Ukraine and Canada have made significant progress in talks on the creation of a free trade area. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Gryshchenko and Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Lawrence Cannon discussed the issue at a meeting in Krakow (Poland) on July 3, 2010.
On June 27, 2010 Ihor Ostash, Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, visited the celebration of the Canadian Multiculturalism Day, where Paul Nguyen was honoured as the recipient of the 2010 Paul Yuzyk Award for Multiculturalism.
Paul Grod, National President of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress commented on the first official meeting of the leadership of the Ukrainian World Congress and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
On June 22, 2010 Ihor Ostash, Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, met team of World Hope, a non-governmental organization, that plans to go to Ukraine to support the shelters for street kids and Summer Camp in Kremidivka, near Odessa.