[5] In 1928, the bilateral relations between Canada and Denmark were strengthened, when members of the Canadian National Railways met with Thomas Madsen-Mygdal.

[6] The first treaty between Canada and Denmark was a visa requirements agreement, signed on 22 September and 14 October 1949.

[11] Hans Island is a small, uninhabited barren knoll measuring 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi), located in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait.

[13] On 25 July 2005, Canadian Defence Minister Bill Graham visited the island, sparking anger in Denmark.

As friendly countries, of course, it is our shared objective that we resolve this issue – that we put this issue behind us… "We now have a process – a process in which the officials will be working together, gathering all of the relative information and trying to find a way forward to do this…In January 2011, both countries were close to a resolution over the island.

[16] Princess Margrethe (later Queen of Denmark) and her husband Prince Henrik visited Canada in September 1967.

Denmark operates secondary Canadian consulate offices in Calgary, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Edmonton, Iqaluit, Montreal, St. John's, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg.