On August 24, 2010 His Excellency Noёl A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, and His Excellency Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons of Parliament of Canada extended the best wishes to His Excellency Volodymyr Lytvyn, Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and to the people of Ukraine on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day.
On August 24, 2010 Ihor Ostash, Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada, and Embassy staff took part in the Changing of the Guard Ceremony on Parliament Hill commemorating Ukraine’s Independence Day, held by the Ceremonial Guard of National Defence of Canada.
On August 24, 2010 Her Excellency Michaёlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, extended the best wishes to His Excellency Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine, and to the citizens of Ukraine on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day.
On August 24, 2010 on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence the Ukrainian flag was flown outside Ottawa City Hall, from sunrise to sunset.
On August 20, 2010 Defence Attaché of Ukraine, Colonel Serhiy Hyshtymult received from the representatives of Defence Canada videos made by the Canadian side during observation flights over Ukraine executed in the framework of the Treaty on Open Skies.