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Canada

Americas

UN Member since 1945

Member of G7, G20, NATO, and 2 other blocs.

Population

40.1M

GDP

$2.14T

Capital

Ottawa

Government

Federal parliamentary consti...

Power & politics

Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.

Democracy index

8.9 / 10

UN voting record

How Canada votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.

Ideological trajectory

Voting summary

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Bloc alignment

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Top voting partners

Topic-level voting

Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.

Foreign policy

Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.

Foreign Policy

Canada's foreign policy centres on multilateralism, alliance management (particularly with the United States and NATO), and values-based diplomacy emphasising human rights, democratic governance, and free trade. Key frameworks include USMCA (successor to NAFTA), the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and CETA with the European Union.

Canada balances its deep economic integration with the United States against a desire to diversify partnerships, particularly with Indo-Pacific nations. It is a vocal advocate for nuclear disarmament, Arctic sovereignty, and indigenous rights on the global stage.

Allies

MUN Delegate Guide

As Canada, you are a natural mediator and coalition-builder. Work closely with like-minded democracies (EU members, Australia, Japan, South Korea) while maintaining credibility with the Global South through generous development aid and peacekeeping commitments.

Leverage Canada's membership in both the G7 and La Francophonie to bridge divides between Western and Francophone African blocs. On security issues, coordinate with NATO allies but distinguish Canadian positions from the United States where appropriate -- this gives you diplomatic flexibility.

Avoid being seen as merely an American appendage. Canada's strength lies in its reputation for fairness and compromise -- use it to chair working groups, propose consensus language, and mediate between competing blocs.