Park is scheduled to meet with South Korean residents here before meeting separately with Gov. General David Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, according to Park's office.
The summit with Harper on Monday will be Park's third with him. In March, Harper visited Seoul as the two countries announced the conclusion of a free trade deal after nearly nine years of tough negotiations.
Canada is the world's 11th-largest economy and one of the Group of Eight nations. But trade between Seoul and Ottawa has been relatively small, with Canada being only the 25th-largest trade partner for South Korea. Two-way trade amounted to nearly US$10 billion in 2013.
On Monday, Park will fly to New York where she will attend a banquet to be hosted by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister, Park's office said.
On Tuesday, Park plans to attend the U.N. climate summit meant to galvanize action on cutting emissions of heat-trapping gases that scientists blame for global warming. She is expected to announce Seoul's plan to bridge differences between advanced and developing countries in combating climate change, according to her office.
Park also plans to address the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday with a call for peace on the divided Korean peninsula and in the region.
Tensions persist on the divided Korean Peninsula over the North's missile and nuclear programs as well as its military threats against South Korea in recent months.
In addition, Park plans to attend the U.N. Security Council summit on Wednesday to discuss the issue of foreign fighters who have joined the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Earlier this week, South Korea's national security adviser Kim Kwan-jin outlined Seoul's plan to provide humanitarian support in the fight against the jihadist group during his meeting with his U.S. counterpart in Washington.
Park's planned U.N. speech also comes amid no signs of progress in ending a diplomatic impasse between South Korea and Japan over historical disputes stemming from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
Territorial disputes and history issues have also frayed ties between China and Japan. Japan controlled much of China during World War II.
It remains unclear whether Park could meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
On Friday, Abe sent a personal letter to Park, expressing hope that the two will meet in the coming months, in an apparent attempt to repair soured relations.
Park agreed to make joint efforts with Tokyo to set up a long-overdue summit with Abe, according to former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who met her to convey Abe's letter.
Mori was in South Korea to attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Incheon, a port city of west of Seoul.
Mori quoted Park as saying, "You are right," when he told her to make efforts with Japan to ensure the top leaders of the two neighboring countries can smile each other as soon as possible. (Yonhap)
Korean Language
朴대통령, 캐나다 도착…내일 하퍼 총리와 정상회담
캐나다와 미국 순방에 나선 박근혜 대통령은 20일(현지시간) 첫 방문국인 캐나다 수도 오타와에 안착, 국빈 방문 일정에 들어갔다.
이번 캐나다 방문은 우리나라 대통령으로서 15년 만에 국빈 자격 방문이다.
박 대통령은 잠시 휴식을 취한 뒤 이날 저녁 첫 행사로 동포 만찬간담회를 갖고 캐나다 전역에서 초청된 동포 대표들을 격려했다.
박 대통령은 21일에는 데이비드 존스턴 총독과 환담하고 총독 내외가 주최하는 국빈만찬에 참석할 예정이다.
캐나다 방문 마지막날인 22일에는 스티븐 하퍼 총리와 정상회담과 오찬을 함께한 뒤 협정서명식에 참석하고 공동기자회견을 통해 회담결과를 발표할 예정이다.
또 양국 기업들이 주최하는 한·캐나다 비즈니스심포지엄에 참석, 양국 기업인들을 격려하는 것으로 캐나다 국빈 방문 일정을 마무리한다.
박 대통령은 이어 미국 뉴욕으로 이동, 23∼24일 열리는 제69차 유엔총회 등에 참석, '다자외교의 꽃'인 유엔 무대에 데뷔한다. (연합뉴스)