Announcement
22 Nov 2022
In November 2022, the government of Canada imposed sanctions on 16 Belarusian commercial companies in the industrial, railway financial, engineering, and technology sectors. The restrictions are imposed in response to the Belarusian facilitation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
17 Nov 2022
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 22 Nov 2022
Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments
In force
On 22 November 2022, the government of Canada promulgated Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations (SOR/2022-240), imposing sanctions against 15 Belarusian commercial e...
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Related State Acts
Announced: 27 Jan 2025
Canada: Sanctions against Belarusian entities (January 2025)
Announced: 08 Aug 2024
Canada: Sanctions against six Belarusian entities in relation to human rights abuses and the conflict in Ukraine (August 2024)
Announced: 20 Sep 2023
Canada: Additional sanctions against certain Russian entities (September 2023)
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Canada: Sanctions against 4 Belarusian commercial entities (August 2023)
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Canada: New sanctions on Russian companies (April 2023)
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Canada: Sanctions against Belarusian companies (April 2023)
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Canada: Additional sanctions against Russia and Belarus
Announced: 05 Apr 2022
Canada: Government restricts export of insurance services and certain goods and technologies to Belarus
Announced: 23 Mar 2022
Canada: EDC withdraws export finance support to Russia and Belarus
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Canada: Additional sanctions against Belarusian entities
To be prolonged: 12 Oct 2022
Canada: Government withdraws the Most-Favoured-Nation tariff treatment from Russia and Belarus
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