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Welcome to the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco | Silicon Valley

Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk

Agreement Extended on Softwood Lumber

Industry strongly supports the extension to 2015

Perimeter Security and Economic competiveness banner

Canada-US joint action plans

Boost security, trade and travel

"We take care of business" in Times Square

Canadian Industry Minister's trip to New York

Maureen Harper, Michelle Obama, Prime Minister Harper and President Obama

Prime Ministerial participation in APEC

Strong engagement in the Asia-Pacific region

In case of emergency

Planning our response to a disaster in San Francisco

Rocky Mountain Express steams into Chicago

Film premier celebrates the great engineering feat

The Consulate General is responsible for Canadian interests in Northern California and Hawaii, and provides Consular services to Canadians in Nevada (with the exception of Clark County). Our offices are located in San Francisco and Palo Alto. We focus on promoting trade and investment, advancing Canada's interests in the region and providing consular services to Canadians. The Consulate General continues to seek out opportunities for innovative partnership between Canada and California, Nevada and Hawaii. We encourage you to visit our site for more information and to subscribe our online newsletter Connect2Canada for updates.

The Canadian Technology Accelerator | PDF Version ^* (247 KB)
The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service has launched a third Canadian Technology Accelerator – this time within the Environmental Business Cluster in San Jose – providing free services and access to Silicon Valley for qualified Canadian clean-tech companies.
The "48 Hours in the Valley" returns in December 2011.
Once again, the Consulate General of Canada is organizing its C100 mentorship program. Twice a year, 20 of Canada's most promising start-ups are invited to the Silicon Valley for two days of mentorship, workshops, investor meetings, strategic partner visits and networking. The next "48 Hours in the Valley" will take place December 5-7, 2011. This edition will feature two separate streams: an IT specific stream and a clean-tech stream.
Canadian Smart Grid Mission
A Smart Grid mission will take place in the San Francisco Bay Area on December 12-13, 2011. Throughout this event, participants will have the opportunity to be introduced to Silicon Valley’s key players (large corporations, utilities, non-profit organizations, and venture financing firms) interested in partnering in the development/commercialization of new Smart Grid products and innovative solutions. The program will include a set of roundtables, presentations, networking events, and site visits. For more information, please contact SFRAN-TD@international.gc.ca.