Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada will provide C$100 million in new international assistance for Palestinians, including humanitarian aid and funding aimed at strengthening peace and security capacity.
Carney announced the funding Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Of the total, C$80 million will support humanitarian assistance intended to address immediate needs, while C$20 million will go toward peace and security capacity building.
The security-related funding includes additional support for Canada’s multiyear initiative to train Palestinian police officers in the West Bank. Carney also said Canada is prepared to extend that training to Gaza when security conditions allow.
Carney said the new assistance is part of Canada’s broader efforts to support conditions for a negotiated two-state solution. He highlighted the humanitarian situation in Gaza while also referring to security concerns facing Israel, including threats from Hamas and Iran and its proxies.
The announcement comes as Canada and several other governments are taking additional diplomatic and economic measures related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Canada has said it intends to introduce trade restrictions targeting goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Canada had already announced C$100 million in additional assistance in June 2026, bringing its overall international assistance commitments for Palestinian civilians to more than C$500 million at that time. The latest pledge brings Canada’s reported assistance commitments since the beginning of the conflict to more than C$600 million.
The latest funding announcement comes as international leaders gather at the United Nations to discuss the humanitarian situation, regional security and efforts toward a two-state solution.
