Global Affairs Canada

department in the Government of Canada that manages Canada's diplomatic relations
Organization canadian_federal_department Q3315371
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Global Affairs Canada

Summary

Global Affairs Canada is a Canadian federal department[1]. It draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (canadian_federal_department category, ranking #3 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Global Affairs Canada's field of work was international relations[3].
  • Global Affairs Canada's field of work was diplomacy[4].
  • Global Affairs Canada's field of work was foreign relations of Canada[5].
  • Global Affairs Canada is in the country of Canada[6].
  • Global Affairs Canada's image is recorded as Foreign Affairs Building of Canada.jpg[7].
  • Global Affairs Canada's instance of is recorded as Canadian federal department[8].
  • Global Affairs Canada's instance of is recorded as foreign affairs ministry[9].
  • Global Affairs Canada's instance of is recorded as government agency[10].
  • Global Affairs Canada's headquarters location is recorded as Ottawa[11].
  • Global Affairs Canada's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123698286[12].
  • Global Affairs Canada's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156832444[13].
  • Global Affairs Canada's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no94031104[14].
  • Global Affairs Canada's child organization or unit is recorded as Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.[15].
  • Global Affairs Canada's Commons category is recorded as Global Affairs Canada[16].
  • +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Global Affairs Canada[17].
  • Global Affairs Canada's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.436942, 'lon': -75.69591}[18].
  • Global Affairs Canada's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01l_7l[19].
  • Global Affairs Canada's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as nlk20040153545[20].
  • Global Affairs Canada's parent organization or unit is recorded as Government of Canada[21].
  • Global Affairs Canada's official website is recorded as https://www.international.gc.ca/[22].
  • Global Affairs Canada's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Canada[23].
  • Global Affairs Canada's facet of is recorded as politics of Canada[24].
  • Global Affairs Canada's external data available at URL is recorded as https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset?_organization_limit=0&organization=dfatd-maecd[25].
  • Global Affairs Canada's external data available at URL is recorded as https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset?_organization_limit=0&organization=dfatd-maecd[26].
  • Global Affairs Canada's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ems-sgd/edb-bdd/index-eng.html#orgs/dept/126/infograph/all_data[27].

Body

Founding

+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Global Affairs Canada[17].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en-ca', 'text': 'Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development'}[28] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commerce et du Développement'}[29]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GAC'}[30] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'AMC'}[31].

Operations

Global Affairs Canada's headquarters location is recorded as Ottawa[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Government of Canada[21]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Embassy of Canada, Washington, D.C.[15].

Industry

Fields of work include international relations[3], an academic major[32]; diplomacy[4], an academic discipline[33]; and foreign relations of Canada[5], a foreign relations[34], in Canada[35].

Why It Matters

Global Affairs Canada draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (canadian_federal_department category, ranking #3 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . iatiregistry.org. Retrieved . iatiregistry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . international.gc.ca. Retrieved . international.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q12013. Retrieved . international.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ROR release v1.19. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q12013. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Retrieved . tbs-sct.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Global Affairs Canada. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-affairs-canada
MLA “Global Affairs Canada.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-affairs-canada.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_global-affairs-canada_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Global Affairs Canada}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-affairs-canada}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Global Affairs Canada — https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-affairs-canada (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-affairs-canada · Last refreshed: