Canada–Netherlands relations
Canada and the Kingdom of the Netherlands have a special relationship resulting from actions during World War II when Canada hosted the Dutch royal family in exile and then led the military liberation of the Netherlands. The special relationship is still visible today, with the Canadian government describing the Netherlands as "one of Canada's most significant trade, investment and innovation partners." In part, the annual Canadian Tulip Festival still commemorates this relationship, with a tradition of tulips sent to Canada from the Netherlands as gratitude for the Canadian actions during World War II.
Many Thanks spelt-out on the ground in tulips after Operations Manna and Chowhound over the then-occupied Netherlands
Canadian troops pass a windmill in Rijssen-Holten, April 1945.
Princess Margriet returns to Ottawa to attend the Canadian Tulip Festival in May 2002.
Soldiers from the Canadian Grenadier Guards in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, pictured, fought with Dutch soldiers against Afghanistan insurgents.
The Canadian Tulip Festival is a tulip festival held annually each May in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The festival claims to be the world's largest tulip festival, displaying over one million tulips, with attendance of over 650,000 visitors annually. Large displays of tulips are planted throughout the city, the largest of which are often in Commissioners Park on the shores of Dow's Lake, and along the Rideau Canal with 300,000 tulips planted there alone.
Tulips at Parliament Hill in 2019
Red tulips blooming in 1952.
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands attending the Canadian Tulip Festival in May 2002.
Crown-shaped orange Liberation75-tulips (formerly known as the Orange Emperor variety) in 2005.
