In , Quebec missionaries established a church in Navrongo in northern Ghana, marking the arrival of a Canadian presence in the country.
Bilateral relations between Canada and Ghana are strong and based on more than 60 years of global cooperation, particularly in the United Nations and the Commonwealth.
Ghana has established strong democratic credentials. Freedom of expression, a dynamic press and an active civil society are part of the Ghanaian political landscape. Ghana has maintained a diplomatic presence in Canada through its high commission in Ottawa. The main Canadian exports included cereals, motor vehicles and parts, consumer goods and machinery.
The main imports from Ghana included farm, fishing and intermediate food products, consumer goods, rubber products, forestry products and machinery. Export Development Canada has designated Ghana as one of its key markets in Africa. Other organizations of interest with a presence in the country are the Canadian Commercial Corporation and the Canada Ghana Chamber of Commerce.
Our focus over several decades on improving agricultural systems, livelihoods, and food security, particularly for impoverished rural communities in the north, resulted in 3,, farmers, of which 1,, supported on agricultural production with improved technologies, increasing their agricultural production and more than doubling their incomes.
