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Canada's aid by cause: Banking & finance

$1,668,180,161 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 650 projects and 418 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.67B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$132M

2024-25

Projects

650

with money reported

Recipient organizations

418

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.60B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $55.5M in repayable loans and $8.6M already spent in Canada.

4,951

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

19,011

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

0.74

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

6,216

affordable homes built

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

72,070

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

75 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$48.6M
2006-07$71.2M
2007-08$94.8M
2008-09$77.4M
2009-10$88.7M
2010-11$59.4M
2011-12$56.5M
2012-13$77.2M
2013-14$72.0M
2014-15$45.8M
2015-16$46.3M
2016-17$73.5M
2017-18$93.5M
2018-19$84.8M
2019-20$50.7M
2020-21$141M
2021-22$64.7M
2022-23$177M
2023-24$113M
2024-25$132M

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$176M10.6%
Asia, regionalAsia$132M7.9%
AfghanistanAsia$100M6.0%
Americas, regionalAmericas$74.6M4.5%
TanzaniaAfrica$70.1M4.2%
GhanaAfrica$67.1M4.0%
JordanMiddle East$65.9M4.0%
EthiopiaAfrica$57.7M3.5%
VietnamAsia$50.1M3.0%
HaitiAmericas$48.8M2.9%
BangladeshAsia$47.5M2.8%
Caribbean, regionalAmericas$46.9M2.8%
South America, regionalAmericas$43.0M2.6%
PakistanAsia$39.4M2.4%
West Bank and GazaMiddle East$33.1M2.0%
159 others$615M36.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.44B86.5%
Finance Canada$213M12.8%
International Development Research Centre$10.8M0.6%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$111K0.0%
Alberta$57K0.0%
Manitoba$47K0.0%
Quebec$47K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$455M27.3%
Not recorded$402M24.1%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$375M22.5%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$296M17.7%
Canadian personnel$44.8M2.7%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$31.6M1.9%
Other technical assistance$26.3M1.6%
Basket funds/pooled funding$18.5M1.1%
Development awareness$8.6M0.5%
General budget support$8.1M0.5%
Sector budget support$1.3M0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$169M10.1%
World Bank$111M6.6%
(not specified)$85.8M5.1%
Développement international Desjardins$80.0M4.8%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$73.1M4.4%
Development Finance Institute CanadFinDev Canada$72.8M4.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$70.0M4.2%
Toronto Centre$64.1M3.8%
Asian Development Bank$59.9M3.6%
African Development Bank Group$55.0M3.3%
DID - Développement international Desjardins$54.7M3.3%
BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund$48.0M2.9%
Registered Trustees of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust$36.4M2.2%
International Finance Corporation$28.4M1.7%
European Bank for Reconstructionand Development - Northern$28.3M1.7%
IDA-CPL$26.4M1.6%
IFC - International Finance Corporation$23.8M1.4%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$23.1M1.4%
IMF - International Monetary Fund$22.8M1.4%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$22.3M1.3%
Government of Ghana$22.1M1.3%
Canadian Co-operative Association$22.0M1.3%
Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$18.3M1.1%
Opportunity International Canada$17.5M1.1%
Aequitas-D GP IncDesjardins$17.2M1.0%
393 others$416M25.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	2X Canada: Relance économique inclusive P009930001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Development Finance Institute CanadFinDev Canada	$72.1M $72,105,000
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$70.9M $70,936,028
3	BlueOrchard Latin America and Caribbean Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund P011285001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund	$47.5M $47,500,000
4	(no title in the data) A032234001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: (not specified)	$38.0M $38,000,000
5	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$36.2M $36,194,030
6	Canadian climate and nature fund for the private sector in Asia P012801001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$28.0M $28,000,000
7	(no title in the data) A033786001 · 2007-08 to 2009-10 Main recipient: (not specified)	$26.5M $26,500,000
8	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$26.4M $26,414,049
9	Canada-EBRD High Impact Partnership on Climate Action – repayable contribution P010532001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: European Bank for Reconstructionand Development - Northern	$25.0M $25,000,000
10	(no title in the data) A032234002 · 2007-08 Main recipient: (not specified)	$25.0M $25,000,000
11	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$23.6M $23,596,924
12	Toronto Centre - Strengthening Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation 2018-2023 P005315001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Toronto Centre	$20.0M $20,000,000
13	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$19.9M $19,910,430
14	Advancing Gender Equality, Resilience, Opportunity and Inclusion Worldwide (GROW) Facility P013813001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: IFC - International Finance Corporation	$18.9M $18,900,000
15	(no title in the data) M013162001 · 2009-10 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$18.2M $18,250,000
16	Aequitas Impact Investment Fund P012020001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Aequitas-D GP IncDesjardins	$17.2M $17,175,000
17	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$17.1M $17,103,371
18	(no title in the data) A030788001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2009-10 Main recipient: Registered Trustees of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust	$17.0M $16,981,963
19	(no title in the data) M013512001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$16.3M $16,280,775
20	(no title in the data) A033419003 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$16.0M $16,024,440
21	Global Concessional Financing Facility for the Middle East and North Africa Region - Jordan - 2 P001841003 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$16.0M $16,000,000
22	Global Concessional Financing Facility for the Middle East and North Africa Region - Jordan - 1 P001841001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$16.0M $16,000,000
23	(no title in the data) M013162002 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$15.9M $15,907,500
24	Support for the Development, Professionalization and Consolidation of Microfinance P001183001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: DID - Développement international Desjardins	$15.0M $15,014,707
25	(no title in the data) Z020944001 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$15.0M $15,000,000