Overview
- Mary Simon began a Jan. 19–21 official visit and was received at Felipe Ángeles International Airport by Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente.
- An official reception and private meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum at Palacio Nacional are scheduled for Jan. 20.
- Her itinerary opened with a Jan. 19 roundtable with Indigenous civil-society leaders focused on diversity, inclusion, and shared challenges.
- The trip marks Simon’s first visit to Mexico since becoming governor general in 2021 and follows Carney’s official visit in September 2025.
- The engagement carries symbolic weight after the 2025 Year of the Indigenous Woman and builds on more than eight decades of Canada–Mexico diplomatic ties.