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Canada's aid by cause: Food aid

$579,913,478 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 128 projects and 86 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$580M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$24.4M

2024-25

Projects

128

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $580M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $148K in repayable loans.

1,789

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

6,871

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

0.27

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

2,247

affordable homes built

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

26,049

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

27 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$18.7M
2006-07$44.6M
2007-08$21.5M
2008-09$47.1M
2009-10$20.7M
2010-11$39.2M
2011-12$37.8M
2012-13$48.4M
2013-14$21.1M
2014-15$21.0M
2015-16$38.4M
2016-17$41.5M
2017-18$34.0M
2018-19$22.0M
2019-20$16.6M
2020-21$30.0M
2021-22$14.0M
2022-23$21.4M
2023-24$17.0M
2024-25$24.4M

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

EthiopiaAfrica$361M62.2%
South SudanAfrica$46.8M8.1%
MaliAfrica$30.4M5.2%
West Bank and GazaMiddle East$20.0M3.4%
HaitiAmericas$17.9M3.1%
KenyaAfrica$10.2M1.8%
Africa, regionalAfrica$9.9M1.7%
CambodiaAsia$9.2M1.6%
GhanaAfrica$6.4M1.1%
Asia, regionalAsia$5.8M1.0%
SenegalAfrica$5.7M1.0%
MozambiqueAfrica$5.3M0.9%
NigerAfrica$4.9M0.8%
ZimbabweAfrica$4.1M0.7%
AfghanistanAsia$3.1M0.5%
105 others$39.3M6.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$574M99.0%
Finance Canada$5.0M0.9%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$358K0.1%
Manitoba$131K0.0%
Public Health Agency of Canada$110K0.0%
Quebec$95K0.0%
Alberta$12K0.0%

By aid type

Not recorded$169M29.1%
Basket funds/pooled funding$165M28.5%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$149M25.6%
Project-type interventions$82.9M14.3%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$14.2M2.4%
Canadian personnel$298K0.1%
Other technical assistance$10K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$373M64.4%
World Bank$67.6M11.7%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$52.6M9.1%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$20.4M3.5%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$19.5M3.4%
Agriteam Canada$7.3M1.3%
CARE Canada$7.2M1.2%
Commissariat à la Sécurité Alimentaire$4.8M0.8%
International Development Association$4.2M0.7%
(not specified)$3.1M0.5%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees$3.0M0.5%
Inter Pares$2.3M0.4%
Consortium - CECI, SOCODEVI, UPA-DI$2.0M0.3%
WFP$1.8M0.3%
Save the Children Canada$1.5M0.3%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$1.4M0.2%
World Relief Canada$1.4M0.2%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$1.4M0.2%
Oxfam-Québec$1.0M0.2%
TECSULT INTERNATIONAL LIMITÉE & UPA DÉVELOPPEMENT INTERNATIONAL$421K0.1%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education & Conservation$378K0.1%
Consortium Transtec et ServiceOEcuménique d'Entraide$366K0.1%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$342K0.1%
Queen's University$264K0.0%
IDA-CPL$264K0.0%
61 others$2.0M0.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Rural Social Protection: Productive Safety Net Program 2016-2021 P001433001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$86.2M $86,250,000
2	(no title in the data) A033911002 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$62.8M $62,775,000
3	(no title in the data) A035155001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$50.0M $50,000,001
4	Strengthening Ethiopias Adaptive Safety Net P011783001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$35.3M $35,254,627
5	(no title in the data) A034770001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$25.0M $25,000,000
6	Building Resilience Through Safety Nets in South Sudan P006741001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$24.6M $24,600,000
7	(no title in the data) A034389001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$19.5M $19,492,059
8	(no title in the data) M012459001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$19.0M $19,000,000
9	(no title in the data) A033911001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: World Bank	$17.1M $17,117,432
10	Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project P010096001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$16.6M $16,582,500
11	(no title in the data) M011708001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$15.2M $15,200,000
12	(no title in the data) D002592001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$11.9M $11,900,000
13	(no title in the data) D002970001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$11.3M $11,317,591
14	(no title in the data) A033522001 · 2006-07 to 2007-08 Main recipient: World Bank	$10.0M $10,000,000
15	(no title in the data) A033524001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$10.0M $10,000,000
16	(no title in the data) A034242001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2009-10 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$10.0M $10,000,000
17	(no title in the data) A032711001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: World Bank	$9.8M $9,850,000
18	Food-for-Work to Build Community Assets in South Sudan P001454001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$8.7M $8,682,409
19	(no title in the data) A033911003 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Agriteam Canada	$7.6M $7,560,636
20	Rural Social Protection: Productive Safety Net Program - COVID-19 Response P001433003 · 2020-21 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$7.5M $7,500,000
21	Rural Social Protection: Productive Safety Net Program (2016-2021) P001433002 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$7.5M $7,500,000
22	(no title in the data) A035133001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$7.5M $7,500,000
23	(no title in the data) A034242002 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$7.5M $7,500,000
24	Rehabilitating and Strengthening Food Security in the West Bank and Gaza P001326006 · 2016-17 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$7.0M $7,000,000
25	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$5.9M $5,886,827