[Canadian Solar Inc. Announces Results of 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders GUELPH, Ontario, June 27, 2016 – Canadian Solar Inc. (the “Company” or “Canadian Solar”) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced that it held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 27, 2016. Each of the proposals submitted for shareholder approval was approved.] [FORM 6-K CANADIAN SOLAR INC. 545 Speedvale Avenue West Form 20-F x o o o CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Form 6-K TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 4]

[Canadian Solar Announces that a Tornado Damaged Its Funing Cell Factory in China GUELPH, Ontario, June 24, 2016 The tornado occurred in the afternoon of June 23, 2016 and caused property damage and personal injuries. The Funing solar cell facility is currently shut down while the Company assesses the extent of the damage. The Company carries both casualty and property] [FORM 6-K CANADIAN SOLAR INC. 545 Speedvale Avenue West Form 20-F x o o o CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Form 6-K TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 4]

[E xhibit 20.1 CANADIAN SOLAR INC. 4100 – 66 Wellington Street West – TD Bank Tower Toronto, Canada M5K 1B7 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Meeting Corporation NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual meeting of shareholders (“ (a) (b) (c) (d) Circular The matters to be dealt with at the Meeting are described in the management information circular] [E xhibit 20.2 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Circular Form 20-F Corporation Certain information contained in this management information circular (“ VOTING INFORMATION Solicitation of Proxies Meeting Notice This Circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by management of the Corporation for use at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (“ The solicitation] [FORM 6-K CANADIAN SOLAR INC. 545 Speedvale Avenue West Form 20-F x o o o CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Form 6-K TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 4]

[Canadian Solar Appoints Dr. Ontario, Canada, May 11, 2016 - Dr. Chang, who joined Canadian Solar in early 2016 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Finance, brings 17 years of capital markets, corporate finance, investment and risk management experience to the Company. Before joining Canadian Solar, Dr. Chang was Co-Head of Sales and Trading at the] [FORM 6-K CANADIAN SOLAR INC. 545 Speedvale Avenue West Form 20-F x o o o CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Form 6-K TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 4]

[Canadian Solar Reports First Quarter 2016 Results and Raises Annual Revenue Guidance Guelph, Ontario, May 11, 2016 First Quarter 2016 Highlights · · · · · · · · · · First Quarter 2016 Results Net revenue in the first quarter of 2016 was $ By geography, in the first quarter of 2016, sales to the Americas represented Q1 2016] [FORM 6-K CANADIAN SOLAR INC. 545 Speedvale Avenue West Form 20-F x o o o CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Form 6-K TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 4]

[Canadian Solar Appoints Jianyi Zhang as Senior Vice President, Guelph, Ontario, April 21, 2016 Most recently, Mr. Zhang served, consecutively, as senior advisor to Chinese law firms of Jingtian & Gongcheng Law Firm, Runbo Law Firm, East Associates Law Firm and East & Concord Partners in Beijing. Before that, Mr. Zhang held a senior assistant general counsel position at Walmart] [FORM 6-K CANADIAN SOLAR INC. 545 Speedvale Avenue West Form 20-F x o o o CANADIAN SOLAR INC. Form 6-K TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 4]