Canada–India relations

Canada–India relations also referred to as Indo-Canadian relations, are the bilateral relations between Canada and India. Canada and India have had longstanding bilateral relations, with shared traditions such as democracy. India has become one of the top source countries for immigration to Canada with Indian diaspora increasing to over one million as of 2022. According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data, of the more than 800,000 international students in Canada in 2022, 40 percent were from India, constituting the largest international student group in Canada. Bilateral trade between India and Canada has seen significant growth in recent years, reaching $8.16 billion in 2023. Both Canada and India are member nations of the Commonwealth association, and also part of G20, a group of world's largest economies.

While Canada and India have a broad-based relationship, their ties have often been strained by Sikhs that are affiliated with the Khalistan Movement, calling for an independent Sikh state in India. In 1985, Babbar Khalsa, a Sikh militant separatist group was implicated in the bombing of Air India Flight 182, that departed from Montreal, Canada. More recently, diplomatic tensions were triggered in September 2023, following Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau's allegations that Indian agents were involved in the killing of alleged pro Khalistani-separatist terrorist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, Canada.

According to international relations experts, Canada and India will have to find a way forward in their relations due to their engagement in a broad range of geopolitical issues and India's importance for the United States and Canada in their Indo-Pacific strategy.