The EU and Canada are among the largest traders of both goods and services in the world. In 2024, Canada was the EU's 12th-largest destination for goods exports.

The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a progressive trade agreement between the EU and Canada. It entered into force provisionally in 2017, meaning that most of the chapters of the agreement now apply.

CETA is a trade agreement between the EU and Canada. It cuts tariffs and makes it easier to export goods and services, benefitting people and businesses in both the EU and Canada.

CETA entered into force provisionally on 21 September 2017, meaning most of the agreement now applies. National parliaments in EU countries – and in some cases regional ones too – will then need to approve CETA before it can take full effect.

The trade part of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is provisionally applied as from 21 September 2017.
Preferential rules of origin are set out in the "Protocol on rules of origin and origin procedures".

Once in force, Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada will offer firms more business opportunities in Canada and support job creation in Europe.

The framework for the EU-Canada relationship is set out in the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA). The SPA reflects recent global developments and provides a platform for advancing Canada-EU foreign policy goals, as well as joint international action.

The two partners recalled their strong partnership and endorsed key areas of mutual interest to boost bilateral trade of energy and energy technologies, enhance energy security, and accelerate the clean energy transition.

Bilateral cooperation between DG Competition and the Canadian Competition Bureau is based on the 1999 EU/Canada Competition Cooperation Agreement.

Cooperation on migration and asylum, home affairs and trade are important elements of the strategic relationship with Canada and the EU.

The Country Knowledge Community is led by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy. Access is restricted.

Established in 1976, the EU Delegation in Ottawa is the natural contact point in Canada between EU and Canadian authorities. It also has a strong public diplomacy mandate designed to enhance the knowledge and understanding of the European Union and EU-Canada relations.

The European Union (EU) and Canada share a dynamic and enduring relationship rooted in common democratic values, strong historical ties and shared interests. Six years ago, we affirmed our status as strategic partners and confirmed our determination to further elevate our relationship and our common role as global actors through the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA). The SPA entrenches our values of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and gender equality, and our shared commitment to effective multilateralism and the international rules-based order. It upgrades the political and security dimensions of our bilateral relationship and deepens our cooperation in a wide range of policy areas beyond trade.

EU-Canada trade relations are based on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The deal provisionally entered into force in 2016.