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Canada's aid by cause: Commodity assistance

$471,752 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 3 projects and 15 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$472K

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $472K given abroad as grants on this page.

1.5

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

5.6

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

0.00

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

1.8

affordable homes built

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

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

0.02 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$93K
2006-07$97K
2007-08$60K
2008-09$70K
2009-10$63K
2010-11$70K
2011-12$6K
2012-13$654
2013-14$12K
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17–
2017-18–
2018-19–
2019-20–
2020-21–
2021-22–
2022-23–
2023-24–
2024-25–

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

CubaAmericas$404K85.5%
ZambiaAfrica$21K4.5%
BangladeshAsia$15K3.2%
BeninAfrica$8K1.6%
NigerAfrica$7K1.5%
EthiopiaAfrica$5K1.0%
ColombiaAmericas$3K0.6%
NepalAsia$3K0.6%
GhanaAfrica$3K0.6%
PeruAmericas$2K0.4%
ZimbabweAfrica$1K0.3%
TanzaniaAfrica$7080.2%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$472K100.0%

By aid type

Top 25 recipient organizations

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$220K46.6%
(not specified)$138K29.2%
SIM Canada$56K11.7%
Treasury Board Secretariat$17K3.6%
United Nations Association in Canada$13K2.7%
DÉMÉNAGEMENT OUTAOUAIS INC.$10K2.2%
Mission and Project Support$9K2.0%
BUREAU EN GROS$4K0.8%
Barrett Xplore Inc.$2K0.3%
3755363 Canada Inc. (KuSatellites)$1K0.3%
Lockton Companies International Ltd.$1K0.3%
AON REED STENHOUSE INC.$6000.1%
Clements Europe$5510.1%
AMJ Campbell International$4330.1%
Ambassade du Canada à Cuba-$1K0.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A031717001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$404K $403,563
2	(no title in the data) S062896PRG · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: SIM Canada	$56K $55,557
3	(no title in the data) S065696001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2013-14 Main recipient: United Nations Association in Canada	$13K $12,632