Canada

Parliament of Canada, Ottawa

Parliament of Canada, Ottawa

Key Facts

Head of State: HM King Charles III

Joined the Commonwealth: 1931

Capital City (location of Parliament): Ottawa

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral - House of Commons (338) and Senate (105)

 

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CPA UK and Canada

CPA UK and CPA Canada have a long history of facilitating successful thematic parliamentary bilateral delegations on behalf of their respective Legislatures. Delegation visits are being planned for both 2022 and 2023.

In 2021, CPA UK and its partners at the Canada-United Kingdom Parliamentary Association (RUUK) organised a series of virtual Forums between Canadian and UK parliamentarians to discuss topical issues of UK-Canada relations, security and trade.

In 2016, a Canadian delegation visited the UK Parliament. CPA UK conducted a parliamentary delegation to Ottawa and Quebec in October 2016, which aimed to build UK parliamentarians' knowledge of Canada's approach to devolution, women's representation, climate change and parliamentary modernisation.

CPA UK and Canadian Provincial Legislatures

CPA UK has a strong relationship with Canada's Provincial Legislatures, most recently welcoming parliamentarians to the 2022 Westminster Seminar from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the National Assembly of Québec and the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

Examples of our Past Programmes

Visit from the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Westminster, 16-17 January 2023

The Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visited Westminster for a two-day bilateral programme. The visit was the first outward visit by the Canadian Branch since the lifting of Covid-19 travel restrictions.

The delegation visited to discuss a variety of issues of common concern for UK and Canadian parliamentarians, including the parliamentary restoration and renewal process, the role of the territorial constitution and devolution, and the role of work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

Bilateral Visit from Members of the Parliament of Canada, Westminster, 25-26 October 2022

An intense two-day Westminster programme facilitated timely discussions between UK and Canadian parliamentarians on the prescient topics of bilateral trade, shared security interests and cost-of-living issues.

Westminster Seminar on Evolving Parliaments 2022, Westminster, 14-18 March 2022

CPA UK hosted the Westminster Seminar, our flagship peer-to-peer learning programme for parliamentarians and clerks from across the Commonwealth.

We celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Westminster Seminar, a series focused on parliamentary procedure and practice that started in 1952. To encourage greater inclusivity, this was the first Westminster Seminar in its long history to be in a hybrid format. We were delighted to once again be welcoming delegates back to Westminster and made provisions for virtual participation.

UK-Canada Forum: Sharing Expertise on Trade Agreements, Virtual, 28 June 2021

CPA UK hosted a private virtual discussion with UK Parliamentarians and Members of the Parliament of Canada on matters relating to trade agreements.

Topics covered the impact of Brexit, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and Northern Ireland.

UK-Canada Forum: Exploring Shared Security Interests, Virtual, 18 May 2021

The UK-Canada Forum brings together parliamentarians from both countries in a series of bilateral meetings. 

This private meeting focused on the shared security interests that exist between the UK and Canada, ahead of the G7 Summit in June 2021.

Featured Past Programmes

UK-Canada Forum: UK-Canada Relations Post-Brexit, Virtual, 16 March 2021

This marked the first edition of the UK-Canada Forum, a series of engagements between the parliaments that is being organised by CPA UK and its partners at the Canada-United Kingdom Parliamentary Association (RUUK

The hour and a half long discussion focused on three key themes; Brexit, trade, and the forthcoming G7 and COP26 Summits, which the UK will host later this year.