Around 4 million Canadians claim Scottish descent, and the ties that bind the two countries are just as strong as they have ever been. More than 125,000 Canadians visit Scotland every year, bringing innovation and kindness with them. And those visitors don’t just come to look and learn, they also come to spend, injecting an annual £92 million into the Scottish economy. New flight routes between Scotland and Alberta will help to increase visitor numbers in years to come.
Scotland and Canada have shared values and interests in global challenges, including climate change, the Arctic, biodiversity and energy security. As well as clean heat for homes, accessing healthcare in remote communities and sharing best practice on social enterprise are current and ongoing.
Our relationship is rich and varied with many Canadian Provinces, Territories and First Nations and Indigenous Peoples. From Gaelic language speakers in Nova Scotia to climate change research with British Columbia, Scottish tourism and flight routes with Alberta, and academic links and Scottish leadership on ‘Period Poverty’ with the Yukon. Scotland and Canada are linked in many ways – as well as the return of a memorial pole from Scotland to the Nisga’a nation.
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