The High Commission of India in Ottawa serves as India's principal diplomatic mission in Canada, located on Springfield Road in Ottawa, Canada's capital city. The High Commission provides consular services to Indian nationals throughout Canada (in coordination with Consulates General in Toronto and Vancouver), processes visa applications for Canadian residents traveling to India, and facilitates bilateral relations between India and Canada in areas including trade, energy cooperation, education, scientific research, technology collaboration, cultural exchange, and diaspora engagement. India and Canada share a multifaceted relationship based on shared Commonwealth membership, democratic values, pluralism, rule of law, economic complementarity, people-to-people ties through the large Indian diaspora, and cooperation in multilateral forums. The relationship covers political dialogue, trade and investment, energy cooperation (particularly nuclear energy, uranium supply, and renewable energy), education (Canada is popular destination for Indian students), research collaboration, defense and security dialogue, counterterrorism, consular cooperation, and cultural exchange. Canada is home to approximately 1.8 million people of Indian origin (Indo-Canadians), making the Indian diaspora one of the largest and most influential communities in Canada, contributing significantly to Canadian society, economy, politics, business, healthcare, technology, academia, and culture. The Indian community in Canada includes well-established multi-generational families, recent immigrants under Canada's skilled migration programs, students (India is largest source of international students for Canada), temporary workers, and refugees. Major concentrations exist in the Greater Toronto Area (Brampton, Mississauga, Markham, Scarborough), Vancouver and Surrey in British Columbia, Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta, and other major Canadian cities.