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Canada's aid by cause: Other social services

$2,125,100,583 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 1,399 projects and 724 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$2.13B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$179M

2024-25

Projects

1,399

with money reported

Recipient organizations

724

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $2.00B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $126M in repayable loans and $160K already spent in Canada.

6,171

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

23,695

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

0.92

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

7,747

affordable homes built

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

89,830

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

93 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$53.5M
2006-07$68.8M
2007-08$102M
2008-09$74.9M
2009-10$29.3M
2010-11$38.0M
2011-12$48.7M
2012-13$44.6M
2013-14$43.1M
2014-15$33.7M
2015-16$41.2M
2016-17$88.1M
2017-18$131M
2018-19$153M
2019-20$139M
2020-21$190M
2021-22$227M
2022-23$253M
2023-24$187M
2024-25$179M

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$154M7.2%
AfghanistanAsia$107M5.0%
BangladeshAsia$99.3M4.7%
IndonesiaAsia$92.1M4.3%
Africa, regionalAfrica$81.3M3.8%
PakistanAsia$79.0M3.7%
TanzaniaAfrica$78.2M3.7%
Global / unspecifiedGlobal / Canada / institutions$62.9M3.0%
NigeriaAfrica$51.3M2.4%
MozambiqueAfrica$50.8M2.4%
GuyanaAmericas$49.4M2.3%
Asia, regionalAsia$43.2M2.0%
HaitiAmericas$41.3M1.9%
IndiaAsia$37.9M1.8%
Americas, regionalAmericas$36.6M1.7%
169 others$1.06B50.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.34B63.2%
Finance Canada$662M31.2%
International Development Research Centre$69.2M3.3%
Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program$42.0M2.0%
Quebec$4.6M0.2%
Statistics Canada$1.6M0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$598K0.0%
Manitoba$402K0.0%
Parks Canada$325K0.0%
Alberta$271K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$890M41.9%
Project-type interventions$393M18.5%
Not recorded$385M18.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$180M8.5%
Basket funds/pooled funding$113M5.3%
Canadian personnel$73.6M3.5%
Sector budget support$48.0M2.3%
Other technical assistance$33.2M1.6%
General budget support$8.6M0.4%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$879K0.0%
Development awareness$160K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$514M24.2%
(not specified)$131M6.2%
IDA-CPL$95.9M4.5%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$92.2M4.3%
ILO - International Labour Organization$87.7M4.1%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$80.8M3.8%
Canadian Red Cross Society$66.1M3.1%
World Bank$56.3M2.6%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$52.0M2.4%
Ministry of Finance (Tanzania) Government of Tanzania$42.3M2.0%
Statistics Canada$41.6M2.0%
African Development Bank Group$35.2M1.7%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$33.9M1.6%
Asian Development Bank$33.8M1.6%
Cuso International$33.4M1.6%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$32.1M1.5%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$23.2M1.1%
GuarantCo Management Company Ltd.$16.8M0.8%
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS$15.8M0.7%
Government of Guyana$14.6M0.7%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$13.6M0.6%
Inter-American Development Bank$12.8M0.6%
BRAC$12.8M0.6%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$12.6M0.6%
UN Women$12.3M0.6%
699 others$562M26.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$178M $177,792,839
2	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$121M $120,621,556
3	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$115M $115,113,799
4	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$95.9M $95,918,640
5	(no title in the data) A033040001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$66.1M $66,100,952
6	(no title in the data) P002661001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: (not specified)	$66.0M $66,000,000
7	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$46.4M $46,371,938
8	Sovereign Loan to Guyana P012580001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: (not specified)	$45.0M $44,962,500
9	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$41.9M $41,922,412
10	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$41.5M $41,498,150
11	Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project P010096001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$33.2M $33,165,000
12	(no title in the data) A034782006 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Ministry of Finance (Tanzania) Government of Tanzania	$31.5M $31,500,001
13	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2019-2020 P002344001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$24.0M $23,970,505
14	Canadas assessed contribution to the International Labour Organization (ILO) P005012006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ILO - International Labour Organization	$21.0M $20,953,915
15	Focused Assistance for COVID-19 Resilient Households P009135001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$18.8M $18,800,000
16	Funding to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund 2020-2024 P007508001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: (not specified)	$18.1M $18,062,530
17	(no title in the data) M012784001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$18.0M $18,000,000
18	Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC) P000683001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Statistics Canada	$17.5M $17,539,914
19	Investing in Inclusive Infrastructure P008544001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: GuarantCo Management Company Ltd.	$16.8M $16,800,000
20	(no title in the data) M013512001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$16.3M $16,280,775
21	Gender-Responsive Skills and Livelihoods in Coxs Bazar P010738001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: ILO - International Labour Organization	$15.0M $14,960,000
22	Adressing Child Domestic Work in Haïti P001444001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$11.9M $11,900,000
23	Support to the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) - IDB Invest 2016-2025 P003010001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Inter-American Investment Corporation	$11.4M $11,408,719
24	Support for Lebanon's Recovery P010143001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: World Bank	$11.0M $11,000,000
25	(no title in the data) A031879001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Statistics Canada	$10.5M $10,469,626