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PM Modi to visit Canada on December 11-12 as countries seek to boost ties
Mark Carney said the visit would likely include Ottawa and Toronto as the two countries speed up negotiations on a trade deal ahead of PM Modi’s trip.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Canada from December 11-12, his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney and the High Commission of India in Ottawa said on Friday. The announcement comes after Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held a telephone conversation on Tuesday and agreed to build on efforts to improve bilateral ties.
In a post on X, the High Commission said, “Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi will visit Canada on 11–12 December 2026. In the recent conversation with Rt. Hon. PM Mark Carney, both the leaders agreed to build on the positive momentum in ties and work towards concrete outcomes in trade, energy, technology, security and people-to-people ties."
Carney said the visit would likely include Ottawa and Toronto as the two countries speed up negotiations on a trade deal ahead of Modi’s trip.
“We will see if we can broaden it out,” Carney told members of the Indo-Canadian community at a gathering in Calgary on Thursday. He also referred to his phone conversation with Modi on Tuesday.
PM Modi to visit Canada
According to people familiar with Modi’s schedule, he will meet Carney in Ottawa, interact with Canadian businesses and attend a gathering with the Indian diaspora in Toronto. He is then expected to travel to Miami in the US for the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
India and Canada are likely to announce the conclusion of negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The fifth round of trade talks concluded in Ottawa last week. Officials are expected to review pending issues in November, while the agreed provisions undergo legal scrutiny.
HT first reported Modi’s planned visit in May. It will be his first bilateral trip to Canada since 2015, when he visited Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver during Stephen Harper’s final year as prime minister.
Modi, Carney hold phone conversation
During Tuesday’s call, PM Modi described the conversation as warm and productive. He also discussed the need to strengthen the India-Canada strategic partnership.
The call took place as Canada’s foreign minister Anita Anand and international trade minister Maninder Sidhu visited New Delhi to advance negotiations on a trade agreement that the two countries hope to finalise by the end of the year.
According to a statement from the Canadian Prime Minister’s Office, Carney and Modi reiterated their “commitment to conclude negotiations” on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) “at the earliest opportunity, supporting efforts to double two-way trade by 2030”.
The statement said both sides discussed ways to build on the “renewed momentum” in bilateral ties. They also welcomed greater engagement over the past year in areas including finance, defence and security, and artificial intelligence.
India and Canada have been working to improve ties since Carney became Prime Minister in 2025. Canada is also seeking to strengthen economic partnerships with countries such as India amid ongoing trade tensions with the US.
