There are currently more than 85,000 Canadian citizens and permanent residents registered in the Middle East, about 3,000 in Iran alone, Global Affairs Canada said.
The number is based on voluntary self-registration of Canadians with Global Affairs Canada as of Sunday, which means the actual number could be higher.
“At this time, we are not aware of any Canadians being injured or killed as a result of the conflict,” GAC said.
The countries with the highest number of registered Canadians are Lebanon, with 23,165 Canadians, and the United Arab Emirates, with 23,064.
In Iran, there are 2,921 Canadians, while there are 6,006 in Israel and 438 registered in the Palestinian territories, the GAC said.
As of Sunday, the following countries in the region also had Canadians registered with the GAC:
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Foreign Minister Anita Anand said she spoke with her counterparts in Kuwait, Israel, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Jordan, the United Kingdom and Qatar about the tense situation.
Canadians are asked to avoid all travel to Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar and the UAE and to avoid non-essential travel to Jordan, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
The US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent retaliation, have caused international aviation disruptions.
Disruptions are already being felt in Canada as Air Canada canceled a flight to Dubai on Saturday, hours after strikes in Iran and surrounding countries, such as Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
In a statement on its website on Saturday, Air Canada said that due to the “current military situation in the Middle East,” all flights to and from Dubai (DXB) were suspended until March 3, while flights to Tel Aviv (TLV) remained suspended until March 8.
A group of Queen’s University students remain stranded at an airport in Doha, Qatar, after escalating tensions in the Middle East led to the closure of regional flights and widespread flight disruptions.
Claire Haffner, a fourth-year biology student, said the group was on a flight to Toronto following a course in Sri Lanka, with a stopover in Doha, when they heard the announcement.
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