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Canada's aid by cause: Communications

$338,289,823 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 383 projects and 308 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$338M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$27.9M

2024-25

Projects

383

with money reported

Recipient organizations

308

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $330M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $8.4M in repayable loans.

1,018

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

3,910

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

0.15

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

1,278

affordable homes built

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

14,822

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

15 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$13.7M
2006-07$15.1M
2007-08$16.4M
2008-09$6.5M
2009-10$4.9M
2010-11$7.2M
2011-12$15.0M
2012-13$13.1M
2013-14$11.6M
2014-15$12.9M
2015-16$7.3M
2016-17$16.5M
2017-18$19.7M
2018-19$21.1M
2019-20$20.5M
2020-21$22.8M
2021-22$25.1M
2022-23$42.9M
2023-24$18.2M
2024-25$27.9M

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$43.5M12.9%
Asia, regionalAsia$20.0M5.9%
Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica$13.6M4.0%
KenyaAfrica$12.5M3.7%
EthiopiaAfrica$12.1M3.6%
SenegalAfrica$10.6M3.1%
GhanaAfrica$10.3M3.0%
West Bank and GazaMiddle East$10.1M3.0%
PakistanAsia$9.8M2.9%
NigerAfrica$9.8M2.9%
TanzaniaAfrica$9.4M2.8%
Côte d'IvoireAfrica$8.9M2.6%
Global / unspecifiedGlobal / Canada / institutions$8.1M2.4%
Americas, regionalAmericas$7.6M2.2%
SyriaMiddle East$7.1M2.1%
160 others$145M42.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$184M54.4%
Finance Canada$130M38.4%
International Development Research Centre$15.4M4.6%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada$7.7M2.3%
Canada Post$940K0.3%
Quebec$390K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$113K0.0%
Manitoba$6K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$182M53.9%
Not recorded$62.7M18.5%
Project-type interventions$58.9M17.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$19.4M5.7%
Canadian personnel$13.8M4.1%
Basket funds/pooled funding$880K0.3%
Sector budget support$409K0.1%
Other technical assistance$35K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$106M31.3%
African Development Bank Group$41.7M12.3%
IDA-CPL$15.0M4.4%
Asian Development Bank$14.2M4.2%
DOT - Digital Opportunity Trust$10.0M3.0%
Mercy Corps$10.0M2.9%
Industry Canada$8.8M2.6%
OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie$7.7M2.3%
United States Department of State$7.1M2.1%
World Bank$6.9M2.1%
International Telecommunications Union$6.7M2.0%
Agriteam Canada$5.3M1.6%
Digital Opportunity Trust$4.9M1.5%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$4.4M1.3%
Inter-American Development Bank$3.6M1.1%
ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific$3.5M1.0%
International Development Research Centre$3.2M0.9%
Oxfam-Québec$2.8M0.8%
LearnSphere CANADA SavoirSphère CANADA$2.7M0.8%
LirneAsia$2.6M0.8%
SUCO-Solidarité Union Coopération$2.6M0.8%
Cowater International Inc.$2.4M0.7%
Telecommunications Executive Management Institute$2.2M0.7%
International Organisation of La Francophonie$2.1M0.6%
Association for Progressive Communications$2.0M0.6%
283 others$59.7M17.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$45.1M $45,121,032
2	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$18.3M $18,278,506
3	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$16.9M $16,928,643
4	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$15.0M $14,978,780
5	(no title in the data) M013306001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$12.8M $12,783,707
6	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$11.5M $11,452,245
7	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$10.7M $10,661,526
8	Technology Enabled Careers Harnessing Untapped Potential P005174001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Mercy Corps	$10.0M $9,978,498
9	(no title in the data) M013512001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$9.8M $9,768,465
10	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$9.7M $9,703,295
11	(no title in the data) M013307001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$7.4M $7,410,661
12	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.3M $7,291,144
13	Support to Independent Media in Syria (SIMS) P008191001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: United States Department of State	$7.1M $7,085,502
14	Daring to Shift: Young Women at the Centre of Inclusive Growth P006165001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: DOT - Digital Opportunity Trust	$6.0M $5,999,527
15	(no title in the data) A031983002 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Industry Canada	$4.6M $4,576,900
16	(no title in the data) D001516001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: World Bank	$4.0M $4,000,000
17	(no title in the data) A030594001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2012-13 Main recipient: BearingPoint LP	$3.8M $3,794,992
18	Catalyzing Women’s Entrepreneurship - Creating a Gender-Responsive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem P002972001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific	$3.5M $3,475,000
19	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$3.2M $3,235,034
20	Digital Livelihoods: Youth and the Future of Work at Scale P001018001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: DOT - Digital Opportunity Trust	$3.1M $3,145,724
21	Expert Deployment for Governance and Economic Growth P000711001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Agriteam Canada	$3.1M $3,102,459
22	(no title in the data) A033542001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2014-15 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$3.0M $3,000,000
23	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$2.9M $2,899,656
24	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Assessed Contribution Program & ITU Grant Program / Contribution Obligatoire a l'Union internationale des télécommunications (UIT) OGDITU-2022 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Telecommunications Union	$2.8M $2,847,459
25	(no title in the data) A032031002 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Industry Canada	$2.4M $2,355,001