Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Canadian Minister Sidhu to Lead Major Trade Mission to India
Canada is sending a large group of business people to India.
Minister Maninder Sidhu will lead nearly 300 delegates from October 12 to 17.
They will visit Mumbai and Bengaluru.
The delegates will meet Indian businesses and other decision-makers.
They work in areas such as clean technology, farming and food, and aerospace.
Canada hopes the trip will help businesses find new partners and customers.
Canada wants trade with India to reach $70 billion a year by 2030.
In 2025, trade in goods and services between the two countries was $30.4 billion.
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu will lead nearly 300 Canadian business delegates to India from October 12 to 17.
The mission will stop in Mumbai and Bengaluru and meet Indian decision-makers, industry representatives and potential clients.
It is described as Canada’s largest trade delegation to India in more than 30 years.
Delegates will represent aerospace, clean technology and energy, information and communications technology, life sciences, and agri-food.
Canada aims to double annual two-way trade with India to $70 billion by 2030; trade in goods and services totalled $30.4 billion in 2025.
- Who
- Canadian International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu and nearly 300 Canadian business delegates.
- What
- A Team Canada trade mission to India aimed at developing commercial ties and business opportunities.
- When
- October 12 to 17; the year is not specified in the article.
- Where
- Mumbai and Bengaluru, India.
- Why
- To expand commercial relations, build partnerships, and support Canada's goal of doubling annual two-way trade with India to $70 billion by 2030.
- Delegation size
- Nearly 300 delegates
- Mission dates
- October 12–17; year not specified
- Stops
- Mumbai and Bengaluru
- Delegation scale
- Canada's largest trade delegation to India in more than 30 years
- Two-way trade in 2025
- $30.4 billion in goods and services
- Trade target
- Double annual two-way trade with India to $70 billion by 2030
- Represented sectors
- Aerospace and space, clean technologies and energy transition, information and communication technologies, life sciences, and agri-food