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Canada's aid by cause: Environment

$3,239,531,323 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 1,460 projects and 877 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$3.24B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$506M

2024-25

Projects

1,460

with money reported

Recipient organizations

877

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $3.15B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $90.6M in repayable loans and $15K already spent in Canada.

9,719

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

37,319

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

1.4

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

12,202

affordable homes built

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

141,478

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

147 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$159M
2006-07$78.8M
2007-08$104M
2008-09$128M
2009-10$105M
2010-11$108M
2011-12$158M
2012-13$118M
2013-14$69.0M
2014-15$57.9M
2015-16$232M
2016-17$125M
2017-18$121M
2018-19$228M
2019-20$105M
2020-21$155M
2021-22$146M
2022-23$249M
2023-24$287M
2024-25$506M

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$516M15.9%
Asia, regionalAsia$367M11.3%
Americas, regionalAmericas$333M10.3%
Global / unspecifiedGlobal / Canada / institutions$183M5.6%
Europe, regionalEurope$126M3.9%
South America, regionalAmericas$122M3.8%
ChinaAsia$78.9M2.4%
Central America, regionalAmericas$75.6M2.3%
Caribbean, regionalAmericas$68.5M2.1%
IndonesiaAsia$64.7M2.0%
EthiopiaAfrica$50.6M1.6%
PeruAmericas$49.2M1.5%
BangladeshAsia$46.2M1.4%
MexicoAmericas$39.7M1.2%
KenyaAfrica$39.5M1.2%
172 others$1.08B33.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$2.88B89.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$193M6.0%
Finance Canada$79.1M2.4%
International Development Research Centre$51.5M1.6%
Parks Canada$11.1M0.3%
Quebec$9.3M0.3%
Natural Resources Canada$7.3M0.2%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$5.5M0.2%
Canadian Museum of Nature$105K0.0%
Manitoba$45K0.0%
Alberta$25K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$1.33B41.0%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$707M21.8%
Not recorded$591M18.2%
Project-type interventions$516M15.9%
Canadian personnel$54.6M1.7%
Basket funds/pooled funding$14.5M0.4%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$14.0M0.4%
Other technical assistance$12.6M0.4%
Sector budget support$1.6M0.0%
General budget support$1.1M0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$15K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

GEF - Global Environment Facility$687M21.2%
World Bank$299M9.2%
Inter-American Development Bank$206M6.4%
Green Climate Fund$199M6.1%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$187M5.8%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$159M4.9%
Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol$77.8M2.4%
International Development Association$60.9M1.9%
African Development Bank Group$46.6M1.4%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$42.5M1.3%
WFP - World Food Programme$42.4M1.3%
GEF$40.1M1.2%
MFMP - Multilateral Fund for the Montreal Protocol$37.4M1.2%
United Nations Environment Programme$31.1M1.0%
IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development$30.3M0.9%
Asian Development Bank$27.9M0.9%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$27.3M0.8%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$27.1M0.8%
Alinea International Ltd$26.2M0.8%
European Bank for Reconstructionand Development - Northern$25.0M0.8%
Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)$20.8M0.6%
Cuso International$19.9M0.6%
Jeunesse Canada Monde / Canada World Youth$19.9M0.6%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$19.8M0.6%
NovaSphere$18.6M0.6%
852 others$861M26.6%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) D002420001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: World Bank	$168M $168,000,000
2	Global biodiversity framework fund P012759001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$150M $150,000,000
3	(no title in the data) M012169001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2010-11 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$145M $145,080,000
4	(no title in the data) M013427001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$140M $139,839,252
5	Green Climate Fund - Initial Resource Mobilization Repayable Contribution P001249002 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$110M $110,000,000
6	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$107M $106,533,450
7	(no title in the data) M013705001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$100M $100,000,000
8	Canadian climate resilience accelerator for Latin America and the Caribbean P012183001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$90.2M $90,200,000
9	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$89.0M $88,965,601
10	(no title in the data) M011442001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$79.5M $79,470,000
11	(no title in the data) M010431001 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$62.3M $62,264,002
12	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF	$57.2M $57,190,849
13	(no title in the data) M013060001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$50.0M $50,000,000
14	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$36.5M $36,485,210
15	(no title in the data) D000166002 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: World Bank	$35.4M $35,352,080
16	Strengthening Climate Risk Management in Africa P001912001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$32.8M $32,800,000
17	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$29.8M $29,828,769
18	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$28.3M $28,262,957
19	Green Climate Fund Replenishment Loan P008176002 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$25.4M $25,377,000
20	Canada-EBRD High Impact Partnership on Climate Action – repayable contribution P010532001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: European Bank for Reconstructionand Development - Northern	$25.0M $25,000,000
21	Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol - Institutional Support 2018-2020 P005284001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol	$23.6M $23,562,216
22	Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol - Institutional Support 2021-2023 P010869001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol	$23.4M $23,375,208
23	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$19.7M $19,740,166
24	Additional Support to IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$19.0M $19,000,000
25	(no title in the data) M013162001 · 2009-10 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$18.2M $18,250,000