Scotland's International Framework: Canada engagement strategy

Canada and Scotland

Collaboration between Canada and Scotland in:

• Trade and Investment
• Education
• Public Diplomacy and Governmental Exchange
• Diaspora Engagement
• Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Statistics / Facts / Information

• Direct flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Toronto
• £470 million exports from Scotland to Canada in 2015
• Scotland and Canada consistently top 20 trading partners
• In 2014/15 Scottish Development International assisted 82 companies to market
• Canada is one of Scotland's biggest inward investors
• Around 45 Canadian owned businesses in Scotland, employing 3,630 with an estimated turnover of £3,449 million
• Canada is Scotland's sixth most important source of international students
• 1070 Canadian students in Scotland in 2015/16
• 223 Saltire Scholarships awarded to Canadian students between 2011 and 2016
• In 2015, 32,000 of Scotland's population born in North America
• In 2015, 21,000 of Scotland's population with North American nationality
• 98,398 visits to Scotland from Canada in 2015, with a total spend of £65.73 million over 984,526 nights
• National Theatre of Scotland toured the award-winning James Plays to the Luminato Festival in Toronto in 2016
• Scottish artists regularly feature at Canada's famous music festivals - East Coast Music Week and Celtic Colours
• Festivals Edinburgh is working with Montreal's Quartier des Spectacles to create a Digital Arts Hub
• Transatlantic Sessions feature annually in Celtic Connections, Scotland biggest folk music festival
• 17 GlobalScots
• Scottish Government member of staff based in Toronto
• Scottish Development International office in Toronto