Canadian PM Mark Carney arrives in Mumbai on four-day official visit to India

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday landed at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSMIA) along with his wife Diana Fox Carney. He was received by top local officials and India’s High Commissioner to Canada with a red carpet rolled out on the tarmac to welcome his delegation’s arrival on a 4-day visit.

Mark Carney is on an official visit to India from February 27 to March 2, 2026 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is his first official visit to India after assuming office.

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“Canadian Prime Minister Carney will arrive in New Delhi on (Sunday) March 1. On March 2, the two Prime Ministers will hold delegation-level talks at Hyderabad House,” an official statement mentioned, adding that they will attend the ‘India–Canada CEOs Forum’ scheduled on March 2.

After Carney’s delegation arrived at CSMIA, his motorcade drove them to Hotel Taj Palace in South Mumbai’s Colaba area near the Gateway of India, where he will reside during his Mumbai itinerary.

India and Canada are expected to sign a comprehensive trade agreement besides a number of MoUs along with “commercial arrangement deals” to be announced during the duration of Carney’s trip, which will also see him travel to New Delhi, to meet PM Modi on March 2. Carney is also scheduled to meet Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and address the India-Canada CEO Forum in New Delhi.

Government officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Carney will spend his meetings in Mumbai “to explore opportunities for partnerships” in energy and agriculture.

Carney is also scheduled to begin negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) which aims to more than double the bilateral trade between India and Canada to $70 billion by 2030, officials said.

Earlier, both nations had agreed to formally launch negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), building on foundations laid during last year’s G20 Leaders’ Summit.

The Canadian PM is scheduled to participate in separate business engagements, interact with Indian and Canadian CEOs, industry and financial experts, innovators, educators, as well as Canadian Pension Funds based in India, over the next few days.

Both PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney are expected to review the progress achieved to date across diverse areas of the India–Canada Strategic Partnership, building on their earlier meetings in Kananaskis (in June 2025) and in Johannesburg (in November 2025).

They will also take stock of ongoing cooperation in key pillars, including trade and investment, energy, critical minerals, agriculture, education, research and innovation, and people-to-people ties, according to the statement, adding that the two leaders will also exchange views on regional as well as global developments.

“Canadian PM Carney’s visit to India comes at an important juncture in the normalisation of India-Canada bilateral relations. The two Prime Ministers had earlier agreed to pursue a constructive and balanced partnership grounded in mutual respect for each other’s concerns and sensitivities, strong people-to-people ties, besides growing economic complementarities,” according to an official statement.

PM Carney’s visit to India came amidst significant economic cooperation and in 2024, India emerged as Canada’s seventh-largest trading partner, with total two-way trade reaching USD $30.8 billion.

After finishing his four-day visit to India, Carney will fly that evening to Australia to discuss cooperation on “defence and maritime security, critical minerals, trade, and advanced technologies, including AI” with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and address the Australian Parliament, before travelling to Tokyo to meet newly re-elected Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi.

Significantly, Carney’s visit to India comes a month after his trip to Beijing, where Canada and China restored trade ties, visas and reduced restrictions on Chinese electric vehicles after his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. It also follows a major downturn in ties with the US over tariffs and counter-tariffs, as well as US President Donald Trump’s criticism of Canada, which he referred to last year as the USA’s “51st state”.