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Canada's aid by cause: Health

$15,467,157,329 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 3,210 projects and 1,345 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$15.5B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$790M

2024-25

Projects

3,210

with money reported

Recipient organizations

1,345

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $15.4B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $84.5M in repayable loans and $395K already spent in Canada.

47,476

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

182,304

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

7.1

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

59,606

affordable homes built

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

691,119

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

2.0 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$397M
2006-07$431M
2007-08$420M
2008-09$504M
2009-10$468M
2010-11$557M
2011-12$706M
2012-13$671M
2013-14$631M
2014-15$606M
2015-16$591M
2016-17$746M
2017-18$758M
2018-19$800M
2019-20$675M
2020-21$1.78B
2021-22$1.33B
2022-23$1.78B
2023-24$817M
2024-25$790M

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$2.68B17.3%
Asia, regionalAsia$1.63B10.5%
Americas, regionalAmericas$722M4.7%
TanzaniaAfrica$631M4.1%
NigeriaAfrica$575M3.7%
AfghanistanAsia$549M3.5%
BangladeshAsia$518M3.3%
MozambiqueAfrica$513M3.3%
MaliAfrica$513M3.3%
EthiopiaAfrica$509M3.3%
Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica$354M2.3%
PakistanAsia$347M2.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa, regionalAfrica$347M2.2%
HaitiAmericas$291M1.9%
GhanaAfrica$267M1.7%
170 others$5.02B32.5%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$14.3B92.7%
Finance Canada$568M3.7%
Public Health Agency of Canada$364M2.4%
International Development Research Centre$185M1.2%
Quebec$4.6M0.0%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$1.7M0.0%
Manitoba$1.3M0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$890K0.0%
Alberta$614K0.0%
Nova Scotia$250K0.0%
Yukon$25K0.0%
Health Canada$8K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$4.99B32.3%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$4.02B26.0%
Project-type interventions$2.60B16.8%
Not recorded$2.28B14.8%
Basket funds/pooled funding$581M3.8%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$457M3.0%
Sector budget support$304M2.0%
Canadian personnel$132M0.9%
Other technical assistance$59.8M0.4%
General budget support$37.7M0.2%
Development awareness$395K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$1.75B11.3%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$1.68B10.9%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$1.67B10.8%
World Bank$1.19B7.7%
WHO - World Health Organization$1.08B7.0%
MI - Micronutrient Initiative$808M5.2%
WFP - World Food Programme$530M3.4%
International Development Association$448M2.9%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$413M2.7%
(not specified)$403M2.6%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$376M2.4%
Grand Challenges Canada$261M1.7%
Public Health Agency of Canada$249M1.6%
Ministry of Finance (Tanzania) Government of Tanzania$231M1.5%
WHO-Stop TB Partnership Trust Fund$205M1.3%
Ministerio de Saude$150M1.0%
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness$140M0.9%
Nutrition International$134M0.9%
Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances République du Mali$123M0.8%
United Nations Office for ProjectServices: Stop TB Partnership$122M0.8%
Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Development$114M0.7%
IDA-CPL$91.3M0.6%
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization$86.8M0.6%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$86.0M0.6%
Helen Keller International$81.1M0.5%
1,320 others$3.05B19.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional Support 2017-2019 P002028001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$525M $525,068,446
2	Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme-Appui Institutionnel 2020-2022 P005247001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$461M $460,915,422
3	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional support 2023 to 2025 P012277001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$407M $406,749,014
4	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$386M $386,144,260
5	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$382M $381,582,482
6	Equitable Access to Therapeutics P009897001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$230M $230,000,000
7	Institutional Support to Nutrition Internationals Strategic Plan P005253001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: MI - Micronutrient Initiative	$224M $224,000,000
8	COVAX Advance Market Commitment P009862002 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$220M $220,000,000
9	COVAX Advance Market Commitment P009862001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$220M $220,000,000
10	(no title in the data) M012761001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$171M $171,000,000
11	(no title in the data) M013354001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: World Bank	$171M $171,000,000
12	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - COVID-19 Response Phase II P010788001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$160M $160,000,000
13	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$153M $152,739,185
14	(no title in the data) D000514001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: World Bank	$150M $150,000,000
15	(no title in the data) M012821001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2012-13 Main recipient: MI - Micronutrient Initiative	$150M $150,000,000
16	Innovation Platform for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health P001010001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$140M $140,333,348
17	Payment of assessed contribution to the PAHO P002696001 · 2016-17 to 2024-25 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$131M $130,529,479
18	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$126M $126,131,427
19	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - Janssen - 28,800 vaccines shipped from Manufacturer OGDHC-Vaccine-2022-1 · 2022-23 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$120M $120,252,598
20	(no title in the data) M012569001 ↗ · 2006-07 Main recipient: World Bank	$115M $115,000,000
21	UNICEF - COVID-19 Vaccination Delivery and Health System Strengthening P011782001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$110M $110,000,000
22	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - AstraZeneca - 200,000 vaccines shipped from Canada OGD-HC-Vaccines-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$106M $105,694,709
23	(no title in the data) M012328001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$105M $105,000,002
24	Health Innovation Platform P008037001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$104M $103,731,841
25	Delivery and Distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and Establishing the COVAX Sharing Mechanism P010206001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$100M $100,324,071