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Canada's aid by cause: Business

$975,179,773 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 781 projects and 527 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$975M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$83.5M

2024-25

Projects

781

with money reported

Recipient organizations

527

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $951M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $24.3M in repayable loans and $15K already spent in Canada.

2,935

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

11,269

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

0.44

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

3,684

affordable homes built

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

42,720

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

44 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$26.8M
2006-07$23.2M
2007-08$36.9M
2008-09$45.0M
2009-10$34.2M
2010-11$51.2M
2011-12$41.9M
2012-13$36.5M
2013-14$41.5M
2014-15$36.3M
2015-16$42.2M
2016-17$49.5M
2017-18$58.5M
2018-19$76.3M
2019-20$61.6M
2020-21$67.7M
2021-22$46.5M
2022-23$60.9M
2023-24$55.3M
2024-25$83.5M

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

Americas, regionalAmericas$65.6M6.7%
EthiopiaAfrica$48.8M5.0%
Africa, regionalAfrica$38.4M3.9%
GhanaAfrica$38.2M3.9%
UkraineEurope$36.9M3.8%
Caribbean, regionalAmericas$35.8M3.7%
JordanMiddle East$34.6M3.5%
TanzaniaAfrica$34.0M3.5%
BangladeshAsia$31.4M3.2%
PhilippinesAsia$28.6M2.9%
IndonesiaAsia$26.0M2.7%
Asia, regionalAsia$24.6M2.5%
MoldovaEurope$24.6M2.5%
VietnamAsia$22.1M2.3%
BoliviaAmericas$20.4M2.1%
164 others$465M47.7%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$851M87.3%
Finance Canada$95.0M9.7%
International Development Research Centre$28.2M2.9%
Quebec$394K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$77K0.0%
Alberta$50K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$323M33.1%
Not recorded$169M17.3%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$158M16.2%
Canadian personnel$151M15.5%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$127M13.0%
General budget support$24.3M2.5%
Other technical assistance$13.5M1.4%
Basket funds/pooled funding$8.9M0.9%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$407K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$15K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$68.6M7.0%
Inter-American Development Bank$50.3M5.2%
World Bank$46.4M4.8%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$37.0M3.8%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$25.4M2.6%
Government of Moldova$24.3M2.5%
Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$24.1M2.5%
Colleges and Institutes Canada$23.3M2.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$20.1M2.1%
Cuso International$19.0M2.0%
ITC - International Trade Centre$17.1M1.8%
DOT - Digital Opportunity Trust$16.7M1.7%
(not specified)$16.4M1.7%
Canadian Commercial Corporation$15.9M1.6%
WUSC - World University Service of Canada$15.0M1.5%
MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates$14.6M1.5%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$14.4M1.5%
Canada World Youth$14.4M1.5%
DID - Développement international Desjardins$14.0M1.4%
CARE Canada$13.6M1.4%
ILO - International Labour Organization$13.2M1.4%
Canadian Executive Service Organization$12.4M1.3%
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development$12.1M1.2%
Asian Development Bank$9.9M1.0%
Aga Khan Foundation Canada$9.9M1.0%
502 others$427M43.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) M012445001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$37.9M $37,920,001
2	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$35.8M $35,779,010
3	Sovereign Loan to Republic of Moldova P014631001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Government of Moldova	$24.3M $24,300,000
4	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$16.1M $16,063,513
5	EQWIP HUBS: Canada World Youth and Youth Challenge International - Volunteer Sending 2015-2020 P000812001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Canada World Youth	$14.1M $14,096,339
6	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$14.0M $13,999,583
7	(no title in the data) M013119001 · 2009-10 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$13.7M $13,702,472
8	Cuso International - Volunteer Cooperation 2015-2020 P000809001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Cuso International	$11.5M $11,549,221
9	Jordan Valley Links: Enterprise Development in the Jordan Valley P001200001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates	$11.1M $11,149,494
10	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$10.9M $10,897,549
11	Womens economic empowerment in Lebanon P013011001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$10.4M $10,400,000
12	Women Entrepreneurs Financing Initiative P005182001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$10.0M $10,000,000
13	(no title in the data) A034045001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$10.0M $9,975,000
14	(no title in the data) S064520PRG ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Canadian Executive Service Organization	$10.0M $9,974,597
15	World University Service of Canada - Volunteer Cooperation 2020-2028 P007315001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WUSC - World University Service of Canada	$9.9M $9,885,358
16	(no title in the data) Z020932001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities	$9.7M $9,720,297
17	Promoting gender responsive investments in infrastructure - program 2024 to 2039 P012479001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Private Infrastructure Development	$9.5M $9,475,000
18	Centre for International Studies and Cooperation - Volunteer Cooperation 2020-2028 P007317001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation	$9.2M $9,199,849
19	(no title in the data) A033344002 · 2008-09 Main recipient: World Bank	$9.0M $9,000,000
20	(no title in the data) A035032001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Organization of American States	$8.2M $8,151,000
21	(no title in the data) A035193001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: World Bank	$8.1M $8,111,250
22	Daring to Shift: Young Women at the Centre of Inclusive Growth P006165001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: DOT - Digital Opportunity Trust	$8.0M $7,999,369
23	Uniterra - CECI & WUSC - Volunteer Sending 2015-2020 P000808001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Consortium WUSC - World University Service of Canada / CECI - Center for International Studies and Cooperation	$7.7M $7,743,017
24	(no title in the data) Z020951001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit	$7.7M $7,694,692
25	(no title in the data) S065090001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities	$7.4M $7,383,272