Trade between Côte d'Ivoire and Canada reached 1.2 billion Canadian dollars, or more than 490 billion CFA francs in 2025. The announcement was made by the Honorable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, during her first working visit to Côte d'Ivoire. According to the head of Canadian diplomacy received by Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kaba Nialé, this progression illustrates the confidence of Canadian companies in the Ivorian economic potential and the mutually beneficial nature of the partnership. The value of trade between the two countries reached 207.180 billion FCFA in 2023, compared to 186.6 billion FCFA in 2023, according to the information and promotion portal for the economy in Côte d'Ivoire (Ministry of Economy, Finance and Budget). Over the period from 2020 to 2024, the average value of Ivorian exports is estimated at 132.2 billion FCFA/year compared to 31.4 billion FCFA/year for imports. The trade balance is in surplus for Côte d'Ivoire over the period. Between 2023 and 2024, trade jumped by 60% thanks to vehicles and automobile parts, without forgetting vegetables, fruits, edible offal, soft wheat and fertilizer on the Ivorian side. While Canadian imports remained dominated by agricultural products, particularly cocoa (beans and processed cocoa); as well as processed wood, rubber, crude oil.

Structuring investments in mining and finance

Beyond trade, Canada confirms its roots in Côte d'Ivoire. Canadian direct investments are valued at more than 170 billion CFA francs, or $425 million in 2025, and assets in the mining sector at nearly 650 billion FCFA ($1.6 billion) in 2024. Côte d'Ivoire remains Canada's fourth trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa. In Abidjan, Anita Anand announced new financial commitments totaling more than 70 million Canadian dollars (more than 28 billion FCFA) including support of 1.5 million dollars for the International Academy for the Fight against Terrorism in Jacqueville. FinDev Canada, Canada's development financial institution, has granted a loan of 65 million Canadian dollars or 27 billion CFA francs to NSIA Banque to strengthen access to financial services for small and medium-sized Ivorian businesses, particularly those owned or managed by women. 

The two sides also announced the start of negotiations to extend the air transport agreement between the two countries in order to strengthen trade and relations between the two peoples. The priority sectors cited in the joint declaration include extractive industries, infrastructure, agriculture, energy, digital technologies, transport and the green economy.