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Canada's aid by cause: Government & civil society

$10,046,514,049 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 5,988 projects and 2,425 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$10.0B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$736M

2024-25

Projects

5,988

with money reported

Recipient organizations

2,425

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $9.68B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $371M in repayable loans and $532K already spent in Canada.

29,861

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

114,664

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

4.5

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

37,491

affordable homes built

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

434,695

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

1.2 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$460M
2006-07$431M
2007-08$560M
2008-09$476M
2009-10$428M
2010-11$445M
2011-12$388M
2012-13$265M
2013-14$309M
2014-15$261M
2015-16$366M
2016-17$360M
2017-18$384M
2018-19$529M
2019-20$633M
2020-21$838M
2021-22$662M
2022-23$758M
2023-24$757M
2024-25$736M

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$728M7.2%
AfghanistanAsia$583M5.8%
UkraineEurope$483M4.8%
HaitiAmericas$478M4.8%
Americas, regionalAmericas$397M4.0%
Asia, regionalAsia$305M3.0%
MaliAfrica$253M2.5%
BangladeshAsia$230M2.3%
GhanaAfrica$221M2.2%
Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica$200M2.0%
IndonesiaAsia$200M2.0%
PakistanAsia$199M2.0%
Global / unspecifiedGlobal / Canada / institutions$186M1.9%
KenyaAfrica$186M1.9%
EthiopiaAfrica$184M1.8%
194 others$5.21B51.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$9.01B89.7%
Finance Canada$730M7.3%
International Development Research Centre$138M1.4%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$97.7M1.0%
Canada Revenue Agency$45.4M0.5%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$9.3M0.1%
Quebec$7.6M0.1%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$3.9M0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$2.5M0.0%
Manitoba$1.4M0.0%
Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program$980K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$515K0.0%
Correctional Service Canada$120K0.0%
Public Service Commission of Canada$55K0.0%
Justice$11K0.0%
1 others$4K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$3.21B32.0%
Not recorded$2.41B24.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$1.60B15.9%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$1.34B13.4%
Canadian personnel$635M6.3%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$353M3.5%
Basket funds/pooled funding$201M2.0%
Other technical assistance$113M1.1%
Sector budget support$104M1.0%
General budget support$72.3M0.7%
Development awareness$500K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$42K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$843M8.4%
(not specified)$641M6.4%
International Development Association$562M5.6%
African Development Bank Group$310M3.1%
Equality Fund$305M3.0%
World Bank$293M2.9%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$277M2.8%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$203M2.0%
UN Women$186M1.8%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$145M1.4%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$143M1.4%
Cowater International Inc.$140M1.4%
Agriteam Canada$120M1.2%
IDA-CPL$107M1.1%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$91.6M0.9%
Oxfam-Québec$91.2M0.9%
OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights$82.2M0.8%
Plan International Canada$79.1M0.8%
UN Women - United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the$75.6M0.8%
Alinea International Ltd$74.6M0.7%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$73.4M0.7%
IMF - International Monetary Fund$70.2M0.7%
Oxfam Canada$66.0M0.7%
Inter-American Development Bank$65.0M0.6%
Cuso International$64.2M0.6%
2,400 others$4.94B49.2%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Partnership for Gender Equality - Equality Fund P008157001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Equality Fund	$300M $300,000,000
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$180M $180,338,003
3	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$134M $133,608,245
4	(no title in the data) P006259001 · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: (not specified)	$130M $130,000,000
5	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$127M $126,616,377
6	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$107M $107,048,595
7	Sovereign Loan to Guyana P012580001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: (not specified)	$74.9M $74,937,500
8	(no title in the data) M013512001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$65.1M $65,123,097
9	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$64.2M $64,206,178
10	(no title in the data) M012672001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2010-11 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$60.5M $60,480,000
11	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$51.4M $51,361,639
12	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$50.5M $50,524,161
13	(no title in the data) M012697002 · 2007-08 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$45.2M $45,200,000
14	(no title in the data) M012697001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$45.2M $45,200,000
15	(no title in the data) M011929001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$45.2M $45,200,000
16	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$42.0M $41,965,013
17	(no title in the data) A032660002 · 2007-08 Main recipient: (not specified)	$41.2M $41,250,000
18	(no title in the data) D000724001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$34.0M $34,000,000
19	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$33.6M $33,636,435
20	(no title in the data) P002661001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: (not specified)	$33.0M $33,000,000
21	(no title in the data) A033419003 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$32.0M $32,048,880
22	(no title in the data) Z020917001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services	$30.5M $30,501,431
23	Oxfam-Québec - Equality in Action - Volunteer Cooperation 2020-2028 P007299001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Oxfam-Québec	$28.9M $28,898,042
24	(no title in the data) D003327001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: (not specified)	$27.5M $27,500,000
25	Support to Ukraine's Reforms for Governance P006680001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$27.0M $26,986,411