Canada's Aid Ledger
Causes · OECD sector group

Canada's aid by cause: Education

$7,676,801,815 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 2,844 projects and 1,272 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years
$7.68B
2005-06 to 2024-25
Latest year
$320M
Projects
2,844
with money reported
Recipient organizations
1,272
all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $7.34B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $153M in repayable loans and $186M already spent in Canada.

22,648
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
86,966
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
3.4
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
28,435
affordable homes built
Rapid Housing Initiative: $4 billion for more than 15,500 permanent affordable homes, about $258,000 each. CMHC, Rapid Housing Initiative
329,693
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
342 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

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.

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By department

By aid type

Top 25 recipient organizations

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount
#ProjectAmount
1
P006692001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24
Main recipient: Global Partnership for Education c/o World Bank
$205M
$205,000,000
2
A033985001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2014-15
Main recipient: Ministry of Finance (Tanzania) Government of Tanzania
$166M
$165,509,826
3
P002030001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21
Main recipient: Global Partnership for Education c/o World Bank
$150M
$150,000,000
4
A033033001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16
Main recipient: Ministry of Education and Culture Ministério da Educaçao e Cultura
$137M
$137,000,000
5
OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25
Main recipient: International Development Association
$130M
$130,244,303
6
P010658001 · 2022-23
Main recipient: Government of Jordan
$120M
$120,000,000
7
(no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19
Main recipient: International Development Association
$114M
$114,407,146
8
A032121001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2013-14
Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal
$92.7M
$92,722,433
9
A033780001 · 2007-08 to 2012-13
Main recipient: (not specified)
$91.5M
$91,500,000
10
M013033001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2012-13
Main recipient: World Bank
$75.4M
$75,400,000
11
OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23
Main recipient: IDA-CPL
$72.8M
$72,832,046
12
A032147001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2015-16
Main recipient: Ministry of Education and Culture Ministério da Educaçao e Cultura
$72.6M
$72,642,667
13
P002155001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2024-25
Main recipient: Government of Jordan
$72.5M
$72,453,002
14
A035369003 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16
Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal
$70.0M
$70,000,000
15
OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22
Main recipient: International Development Association
$69.8M
$69,819,759
16
A032664001 · 2006-07 to 2015-16
Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances République du Mali
$60.8M
$60,754,750
17
P009079001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25
Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
$60.0M
$60,000,000
18
A031503001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2011-12
Main recipient: Asian Development Bank
$57.6M
$57,582,585
19
D001660001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16
Main recipient: World Bank
$57.0M
$57,000,000
20
P000932001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18
Main recipient: Global Partnership for Education c/o World Bank
$57.0M
$57,000,000
21
P009434001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23
Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
$56.1M
$56,100,949
22
P000571001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24
Main recipient: Ministry of Finance (Tanzania) Government of Tanzania
$53.0M
$53,000,000
23
P000245003 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18
Main recipient: Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance
$50.0M
$50,000,000
24
P006576001 ↗ · 2018-19
Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
$50.0M
$50,000,000
25
P006885001 ↗ · 2018-19
Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
$50.0M
$50,000,000