Timeline / Events

Digital partnership announcement – Solomon & Virkkunen (30 Oct 2026)

Date

30 October 2026

Location

Montréal (15:10 ET)

Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

EU

EVP Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

People

Evan Solomon, Henna Virkkunen

Summary

Related deliverables

• Canada joins EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
• Canada-EU Digital Partnership (2026 deliverables)

Sources

• ISED – Media advisory: Minister Solomon and EVP Virkkunen to announce new partnership (29 Oct 2026)
• European Commission (Digital Strategy) – EU and Canada team up in supercomputing and quantum (30 Oct 2026)