Relationship dossier
Canada
Ivory Coast
Relationship assessment
Development cooperation and investment protections underpin Canada–Côte d’Ivoire relations.
Canada toward Ivory Coast
+25Canada has provided bilateral development assistance to Côte d’Ivoire and joined it in establishing a framework for investment protection.
Ivory Coast toward Canada
+20Côte d’Ivoire entered into a bilateral investment protection framework with Canada, providing a concrete basis for government-to-government economic cooperation.
Overall relationship
+25Bilateral development assistance and an investment protection framework give the relationship a cooperative foundation. The extent of implementation and cooperation beyond these areas is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Canada and Côte d’Ivoire maintain a cooperative relationship that includes Canadian development assistance and a bilateral investment protection framework. These provide concrete areas of government engagement, though the breadth and implementation of cooperation across other policy areas are unclear.
Key developments
Canada and Côte d’Ivoire signed a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement.
The Canada–Côte d’Ivoire Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement entered into force.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral investment protections are unclear.
- Details of the scale and continuity of Canadian bilateral development assistance are limited.