Canada and Ukraine have signed a declaration committing the two countries to a 100-year partnership spanning defence, trade, energy and Ukraine’s reconstruction, as Prime Minister Mark Carney hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Calgary this week.
The Canada-Ukraine Declaration for a 100-Year Partnership, signed alongside a companion Joint Declaration on Enhancement of Defence and Security Cooperation, sets out long-term cooperation across defence and security, trade, energy, critical minerals, reconstruction and people-to-people ties. The Prime Minister’s Office says the agreement marks “a new chapter” in the two countries’ relationship as Ukraine continues to fight Russia’s full-scale invasion, now in its fifth year.
The centrepiece of the defence announcement is a new Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace (DDIM) Supply Arrangement, a national digital marketplace modelled on Ukraine’s own Brave1 platform, intended to connect drone makers and buyers and speed up how quickly the Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Coast Guard can field uncrewed and counter-uncrewed systems. Ottawa says nearly 400 vetted Canadian suppliers will have access to the marketplace, with allies and partners also able to draw on it.
Canada has awarded an initial round of contracts worth up to $50 million that the government says will increase the number of drones deployed by the Canadian Armed Forces tenfold, with a longer-term goal of building domestic industry capacity to produce millions of drones within two years. Six suppliers — Beonyx, AVSS, Volatus Aerospace, Twenty20 Insight Inc., Draganfly and Objexis AI — received the first contracts, covering intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drones as well as uncrewed ground vehicles.
Other commitments announced alongside the partnership include $350 million for air defence interceptors under the JUMPSTART program, $435 million in loan guarantees to support Ukraine’s energy security, $200 million in concessional loans toward reconstruction, a further $10 million contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund (bringing Canada’s total contribution to that fund to $100 million), $23 million toward strengthening Ukraine’s security architecture, $40.1 million for a veteran-support initiative and $6 million toward efforts to return children deported from Ukraine. The government says Canada’s total support for Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion now exceeds $26 billion.
“Canada is, has, and always will be a steadfast ally in Ukraine’s relentless pursuit of freedom,” Prime Minister Carney said. “Today, Canada and Ukraine forged a new partnership.”
Source: Prime Minister of Canada, news release, September 10, 2026.
