Following the democratic political transformation in Hungary the development of the bilateral relations have got a momentum. It was reflected by the official visits of the President Árpád Göncz in 1991 to Canada and Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn to Hungary in 1993.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid an official visit to Canada between 27-31 October 1999 On the invitation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. This was the first-ever-official visit of a Hungarian PM to the North American state. Prime Minister Orbán was accompanied by a delegation of senior bankers and business leaders. Talks between the two heads of government focused on the development of economic and cultural cooperation and the issue of stability in the Southeast European region.

Pierre S. Pettigrew, Minister of International Trade - on the invitation of János Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs - visited Hungary in September 2000. He was accompanied by representatives of the Government, Parliament and number of businessmen.

In return, János Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary paid an official visit to Ottawa in February 2001. During his visit he met John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Herb Grey, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and Elinor Caplan, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

Visits of several Hungarian ministers have also contributed to the deepening of our bilateral relations - József Torgyán, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Péter Harrach, Minister of Social and Family Welfare Affairs and Sándor Pintér, Minister of the Interior travelled to Ottawa for the purpose of conducting negotiations with their counterparts in April 1999, in June 2000, and in March 2001 respectively.

During the visit of Jane Stewart, Minister of Human Resources Development a bilateral Social Security Agreement was signed on March 4, 2002.

Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada - on the invitation of Katalin Szili, Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly - paid a visit to Budapest on March 5-8, 2003. He was received by President Ferenc Mádl, and met Minister Péter Kiss, Head of the Prime Ministers Office, Zsolt Németh, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly and István Szent-Iványi, Chairman of the European Integration Committee of the National Assembly.

Péter Bárándy, Minister of Justice of Hungary paid an official visit to Canada on May 20-24, 2003. During his visit he met - besides his counterpart - the Chief Justice of Canada, head of the Correctional Service Canada and members of the Law Reform Commission Canada. The main topics of discussion on the provincial level, with the Deputy Minister of Justice of the Government of Ontario, were establishing reciprocity in child support and marital affairs between Hungary and Ontario. On the federal level the parties consulted on the issue of renewal of the extradition agreement signed in 1974.

On June 1-3, 2003 William Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs paid an official visit to Hungary. Canadian delegation met László Kovács, Foreign Minister of Hungary, Péter Gottfried, State Secretary for EU Integration and István Szent-Iványi, Chairman of the European Integration Committee of the National Assembly. Main topics on the agenda of the negotiations were current issues of the bilateral relations, role of Hungary in insuring global security, and effect of Hungarian EU membership on the Hungarian-Canadian relations.

Zoltán Lomnici, President of the Supreme Court of Hungary visited to Canada on September 27-October 4, 2003, having consultations on judicial issues in Ottawa, Québec City and Toronto.

Paul Dubois, Assistant Deputy Minister for European Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade visited Budapest twice, on November 18-19, 2003 and May 26, 2004. He met his counterpart Gábor Szentiványi to discuss current issues of bilateral relations.

Prime Minister Paul Martin participated in the international conference on Progressive Governance held in Hungary on October 14-15, 2004. During his stay in Hungary he had bilateral talks with Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister.

László Várkonyi, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Ottawa in the framework of bilateral consultations on January 11-12, 2005 and among other topics he had an exchange of views with his Canadian partners on the visa reciprocity issue.

Ferenc Juhász, Minister of Defence paid an official visit to Canada, visiting Ottawa, Montreal and Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) on May 9-14, 2005. With his partners he discussed the topics of bilateral military cooperation and global security issues.

Péter Medgyessy, former Prime Minister and Ambassador at Large visited Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa on September 13-21, 2005. His talks focused on issues related to economic diplomacy and political affairs. In course of his visit he delivered lectures on the topic of the European Union and he met representatives of the local Hungarian community.

Ferenc Dudás, Administrative State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Hungary visited Ottawa on October 19-24, 2005 and had consultations with his Canadian partners on the topic of administrative reforms.

András Bársony, Political State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary visited Ottawa on October 25-29, 2005 and had talks on the current bilateral and international issues.

David Mulroney, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Foreign Affairs Canada visited Budapest on January 16, 2006 and had consultations on bilateral cooperation and global security issues.

Károly Füredi, State Secretary of Defence visited Canada on February 2-9, 2007. In Ottawa he had negotiations on the subject of cooperation in the field of logistics. He also visited the military centre of logistics in St. Jean (Québec) and the military base in Trenton (Ontario).

Dr. László Sólyom, President of the Republic of Hungary paid his official visit to Canada on April 23-28, 2007. He was accompanied by Hungarian businessman. The purpose of the visit along with the stimulation of bilateral political, economic and cultural cooperation between the two countries was the completion of the series of commemorative events launched in Canada in 2006 on the occasion of the 50. anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight.

Dr. Katalin Szili, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary paid her official visit to Canada on October 28-November 1, 2007 with the aim of strengthening relations between the two Parliaments. Mutual interest in widening the cooperation in the economic, cultural and educational fields was reconfirmed during the meetings. A special importance of the visit was that the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary visited the Province of Québec for the first time since the political changes in Hungary in 1989.