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Canada's aid by cause: Conflict, peace & security

$3,866,559,020 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 2,411 projects and 758 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$3.87B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$486M

2024-25

Projects

2,411

with money reported

Recipient organizations

758

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $2.63B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.24B in repayable loans and $601K already spent in Canada.

8,113

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

31,152

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

1.2

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

10,185

affordable homes built

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

118,099

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

123 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$97.1M
2006-07$119M
2007-08$66.8M
2008-09$44.0M
2009-10$39.5M
2010-11$48.1M
2011-12$27.3M
2012-13$10.9M
2013-14$122M
2014-15$140M
2015-16$109M
2016-17$395M
2017-18$400M
2018-19$314M
2019-20$302M
2020-21$242M
2021-22$291M
2022-23$307M
2023-24$307M
2024-25$486M

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

AfghanistanAsia$482M12.5%
UkraineEurope$261M6.8%
Africa, regionalAfrica$243M6.3%
HaitiAmericas$209M5.4%
IraqMiddle East$207M5.4%
SudanAfrica$193M5.0%
Asia, regionalAsia$152M3.9%
Americas, regionalAmericas$135M3.5%
Europe, regionalEurope$131M3.4%
Middle East, regionalMiddle East$120M3.1%
MaliAfrica$120M3.1%
ColombiaAmericas$103M2.7%
Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica$103M2.7%
JordanMiddle East$94.5M2.4%
Global / unspecifiedGlobal / Canada / institutions$92.8M2.4%
181 others$1.22B31.6%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$3.58B92.5%
National Defence$146M3.8%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$112M2.9%
Finance Canada$21.0M0.5%
International Development Research Centre$8.6M0.2%
Quebec$515K0.0%
Manitoba$479K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$2.15B55.6%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$550M14.2%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$383M9.9%
Not recorded$371M9.6%
Canadian personnel$262M6.8%
Basket funds/pooled funding$74.7M1.9%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$62.3M1.6%
Other technical assistance$15.2M0.4%
Development awareness$500K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$101K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

(not specified)$493M12.8%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$208M5.4%
Canadian Commercial Corporation$198M5.1%
UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office$130M3.4%
DND/CAF$121M3.1%
Classified$96.5M2.5%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$89.9M2.3%
United Nations Department ofOperational Support$85.8M2.2%
UNMAS - United Nations Mine Action Service$84.2M2.2%
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali$68.3M1.8%
Canadian Policing Arrangement (RCMP - GAC - Public Safety)$66.4M1.7%
United States Departmentof Energy$61.7M1.6%
INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization$59.7M1.5%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$58.1M1.5%
United States Department of State$56.5M1.5%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$56.4M1.5%
UN Mission in South Sudan$56.4M1.5%
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic Congo$53.4M1.4%
United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic$50.6M1.3%
OAS - Organization of American States$50.4M1.3%
RCMP$44.1M1.1%
WHO - World Health Organization$41.3M1.1%
Mines Advisory Group$41.1M1.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$39.9M1.0%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$38.6M1.0%
733 others$1.52B39.2%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) P002278001 · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: (not specified)	$192M $192,500,000
2	Trust fund in support of the multinational security support mission for Haiti P014129001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Department ofOperational Support	$75.8M $75,833,135
3	Investing in Peace - the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund P012252001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office	$70.0M $70,000,000
4	(no title in the data) A032947001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$69.3M $69,327,221
5	Op PROTEUS OGD202208 · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: DND/CAF	$61.6M $61,587,451
6	(no title in the data) A033774001 · 2008-09 to 2013-14 Main recipient: UNMAS - United Nations Mine Action Service	$58.1M $58,095,138
7	(no title in the data) P006849001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: (not specified)	$55.0M $55,000,000
8	(no title in the data) P002278002 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: (not specified)	$55.0M $55,000,000
9	Op GLOBE OGD2020080149 · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: DND/CAF	$54.6M $54,552,849
10	(no title in the data) D002347001 · 2014-15 Main recipient: (not specified)	$27.5M $27,500,000
11	CPA incremental expenses P007613001 · 2018-19 to 2021-22 Main recipient: RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police	$24.3M $24,320,005
12	(no title in the data) D002346001 · 2014-15 Main recipient: (not specified)	$22.5M $22,500,000
13	UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti - MINUSTAH 2009030001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: RCMP	$20.4M $20,449,380
14	(no title in the data) M012386001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2007-08 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
15	(no title in the data) A032168002 · 2007-08 Main recipient: (not specified)	$20.0M $20,000,000
16	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) P005047006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UN Mission in South Sudan	$18.8M $18,820,109
17	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) P005053006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic	$18.7M $18,744,833
18	Elsie Initiative Fund For Women in UN Peace Operations P007462001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office	$17.5M $17,500,000
19	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Organization MONUSCO P005002006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic Congo	$15.6M $15,593,275
20	Canada's assessed contribution to the OSCE P007198001 · 2018-19 to 2023-24 Main recipient: OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	$15.3M $15,328,763
21	Support to United Nations Peacebuilding Fund P007180001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)	$15.0M $15,000,000
22	Sustaining Peace During Covid 19 P010191001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: UN Multi Donor Trust Fund office	$15.0M $15,000,000
23	Innovative mine action approaches for community recovery in Ukraine P015665001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office	$15.0M $15,000,000
24	(no title in the data) M013254001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2011-12 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$15.0M $15,000,000
25	(no title in the data) A033045001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Union	$14.9M $14,868,425