 1948 s
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium 23 Dec 1953 7 May 1954
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 11 Oct 1961
Convention on psychotropic substances - 10 Sep 1988 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 5 Aug 1976 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 5 Jul 1990
Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 12 November 1947, to amend the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children, concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1921, and the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age, concluded at Geneva on 11 October 1933 - 24 Nov 1947 s
Protocol amending the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 18 May 1904, and the International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 4 May 1910 - 4 May 1949 s
Protocol to amend the Convention for the suppression of the circulation of, and traffic in, obscene publications, concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923 - 24 Nov 1947 s
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 - 4 May 1949 s
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 23 Apr 1991 a
United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes 7 Dec 1989 -
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 4 Dec 1965 22 Aug 1966
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank 18 Oct 1969 22 Jan 1970
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 10 Feb 1977 28 Nov 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [31 Aug 1982 ] [20 Sep 1983 ] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 26 Nov 1974 a
Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 5 Dec 1972 10 Dec 1975
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 21 Oct 1980 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 1 Jun 1955 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 1 Jun 1955 a
Customs Convention on Containers - 8 Sep 1972 a
Agreement concerning the Establishing of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles - 22 Jun 1999 s
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 15 Oct 1948 A
Protocol amending the International Convention relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1928 - 9 Dec 1948 s
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character 17 Dec 1949 4 Oct 1950 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 4 Mar 1998 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 29 Oct 1971 -
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 22 Nov 2023 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 22 Nov 2023 a
Food Assistance Convention 6 Sep 2012 23 Nov 2012
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 30 Jan 1957 a
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 - 17 Dec 1953 s
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 18 Dec 1998 7 Jul 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 10 Feb 2000 19 Feb 2002
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 14 Dec 2000 13 May 2002
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 30 Apr 2004 22 Jun 2004
United Nations Convention against Corruption 21 May 2004 2 Oct 2007
United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes 16 Jul 2026 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 18 Feb 1980 4 Dec 1985
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 26 Jun 1974 4 Aug 1976
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 15 Dec 1994 3 Apr 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 12 Jan 1998 3 Apr 2002
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 29 Apr 1958 -
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction 4 Mar 2024 -
Convention on the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 -
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 -
Convention on the Continental Shelf 29 Apr 1958 6 Feb 1970
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 29 Apr 1958 -
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks 4 Dec 1995 3 Aug 1999
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 12 May 1986 a
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 17 Mar 2015 12 Dec 2016
Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite - 27 Mar 2024 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 15 Jun 1999 18 May 2001
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 11 Jun 1981
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (with Protocols I, II and III) 10 Apr 1981 24 Jun 1994
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 26 Sep 1995
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 18 Dec 1998
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 3 Dec 1997
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 16 Mar 2015
Arms Trade Treaty - 19 Jun 2019 a
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 13 Nov 1979 15 Dec 1981
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 21 Dec 2016 a
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 21 Dec 2016 a
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 26 Aug 2002 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 23 May 2001
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 7 Apr 2017
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 22 Mar 1985 4 Jun 1986
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 28 Aug 1992
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 13 May 1998
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 -
Convention on Biological Diversity 11 Jun 1992 4 Dec 1992

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - yes
A/RES/80/296 - yes
A/RES/80/293 B - yes
A/RES/80/294 - yes
A/RES/80/293 A - yes
A/RES/80/297 - yes
A/RES/80/299 - abstain

Provenance

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AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
iso2CA wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903445+00:00
iso3CAN wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903455+00:00
m49124 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135761+00:00
nameCanada wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903427+00:00
un_admission_date1945-11-09 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903436+00:00
unsd_nameCanada un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135767+00:00

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