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Canada's aid by cause: Reconstruction & relief

$479,114,011 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 223 projects and 110 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$479M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$18.4M

2024-25

Projects

223

with money reported

Recipient organizations

110

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $476M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $3.3M in repayable loans and $50K already spent in Canada.

1,468

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

5,639

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

0.22

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

1,844

affordable homes built

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

21,377

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

22 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$37.3M
2006-07$40.9M
2007-08$27.9M
2008-09$40.7M
2009-10$24.4M
2010-11$17.3M
2011-12$19.8M
2012-13$15.5M
2013-14$20.5M
2014-15$16.1M
2015-16$11.5M
2016-17$24.2M
2017-18$18.5M
2018-19$26.3M
2019-20$22.8M
2020-21$18.3M
2021-22$24.2M
2022-23$35.1M
2023-24$19.1M
2024-25$18.4M

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

HaitiAmericas$68.7M14.3%
West Bank and GazaMiddle East$50.2M10.5%
PakistanAsia$40.4M8.4%
Americas, regionalAmericas$39.5M8.2%
Africa, regionalAfrica$27.7M5.8%
SudanAfrica$22.5M4.7%
Asia, regionalAsia$19.6M4.1%
IndonesiaAsia$19.0M4.0%
ChinaAsia$17.4M3.6%
IraqMiddle East$16.1M3.4%
IndiaAsia$9.9M2.1%
BangladeshAsia$7.1M1.5%
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericas$6.8M1.4%
LebanonMiddle East$6.7M1.4%
PhilippinesAsia$6.5M1.4%
141 others$121M25.2%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$433M90.3%
Finance Canada$45.2M9.4%
International Development Research Centre$457K0.1%
Manitoba$383K0.1%
Quebec$200K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$159K0.0%

By aid type

Not recorded$177M36.9%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$145M30.2%
Project-type interventions$83.4M17.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$66.4M13.9%
Basket funds/pooled funding$5.1M1.1%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$2.4M0.5%
Development awareness$50K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$112M23.4%
World Bank$53.9M11.2%
International Development Association$36.9M7.7%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$23.6M4.9%
Int'l Organization for Migration$22.8M4.8%
WFP - World Food Programme$21.2M4.4%
IFRC Appeals via CRCS$17.4M3.6%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$12.7M2.6%
CDM Constructor's Inc.$12.4M2.6%
CARE Canada$11.5M2.4%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$10.5M2.2%
Asian Development Bank$10.4M2.2%
African Development Bank Group$9.0M1.9%
Oxfam-Québec$6.5M1.4%
African Union$6.1M1.3%
IDA-CPL$5.8M1.2%
MA'AN Development Center$5.5M1.1%
Development and Peace$5.5M1.1%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$5.3M1.1%
Action Against Hunger (ACF) - France$5.0M1.0%
International Organization for Migration$4.7M1.0%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$4.4M0.9%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees$4.2M0.9%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$4.2M0.9%
UN-HABITAT - United Nations Human Settlements Programme$3.5M0.7%
85 others$63.6M13.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A033475001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2011-12 Main recipient: World Bank	$25.0M $25,000,000
2	Multi-Donor Trust Fund Contribution for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Efforts in Haiti P011197001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
3	(no title in the data) M012855001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: IFRC Appeals via CRCS	$17.4M $17,356,091
4	(no title in the data) D000122001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Int'l Organization for Migration	$15.0M $14,999,530
5	(no title in the data) A033577001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: CDM Constructor's Inc.	$14.2M $14,204,449
6	(no title in the data) A032802001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$13.0M $13,000,000
7	Support to Funding Facility for Stabilization in Iraq P007642001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$12.5M $12,500,000
8	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$11.6M $11,602,925
9	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$11.4M $11,384,516
10	World Food Programme - Long Term Institutional Support - 2021 à 2022 et de 2024 à 2025 P005248001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$11.3M $11,264,198
11	(no title in the data) A033093001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$10.8M $10,800,000
12	Ninth Replenishment - Special Development Fund - Caribbean Development Bank P002152001 · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$9.8M $9,846,708
13	(no title in the data) M013162001 · 2009-10 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$9.1M $9,125,000
14	(no title in the data) D000724001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$8.5M $8,500,000
15	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$8.1M $8,096,554
16	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$8.0M $7,996,146
17	(no title in the data) M013162002 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$8.0M $7,953,749
18	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.4M $7,396,566
19	(no title in the data) M012715001 ↗ · 2007-08 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$7.0M $7,000,000
20	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.0M $6,985,482
21	(no title in the data) M013737001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$6.2M $6,250,000
22	(no title in the data) A033045001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Union	$6.2M $6,176,116
23	(no title in the data) A035413001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$6.0M $5,970,000
24	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$5.8M $5,838,901
25	(no title in the data) M013737002 ↗ · 2013-14 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$5.6M $5,625,000