[2] It is estimated that around 36,000 (2012)[3] Bangladeshi people live in Canada, primarily in cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa.

In 1971, the Canadian Government, people, and media expressed support and sympathy for Bangladesh's War of Independence.

Canada's main exports to Bangladesh include cereals, vegetables, iron and steel, oilseeds, fertilizers, machinery and electronic equipment.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said "It provides Canpotex with new opportunities and access to a country that really needs our potash to boost its agricultural production and achieve its food security goals,"[11] Canada's main imports from Bangladesh include knit apparel, woven apparel, miscellaneous textile articles, headgear, fish and seafood, and footwear.

[14] Bangladesh imports mainly red lentils, cereals, edible oil, oil seeds, miscellaneous fruit items, fertilizer, mechanical appliances, wood pulp, paper/paperboard, scraps, and optical, medical, scientific and technical instruments from Canada.

Bangladesh is the second largest importer of Canadian food grains and other agricultural products in South Asia.

[22][23] There are also opportunities for Canadian companies to invest in the areas of food and agro processing, IT and telecommunications, renewable energy, engineering, automotive,[24] shipbuilding, services and hospitality sectors.

[citation needed] Hundreds of Bangladeshi students immigrate to Canada every year to attend Canadian universities and colleges.

In 2019, Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoit Prefontaine said that Canada is 'averse' to extraditing individuals facing death penalty.

[27] Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a 2023 interview with CBC state that she believes that the killer, Noor Chowdhury, got away with the murder.

[28] She had earlier criticized Canada in 2015 on account of 'sheltering' Sheikh Mujibur Rehman's killer while addressing the Jatiya Sangsad in Bangladesh.