Corruption in Canada

Corruption in Canada is the use of political power for private gain by Canadian government officials.

Canada has had the distinction of being the least corrupt government in the Americas as measured by the Corruption Perceptions Index; Canada's 2023 score of 76 is the first increase (after a slow decline to 74 in 2022) since Canada's highest score of 84 in 2012, when the current version of the Index was introduced.^[1] Conflicts of interest within government, tax evasion, and the prevalence of money laundering in areas such as British Columbia^[2] are among some of the leading factors of corruption in Canada.

Canada ranks at the bottom of the bribery-fighting rankings with "little or no enforcement of anti-bribery measures".^[3] The 2014 Ernst & Young global fraud survey found that "twenty percent of Canadian executives believe bribery and corruption are widespread in this country".^[4]

The SNC-Lavalin affair is a notable instance of corruption in Canada, in which Canadian construction company SNC-Lavalin (now AtkinsRéalis) allegedly paid US$48 million in bribes to Libyan officials and was offered a deferred prosecution agreement in relation to these charges.^[5] The scandal resulted in the resignation of several members within Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet.^[6]

^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Canada". Transparency.org. January 30, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
^ "'Snow Washing' and 'The Vancouver Model': 2017 in Canadian Corruption". Transparency International Canada. December 9, 2017. Archived from the original on March 16, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
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^ Trilling, Samuel. "Canadian Engineering Company Set for Trial Over Bribery in Libya". OCCRP. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
^ "Canadian Engineering Company Set for Trial Over Bribery in Libya". www.occrp.org. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

[cpi2023-1] "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Canada". Transparency.org. January 30, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

[2] "'Snow Washing' and 'The Vancouver Model': 2017 in Canadian Corruption". Transparency International Canada. December 9, 2017. Archived from the original on March 16, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

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[5] Trilling, Samuel. "Canadian Engineering Company Set for Trial Over Bribery in Libya". OCCRP. Retrieved October 22, 2024.

[6] "Canadian Engineering Company Set for Trial Over Bribery in Libya". www.occrp.org. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

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