Canada

• Governor General of Canada David Johnston made a State Visit to Singapore in November 2011.   Governor General Johnston called on and was hosted to a State Banquet by President Tony Tan Keng Yam, and also received a call by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.  

• Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong made a visit to Quebec City and Toronto, Canada in May 2011.  In Quebec, ESM Goh attended the InterAction Council 29th Plenary Meeting.  He proceeded to Toronto where he met with several prominent Canadian personalities such as Ontario Provincial Minister for Research and Innovation Glen Murray and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney. 

• Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, Raymond Lim, made a bilateral visit to Ottawa in September 2010. During the visit Minister Lim met with Canadian Minister of International Trade Peter Van Loan and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Deepak Obhrai.
  

Singapore and Canada enjoy warm and friendly relations. Both countries share common interests, such as preserving the stability of the Asian-Pacific region, and enjoy good cooperation on a wide range of areas including education, public health, security and defence. Singapore and Canada had jointly extended technical assistance jointly under the Singapore-Canada Third Country Training Programme to developing countries. The programme which was launched during former Prime Minister Chrétien's visit to Singapore in 1998 enabled Singapore and Canada to share resources, expertise and experience in assisting other developing countries. Singapore and Canada also signed a Singapore-Canada Air Transport Agreement (ATA) in November 2007.