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Canada's aid by cause: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

$7,418,870,352 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 2,563 projects and 1,148 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$7.42B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$448M

2024-25

Projects

2,563

with money reported

Recipient organizations

1,148

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $7.24B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $176M in repayable loans.

22,355

family doctors paid for a year

Average gross clinical payment to a family physician, 2023-24. Includes the doctor's office costs. CIHI, A profile of physicians in Canada

85,841

registered nurses paid for a year

Median wage of $43.27 an hour (2023-24) for 1,950 hours (37.5 hours a week). Wages only, no benefits. Job Bank, Government of Canada

3.3

new 548-bed hospitals

The new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver: $2.174 billion for up to 548 beds (2021 budget). Government of British Columbia, March 8, 2021

28,067

affordable homes built

Rapid Housing Initiative: $4 billion for more than 15,500 permanent affordable homes, about $258,000 each. CMHC, Rapid Housing Initiative

325,428

homeless people housed with support for a year

Housing First for people with high needs: $22,257 per person per year. Measured in 2014 dollars, so today's number of people would be lower. Mental Health Commission of Canada, At Home/Chez Soi final report

338 days

of Veterans Affairs Canada's entire budget

Total planned spending of Veterans Affairs Canada for 2025-26: $7.83 billion. Veterans Affairs Canada, 2025-26 Departmental Plan

These comparisons use average Canadian costs to show the scale of the money. They are not a costed plan.

Spending by fiscal year

2005-06$179M
2006-07$220M
2007-08$226M
2008-09$252M
2009-10$581M
2010-11$409M
2011-12$326M
2012-13$293M
2013-14$206M
2014-15$251M
2015-16$324M
2016-17$326M
2017-18$307M
2018-19$331M
2019-20$427M
2020-21$607M
2021-22$484M
2022-23$625M
2023-24$597M
2024-25$448M

Read firstFiles before 2016-17 cover only CIDA and DFATD development programs. From 2016-17 they cover every federal department and the provinces, which is why totals jump. Amounts are nominal Canadian dollars per fiscal year (April to March). Aid type was not recorded before 2010-11. Negative amounts are repayments.

By country

Africa, regionalAfrica$819M11.0%
EthiopiaAfrica$605M8.2%
GhanaAfrica$563M7.6%
Asia, regionalAsia$441M6.0%
MaliAfrica$327M4.4%
SenegalAfrica$272M3.7%
Americas, regionalAmericas$269M3.6%
HaitiAmericas$176M2.4%
UkraineEurope$161M2.2%
AfghanistanAsia$160M2.2%
South SudanAfrica$140M1.9%
MozambiqueAfrica$131M1.8%
VietnamAsia$127M1.7%
United Nations (institution)Global / Canada / institutions$113M1.5%
ColombiaAmericas$109M1.5%
173 others$3.01B40.5%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$6.73B90.8%
Finance Canada$537M7.2%
International Development Research Centre$85.8M1.2%
Quebec$39.2M0.5%
Natural Resources Canada$19.1M0.3%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$2.0M0.0%
Manitoba$1.3M0.0%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency$356K0.0%
New Brunswick$158K0.0%
Alberta$125K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$108K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$1.88B25.3%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$1.68B22.7%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$1.56B21.1%
Not recorded$1.50B20.2%
Canadian personnel$323M4.3%
Sector budget support$201M2.7%
Basket funds/pooled funding$152M2.1%
General budget support$71.2M1.0%
Other technical assistance$45.8M0.6%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$3.6M0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$710M9.6%
World Bank$550M7.4%
International Development Association$429M5.8%
African Development Bank Group$410M5.5%
Government of Ghana$360M4.8%
WFP - World Food Programme$318M4.3%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$287M3.9%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$182M2.5%
Green Climate Fund$182M2.4%
CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research$144M1.9%
(not specified)$130M1.8%
IFC - International Finance Corporation$127M1.7%
Asian Development Bank$125M1.7%
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development$121M1.6%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$85.5M1.2%
CGIAR$85.0M1.1%
Canadian Co-operative Association$82.6M1.1%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$75.7M1.0%
Bank of Canada Banque du Canada$75.0M1.0%
Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$69.1M0.9%
Oxfam-Québec$64.5M0.9%
World Vision Canada$62.1M0.8%
KfW Entwicklungsbank$61.3M0.8%
CARE Canada$60.6M0.8%
International Development Research Centre$59.6M0.8%
1,123 others$2.56B34.6%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) M013185002 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$182M $182,000,000
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$129M $128,949,868
3	Modernizing Agriculture in Ghana P000520001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$123M $122,557,419
4	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$118M $118,215,576
5	Additional Support to IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$114M $114,000,000
6	(no title in the data) A033419002 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$104M $104,068,506
7	Private Sector Financing Program (PSFP) P012792001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$100M $100,000,000
8	IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$90.0M $90,000,000
9	Agricultural Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises Catalytic Financing Mechanism P010883001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$80.0M $80,000,000
10	Forests and Landscapes Program P006167003 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$75.0M $75,000,000
11	(no title in the data) M013123001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2011-12 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$75.0M $75,000,000
12	(no title in the data) M013703001 · 2011-12 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Bank of Canada Banque du Canada	$75.0M $75,000,000
13	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$74.1M $74,055,285
14	Canadian climate and nature fund for the private sector in Asia P012801001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$70.0M $70,000,000
15	(no title in the data) A031434001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$60.0M $60,000,000
16	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$58.8M $58,783,987
17	Eleventh Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2019-2021 P005214001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$58.1M $58,139,625
18	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$55.9M $55,921,014
19	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$54.4M $54,366,447
20	Grain storage support for Ukrainian farms P011836001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	$52.0M $52,000,000
21	Facility for Resilient Food Systems P011856001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: IFC - International Finance Corporation	$50.9M $50,900,000
22	(no title in the data) A033911002 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$50.2M $50,220,000
23	(no title in the data) D000926001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$50.0M $50,000,000
24	Climate Support to IFAD P011187001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$50.0M $50,000,000
25	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$49.8M $49,779,930