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More than 5,000 Canadians have fled Middle East, Anand says demand for help dropping
Global Affairs Canada coordinated evacuations for over 5,000 Canadians amid Middle East conflict, with call volume for assistance dropping by more than half, officials said.
- Global Affairs Canada reported March 10, 2026 that it has helped more than 5,000 Canadians and permanent residents leave the Middle East since the conflict began.
- Global Affairs Canada said on March 10, 2026, it is not aware of any Canadians killed or injured in the violence that started with U.S. airstrikes on Feb. 28.
- Between March 4 and March 8, more than 4,300 arrivals reached Canada, 871 people were routed to safe third countries, and call volumes to the Emergency Watch and Response Centre dropped to just over 600 on Sunday.
- Ottawa chartered a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul, block-booked hundreds of commercial seats, and deployed Canadian consular officials in Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan, warning travel through Iran is 'at their own risk'.
- More than 110,700 Canadians are registered in the region, but as of Sunday less than five per cent had sought help to leave, and multiple countries are on the 'avoid all travel' list.
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Foreign Minister Anita Anand reported that more than 7,000 Canadians have left the Middle East since the beginning of the last conflict, and said that the demand for evacuation assistance is now declining.
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- 45% of the sources lean Left
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C 33%
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