page_title: Foreign relations of Canada
section_title: International organizations
hierarchical_section_title: Foreign relations of Canada / Multilateralism / International organizations
caption_attribution_description: English: G7 summit in 2015 From Left to Right, Shinzō Abe, Stephen Harper, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, François Hollande, David Cameron, and Matteo Renzi at the 41st G7 summit in Bavaria, Germany.
context_page_description: The foreign relations of Canada are Canada's relations with other governments and peoples. Britain was the chief foreign contact before World War II. Since then Canada's most important relationship, being the largest trading relationship in the world, is with the United States. However, Canadian governments have traditionally maintained active relations with other nations, mostly through multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, La Francophonie, the Organization of American States, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
context_section_description: Canada is a member of the following organizations:
  Asian Development Bank (ADB) (nonregional member)
  African Development Bank (AfDB) (nonregional member)
  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  Arctic Council
  ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
  Association of Caribbean States (ACS) (observer and partner)
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (dialogue partner)
  Australia Group
  Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
  Commonwealth of Nations
  Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) (nonregional member)
  Caribbean Postal Union (CPU)
  Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
  Group of Seven (G7) –
  Group of Eight (G8)
  Group of Ten (G-10)
  Group of Twenty (G-20)
  Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (also known as the World Bank)
  International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  International Criminal Court (ICCt)
  International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
  International Development Association (IDA)
  International Energy Agency (IEA)
  International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
  International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
  International Labour Organization (ILO)
  International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
  Interpol (organization) (Interpol)
  International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
  International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
  International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
  MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti)
  MONUSCO (United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
  Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
  Organization of American States (OAS)
  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF)
  Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
  Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
  Paris Club
  ParlAmericas
  Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
  Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) (partner)
  Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
  Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) (observer)
  United Nations (UN)
  United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
  United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
  World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
  Universal Postal Union (UPU)
  World Customs Organization (WCO)
  World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
  World Health Organization (WHO)
  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  World Trade Organization (WTO)
  Zangger Committee
caption: Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at 2015 G7 summit with Shinzō Abe, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, François Hollande, David Cameron, and Matteo Renzi in Bavaria, Germany.
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