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Canada's aid by cause: Budget support

$200,943,082 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 45 projects and 30 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$201M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$4.7M

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $201M given abroad as grants on this page.

620

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

2,381

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

0.09

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

779

affordable homes built

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

9,028

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

9.4 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–
2006-07–
2007-08–
2008-09–
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17$1.3M
2017-18$6.3M
2018-19$1.6M
2019-20$6.2M
2020-21$6.1M
2021-22$94.8M
2022-23$4.9M
2023-24$75.0M
2024-25$4.7M

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

SudanAfrica$36.1M18.0%
Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica$18.9M9.4%
TanzaniaAfrica$13.7M6.8%
GhanaAfrica$12.8M6.4%
UgandaAfrica$11.0M5.5%
Côte d'IvoireAfrica$6.4M3.2%
MadagascarAfrica$6.4M3.2%
BangladeshAsia$5.3M2.6%
EthiopiaAfrica$4.9M2.4%
BeninAfrica$4.9M2.4%
ZambiaAfrica$4.8M2.4%
KenyaAfrica$4.7M2.3%
NigerAfrica$4.3M2.1%
Saint LuciaAmericas$4.1M2.0%
RwandaAfrica$3.6M1.8%
109 others$59.1M29.4%

By department

Finance Canada$109M54.1%
Global Affairs Canada$91.4M45.5%
Quebec$777K0.4%
International Development Research Centre$76K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$200M99.6%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$604K0.3%
Project-type interventions$249K0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

African Development Bank Group$64.2M32.0%
International Monetary Fund - Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust$57.0M28.4%
(not specified)$46.7M23.2%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$8.7M4.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$6.2M3.1%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$6.1M3.0%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$4.9M2.5%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$4.7M2.3%
UNDP$707K0.4%
AQOCI$604K0.3%
International Development Association$428K0.2%
IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation$119K0.1%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$107K0.1%
International Development Research Centre/Centre de recherches pour le développement international/Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo$76K0.0%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$33K0.0%
Comité régional d'éducation pour le développement international de Lanaudière$15K0.0%
Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie$15K0.0%
Développement et Paix$15K0.0%
Centre d'étude et de coopération internationale$15K0.0%
Solidarité Union Coopération$15K0.0%
L'AMIE (Aide internationale à l'enfance)$15K0.0%
Mer et Monde$15K0.0%
Oxfam-Québec$15K0.0%
Centre de Solidarité Internationale du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean$15K0.0%
Carrefour de Solidarité Internationale$15K0.0%
5 others$57K0.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	PRGT Reserve account OGDFinance-2023-4 · 2023-24 Main recipient: International Monetary Fund - Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust	$57.0M $57,000,000
2	IMF-PRGT Subsidy resources contribution OGD2010050008 · 2021-22 Main recipient: (not specified)	$46.3M $46,309,070
3	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$23.5M $23,471,553
4	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$19.7M $19,738,896
5	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$11.1M $11,101,372
6	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$9.8M $9,804,004
7	Twelfth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2022-2024 P009571001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$6.1M $6,109,752
8	Ninth Replenishment - Special Development Fund - Caribbean Development Bank P002152001 · 2020-21 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$5.4M $5,362,040
9	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)	$4.7M $4,691,025
10	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2021 P009944001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$3.7M $3,718,443
11	Replenishment of the SDF-10 at the Caribbean Development Bank - institutional support 2021 to 2024 P009028001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$3.4M $3,379,953
12	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$3.3M $3,303,331
13	African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative OGD2020080015 · 2021-22 Main recipient: African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative	$3.3M $3,292,782
14	African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative OGDFinance-2023-17 · 2023-24 Main recipient: African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative	$1.6M $1,645,885
15	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$398K $398,204
16	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2019-2020 P002344001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$227K $227,044
17	JQSI OGDQC-2020-3533 · 2020-21 Main recipient: AQOCI	$210K $210,000
18	Appui à la mission globale 2018-2019 à 2020-2021 OGDQC-2020-3531 · 2020-21 Main recipient: AQOCI	$210K $210,000
19	African Development Bank - Strengthening Canada's Engagement P001255001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$132K $131,677
20	Support to the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) - IDB Invest 2016-2025 P003010001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation	$119K $118,939
21	United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - Institutional Support 2018-2021 P002032001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$93K $93,327
22	Réalisation du programme QSF OGDQC-2020-3536 · 2020-21 Main recipient: AQOCI	$89K $89,000
23	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2022 P011991001 · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$85K $85,246
24	Travel transaction fees and visa card rebates for projects (2016-2017) 108362 · 2016-17 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre/Centre de recherches pour le développement international/Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo	$76K $75,882
25	Renforcement des capacités en sécurité et élimination des inconduites sexuelles OGDQC-2020-3532 · 2020-21 Main recipient: AQOCI	$75K $75,000