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5.2.2024 | Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will lead a trade mission to the province of Nova Scotia in Canada and visit the country’s capital, Ottawa, on 5–8 February.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/finland-to-intensify-cooperation-with-canada-promising-opportunities-in-forestry-and-bioeconomy-for-finnish-companies
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4.3.2024 | Minister of Economic Affairs Wille Rydman will lead a Team Finland visit to Canada and the US on 5–8 March 2024. The main themes of the visit will be marine industry and ports. A business delegation of 30 people from 20 different companies and organisations will participate in the trip.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/minister-rydman-to-lead-a-team-finland-visit-to-canada-and-the-us
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25.11.2024 | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah visits Canada with a delegation of the Finnish forestry and bioeconomy actors on 24–28 November. Minister Essayah will deliver the keynote speech at the Scaling Up Bioeconomy Conference 2024 in Ottawa. Finland is the Feature Country of this year’s conference. In addition, the Minister and the business delegation will visit the province of Quebec.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410837/minister-essayah-to-visit-canada-with-a-forest-and-bioeconomy-delegation-finland-is-the-feature-country-of-scaling-up-bioeconomy-conference
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13.11.2024 | New trilateral arrangement formalizes collaboration on the production of Arctic and polar icebreakershttps://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/united-states-canada-and-finland-sign-mou-to-build-arctic-and-polar-icebreakers
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19.8.2025 | On August 19, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen met with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand during her visit to Finland.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-and-canadian-foreign-minister-anand-launch-a-joint-statement-on-the-strategic-partnership-between-finland-and-canada
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19.11.2025 | On 18 November, Finland, the United States and Canada signed a trilateral Joint Statement of Intent (JSOI) confirming support for the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact, launched in autumn 2024. The JSOI was signed in Washington DC by Sakari Puisto, the Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, Kristi Noem, the United States Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s Ambassador to the United States.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/finland-the-united-states-and-canada-confirm-their-support-for-icebreaker-collaboration-effort-ice-pact
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20.10.2025 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio will travel to the Province of Ontario, Canada, on 20–23 October 2025. During his visit, the Minister will visit Toronto and the country’s capital Ottawa.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/minister-for-foreign-trade-and-development-tavio-to-visit-canada
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16.2.2026 | Minister of Employment Matias Marttinen is currently visiting Canada and the United States. The visit is part of Finland’s long-term goal to intensify strategic cooperation and collaboration on skills and expertise with North America. Another purpose is to find sustainable solutions for the development, availability and opportunities for skilled labour in the marine industry together with partner countries.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/minister-of-employment-marttinen-visits-canada-and-us-to-strengthen-cooperation-within-marine-industry-and-skilled-labour
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15.4.2026 | Finland and Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen their bilateral collaboration especially in marine industry and Arctic matters. The MoU was signed by Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto and Canada’s Minister of Industry Melanie Joly in Ottawa on 14 April 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/finland-and-canada-to-deepen-their-cooperation-in-arctic-maritime-industry-and-technology
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15.3.2026 | The Nordic countries and Canada agreed to intensify their cooperation at the Nordic-Canadian Summit in Oslo on Sunday 15 March.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/nordic-countries-and-canada-pledge-to-deepen-cooperation
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13.4.2026 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will travel to Canada on 13–14 April.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/foreign-minister-valtonen-to-visit-canada
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4.8.2026 | On 31 July 2026, the state-owned special assignment company Arctia, which operates under the ownership steering of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, signed a chartering agreement to operate a multi-purpose icebreaker in the Canadian Arctic in late 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410829/minister-ranne-finland-s-cooperation-with-canada-is-yielding-results-