Evaluation of Global Affairs Canada's Sanctions Operations, 2018-2024

Global Affairs Canada's evaluation report details the dramatic changes in the sanctions landscape from 2018 to 2024. It examines the shift from sanctions on countries with minimal economic ties to Canada to their use as a preferred foreign policy tool, particularly after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The report highlights tensions between sanctions as a domestic regulatory program and as an instrument of foreign policy.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the evolution of Canada's sanctions policy based on the described shift from 2018 to 2024
• Studying the operational impact of sanctions as a domestic regulatory program versus a foreign policy tool as highlighted in the description
• Researching the consequences of exponential increases in sanctions packages on government operations
• Examining the implementation of multilateral UN sanctions and autonomous sanctions by a national government

Strengths

• Report covers a defined six-year period from 2018 to 2024.
• Analysis is focused on a specific, high-impact event: the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
• Source is the authoritative government department, Global Affairs Canada.
• Released under the open government license OGL-CA-2.0.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and institutional bias inherent to an internal government evaluation.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Likely an internal evaluation or audit report.

Time Range

2018 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 19:12:43.965170; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada, with global context for sanctions targets.