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Canada's aid by cause: Emergency response

$13,845,129,105 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 3,502 projects and 427 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$13.8B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$863M

2024-25

Projects

3,502

with money reported

Recipient organizations

427

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $13.8B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $17.6M in repayable loans.

42,677

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

163,878

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

6.4

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

53,581

affordable homes built

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

621,265

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

1.8 years

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$302M
2006-07$317M
2007-08$308M
2008-09$474M
2009-10$531M
2010-11$508M
2011-12$563M
2012-13$493M
2013-14$785M
2014-15$782M
2015-16$648M
2016-17$755M
2017-18$830M
2018-19$835M
2019-20$814M
2020-21$1.12B
2021-22$1.01B
2022-23$1.17B
2023-24$736M
2024-25$863M

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

SyriaMiddle East$1.10B7.9%
Africa, regionalAfrica$1.01B7.3%
LebanonMiddle East$676M4.9%
Asia, regionalAsia$626M4.5%
West Bank and GazaMiddle East$622M4.5%
YemenMiddle East$597M4.3%
SudanAfrica$592M4.3%
Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica$567M4.1%
AfghanistanAsia$559M4.0%
EthiopiaAfrica$544M3.9%
IraqMiddle East$523M3.8%
South SudanAfrica$495M3.6%
SomaliaAfrica$494M3.6%
JordanMiddle East$423M3.1%
UkraineEurope$411M3.0%
167 others$4.61B33.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$13.8B99.5%
Alberta$21.2M0.2%
Finance Canada$21.1M0.2%
Ontario$6.0M0.0%
Quebec$6.0M0.0%
National Defence$2.7M0.0%
British Columbia$2.0M0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$1.5M0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$1.0M0.0%
Nova Scotia$1.0M0.0%
Public Health Agency of Canada$343K0.0%
Manitoba$178K0.0%
Yukon$75K0.0%
Prince Edward Island$50K0.0%
Northwest Territories$50K0.0%
1 others$25K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$6.68B48.3%
Project-type interventions$3.61B26.1%
Not recorded$1.94B14.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$1.09B7.9%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$441M3.2%
Basket funds/pooled funding$69.4M0.5%
Other technical assistance$1.0M0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$4.35B31.4%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$1.43B10.3%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$949M6.9%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$949M6.9%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$856M6.2%
(not specified)$518M3.7%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$484M3.5%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$276M2.0%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$261M1.9%
Canadian Red Cross Society$252M1.8%
CARE Canada$240M1.7%
Classified$203M1.5%
World Vision Canada$192M1.4%
Save the Children Canada$182M1.3%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East$132M1.0%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees$128M0.9%
Oxfam-Québec$108M0.8%
Action Against Hunger$106M0.8%
Doctors Without Borders$104M0.7%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$100M0.7%
Humanitarian Coalition$99.5M0.7%
WHO - World Health Organization$97.5M0.7%
IOM International Organization for Migration$93.3M0.7%
Oxfam Canada$81.9M0.6%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$77.2M0.6%
402 others$1.58B11.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) M012583001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	$192M $192,000,000
2	Central Emergency Response Fund 2016-2020 - OCHA P001148001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Central Emergency Response FundCERF	$147M $146,999,994
3	Canadian Foodgrains Bank - Institutional Support 2016-2020 P001302001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$120M $120,000,000
4	(no title in the data) M013551001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$112M $112,500,000
5	Emergency Assistance - Country-Level Funding for the Middle East - UNHCR 2019-2021 P007798001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$98.3M $98,265,000
6	Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2017 P002656001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$95.6M $95,625,003
7	East and Southern Africa Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2022-2023 P011393001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$91.2M $91,150,000
8	Syria Crisis - Assistance for Refugees and Displaced Persons in Multiple Countries - UNHCR P002105001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$90.4M $90,435,000
9	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance in the Middle East - WFP 2019-2021 P007796001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$90.2M $90,150,000
10	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$89.5M $89,542,906
11	(no title in the data) M013587001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2014-15 Main recipient: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	$88.2M $88,200,000
12	Central Emergency Response Fund - OCHA 2022 à 2024 P005250001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Central Emergency Response FundCERF	$88.2M $88,173,611
13	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Program 2019 P007070001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$85.6M $85,600,001
14	(no title in the data) M012567002 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$85.0M $85,000,000
15	The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Global Multi-Country CAP 2022 to 2023 P011382001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$82.9M $82,900,000
16	World Food Programme - Famine Response 2023 P012092001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$82.5M $82,500,000
17	Middle East Countries Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2022-2023 P011394001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$78.8M $78,800,000
18	World Food Programme - Long Term Institutional Support - 2021 à 2022 et de 2024 à 2025 P005248001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$78.1M $78,124,143
19	(no title in the data) D002134001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$75.2M $75,250,000
20	Canadian Foodgrains Bank - Institutional Support 2021 to 2024 P006627001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$75.0M $75,000,000
21	Emergency Food Assistance in Africa - World Food Programme 2016 P001623001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$74.4M $74,400,000
22	Multi-Country - UNICEF Humanitarian Appeals for the Middle East 2019-2021 P007794001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$73.0M $73,000,000
23	Global Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2022-2023 P011384001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$72.5M $72,475,000
24	Multi-Country - Food Assistance and Humanitarian Air Services - World Food Programme 2018 P006124001 · 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$72.2M $72,150,000
25	Country Level, Regional and Global Funding - International Committee of the Red Cross Appeals 2021 P010188001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$70.0M $70,049,999