Department of External Affairs (Canada)

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Canadian federal government department foreign affairs ministry

The Department of External Affairs (Canada) was the federal government department responsible for managing Canada's foreign relations and diplomacy before its functions were merged into Global Affairs Canada.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Global Affairs Canada	6
Department of External Affairs	1
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	1
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada	1
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada	1
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal government department ⓘ foreign affairs ministry ⓘ
budgetSource	Government of Canada budget ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
employerOf	Canadian diplomats ⓘ foreign service officers of Canada ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive ⓘ
hasSuccessorAgency	Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Global Affairs Canada
headOfGovernmentBodyTitle	Minister of External Affairs ⓘ Secretary of State for External Affairs ⓘ
historicalRole	primary institution for managing Canada's external relations in the 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
locatedInJurisdiction	National Capital Region of Canada ⓘ surface form: National Capital Region (Canada) Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ
mergedInto	Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada ⓘ surface form: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada ⓘ surface form: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada ⓘ Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Global Affairs Canada
nativeLanguageName	Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Department of External Affairs French Ministry of Foreign Affairs ⓘ surface form: Ministère des Affaires extérieures
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
oversight	Canadian diplomatic missions ⓘ Canadian foreign policy implementation ⓘ
partOf	federal public administration of Canada ⓘ
predecessorOf	Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Global Affairs Canada
replacedBy	Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada ⓘ surface form: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Global Affairs Canada
responsibleFor	Canada's foreign relations ⓘ Canadian diplomacy ⓘ international treaty negotiations for Canada ⓘ management of Canadian embassies and consulates abroad ⓘ representation of Canada in international organizations ⓘ
scope	bilateral relations ⓘ international development policy coordination ⓘ international security policy advice ⓘ multilateral relations ⓘ
sector	diplomacy ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ international relations ⓘ
subordinateTo	Cabinet of Canada ⓘ Parliament of Canada ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	executive branch department ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretary of State for External Affairs → associatedWith → Department of External Affairs (Canada) ⓘ

Department of National Defence → collaboratesWith → Department of External Affairs (Canada) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Global Affairs Canada

National Defence Headquarters → coordinatesWith → Department of External Affairs (Canada) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Global Affairs Canada

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → hasSuccessorAgency → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Global Affairs Canada

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → mergedInto → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Global Affairs Canada

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → nativeLanguageName → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of External Affairs

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → predecessorOf → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Global Affairs Canada

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → predecessorOf → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → predecessorOf → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → predecessorOf → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → predecessorOf → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada

Department of External Affairs (Canada) → replacedBy → Department of External Affairs (Canada) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Global Affairs Canada

Lester B. Pearson → workedFor → Department of External Affairs (Canada) ⓘ