The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is a historic charitable organization focused on multilateralism in Canada. Established in 1946, UNA-Canada was a founding member of the World Federation of United Nations Association.

Mission

UNA-Canada's stated mission is to educate and engage Canadians in the work of the United Nations and critical international issues. The organization promotes Canadian participation in the United Nations system and to growing global citizens in Canada who support the principles of the UN Charter. The Association meets its mandate with a national network of 20,000 members and supporters, 20 volunteer branches spread from coast to coast and north into the Territories, and education programmes. The overarching mandate is to foster understanding of an engagement in the broad spectrum of the Sustainable Development Goals, which have been set as guiding principles for the UN System, and the global community as a whole, between 2015 and 2030. UNA-Canada has five signature programme areas and aims to:

Programmes

UNA-Canada runs various programmes, including: