Ukraine and Canada sign package of agreements in Calgary, including 100-Year Partnership and drone deal
During President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Canada, Ukraine and Canada signed a series of agreements in Calgary covering energy cooperation, financing, long-term uranium supplies, air-defence interceptors, a drone deal, and a Declaration on a 100-Year Partnership.
Key points
- Ukraine's Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal and Canada's Energy Minister Tim Hodgson signed a Joint Statement on deepening energy cooperation in Calgary.
- Canada committed 10 million Canadian dollars (US$7.2 million) to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, bringing Canada's total contribution to 100 million Canadian dollars.
- Canada plans to provide the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with loan guarantees of up to 757 million US dollars for Ukraine's energy security, including emergency natural gas purchases and strategic fuel reserves ahead of the 2026/2027 heating season.
- Export Development Canada is allocating 200 million Canadian dollars (US$144 million) to support priority projects in Ukraine, including hydroelectric infrastructure.
- Energoatom and Canada's Cameco announced long-term cooperation on uranium supplies and conversion services until 2035.
- Canada will allocate 350 million Canadian dollars (US$253 million) for the purchase of interceptor missiles for Ukraine's air defence, and announced a Drone Deal with Ottawa to transfer one-third of domestically produced drones to Ukraine.
- Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a Declaration on a 100-Year Partnership, expressing the intention to raise bilateral relations to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Why it matters
The package commits Canada to multi-hundred-million-dollar financial support for Ukraine's energy security ahead of the 2026/2027 heating season, locks in long-term nuclear fuel cooperation between Energoatom and Cameco through 2035, and adds a major military component — interceptor missiles for air defence and a drone deal transferring one-third of Canadian-produced drones to Ukraine — alongside a 100-Year strategic-partnership declaration.
What happened
During President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Canada, Ukraine and Canada signed a package of agreements in Calgary. Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal and Canada's Energy Minister Tim Hodgson signed a Joint Statement on deepening energy cooperation. Canada committed 10 million Canadian dollars (US$7.2 million) to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, bringing Canada's total contribution to 100 million Canadian dollars. Canada also plans to provide the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with loan guarantees of up to 757 million US dollars for Ukraine's energy security, including emergency natural gas purchases and strategic fuel reserves ahead of the 2026/2027 heating season. Export Development Canada is allocating 200 million Canadian dollars (US$144 million) to support priority projects in Ukraine, including hydroelectric infrastructure. Energoatom and Canada's Cameco announced long-term cooperation on uranium supplies and conversion services until 2035, and the parties agreed to develop dialogue on Canadian private-sector participation in rebuilding Ukraine's energy sector, including energy equipment, engineering services, technical expertise, digital technologies, cybersecurity and operational resilience. On the military side, Canada will allocate 350 million Canadian dollars (US$253 million) for the purchase of interceptor missiles for Ukraine's air defence. Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney also signed a Declaration on a 100-Year Partnership, expressing the intention to raise bilateral relations to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership, and announced a Drone Deal under which Ottawa will transfer one-third of Canadian-produced drones to Ukraine.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
All four supplied sources are Ukrainian-language media outlets, framing the package primarily as a success of Ukrainian diplomacy and as tangible, large-scale Canadian assistance. Coverage foregrounds concrete figures — 757 million, 350 million and 200 million Canadian dollars — and the Drone Deal, presenting Canada as a significant partner in both energy and defence.
Where reporting differs
Sources disagree on the currency of the EBRD credit facility: some report 757 million US dollars, while one reports 757 million Canadian dollars.
Background
Canada's new 10 million Canadian-dollar contribution brings its total to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund to 100 million Canadian dollars. Strategic cooperation areas named include small modular reactors (SMR), grid restoration, gas production, digital solutions, cyber defence of energy facilities, hydropower and renewable energy. Zelensky said Canada is ready to contribute its technologies to the European anti-ballistic program FREYJA, which Ukraine expects to be ready by end of 2026.