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Canada's aid by cause: Refugees in Canada

$11,341,568,997 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 18 projects and 4 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$11.3B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$2.39B

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $2.60B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $8.75B already spent in Canada.

8,011

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

30,760

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

1.2

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

10,057

affordable homes built

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

116,614

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

121 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$14.0M
2006-07$400K
2007-08–
2008-09–
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17$606M
2017-18$656M
2018-19$632M
2019-20$846M
2020-21$581M
2021-22$907M
2022-23$2.15B
2023-24$2.57B
2024-25$2.39B

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

Global / unspecifiedGlobal / Canada / institutions$11.3B99.9%
Africa, regionalAfrica$7.2M0.1%
Asia, regionalAsia$4.3M0.0%
Americas, regionalAmericas$2.2M0.0%
Europe, regionalEurope$720K0.0%
PeruAmericas$7K0.0%

By department

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$8.42B74.2%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$2.91B25.7%
Global Affairs Canada$14.5M0.1%

By aid type

Refugees in Canada$8.75B77.1%
Not recorded$2.60B22.9%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$59K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Donor Government$11.3B99.9%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$14.4M0.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$53K0.0%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$7K0.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program - Ukraine OGD2021999999 · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Donor Government	$4.60B $4,597,958,257
2	Refugee Costs OGD2022999963 · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$1.82B $1,824,915,946
3	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: Donor Government	$800M $799,685,910
4	Refugee Costs - Refugee Integration in Canada IRCCC-2025-RIC · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$662M $662,063,820
5	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program OGD2020999999 · 2019-20 Main recipient: Donor Government	$638M $637,504,477
6	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program - Afghanistan OGD20219999990010 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$549M $549,409,248
7	Refugee Costs OGD2018999001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: Donor Government	$462M $462,191,778
8	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program OGD20219999990011 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$398M $397,714,598
9	Refugee Costs OGD2019999999 · 2018-19 Main recipient: Donor Government	$387M $386,589,028
10	Refugee Costs - Lodging site OGD20219999990013 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$325M $324,900,174
11	Refugee Costs OGD2019999963 · 2018-19 Main recipient: Donor Government	$245M $244,917,967
12	Refugee Costs OGD2021999963 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Donor Government	$230M $229,877,824
13	Refugee Costs OGD2020999963 · 2019-20 Main recipient: Donor Government	$209M $208,502,007
14	(no title in the data) M012128001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$14.0M $14,000,000
15	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program - Ukraine OGD20219999990012 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$879K $878,644
16	(no title in the data) M012301001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$400K $400,000
17	United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - institutional support 2024 to 2026 P014133001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$53K $52,736
18	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2022 P011991001 · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$7K $6,583