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Canada's aid by cause: Trade & tourism

$578,483,348 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 403 projects and 280 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$578M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$34.1M

2024-25

Projects

403

with money reported

Recipient organizations

280

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $569M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $9.2M in repayable loans.

1,757

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

6,747

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

0.26

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

2,206

affordable homes built

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

25,579

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

27 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$17.5M
2006-07$19.0M
2007-08$19.0M
2008-09$30.3M
2009-10$40.9M
2010-11$33.4M
2011-12$58.6M
2012-13$22.0M
2013-14$27.4M
2014-15$16.6M
2015-16$30.9M
2016-17$36.9M
2017-18$22.2M
2018-19$35.0M
2019-20$18.1M
2020-21$19.9M
2021-22$34.7M
2022-23$36.2M
2023-24$26.0M
2024-25$34.1M

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$119M20.5%
Americas, regionalAmericas$54.0M9.3%
Asia, regionalAsia$27.0M4.7%
East Africa, regionalAfrica$26.7M4.6%
EthiopiaAfrica$17.4M3.0%
IndonesiaAsia$17.4M3.0%
Southeast Asia, regionalAsia$14.9M2.6%
UkraineEurope$14.4M2.5%
SudanAfrica$13.2M2.3%
North Africa, regionalAfrica$12.7M2.2%
TanzaniaAfrica$11.9M2.1%
Caribbean, regionalAmericas$10.9M1.9%
BangladeshAsia$10.1M1.7%
PakistanAsia$9.3M1.6%
PhilippinesAsia$8.8M1.5%
165 others$211M36.5%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$468M80.8%
Finance Canada$107M18.4%
International Development Research Centre$3.5M0.6%
Quebec$333K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$186K0.0%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency$98K0.0%
Manitoba$16K0.0%
New Brunswick$1K0.0%

By aid type

Not recorded$141M24.3%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$136M23.6%
Project-type interventions$133M23.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$133M22.9%
Canadian personnel$29.5M5.1%
Other technical assistance$3.6M0.6%
Basket funds/pooled funding$1.3M0.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$1.1M0.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$76.5M13.2%
Conference Board of Canada$44.7M7.7%
ITC - International Trade Centre$34.5M6.0%
African Development Bank Group$22.9M4.0%
TradeMark East Africa$21.9M3.8%
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - Trade and Regional$20.6M3.6%
World Bank$19.0M3.3%
Inter-American Development Bank$16.7M2.9%
ECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa$16.4M2.8%
TFO Canada$16.3M2.8%
IDA-CPL$16.2M2.8%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$16.0M2.8%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$14.8M2.6%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$14.4M2.5%
International Finance Corporation$13.6M2.3%
Asian Development Bank$11.8M2.0%
World Economic Forum$10.5M1.8%
WTO - World Trade Organization$10.0M1.7%
Cowater International Inc.$9.9M1.7%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$7.7M1.3%
CESO - Canadian Executive Service Organization$7.5M1.3%
Caribbean Community Secretariat$6.7M1.1%
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada / Service Canada$6.1M1.1%
UNDP-Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People$5.5M1.0%
(not specified)$5.4M0.9%
255 others$133M23.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$31.0M $30,978,947
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$24.2M $24,212,427
3	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$17.0M $17,001,437
4	(no title in the data) A033540001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2012-13 Main recipient: ITC - International Trade Centre	$16.8M $16,830,000
5	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$16.2M $16,225,353
6	(no title in the data) M013274001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$15.0M $15,000,000
7	(no title in the data) A033539001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2012-13 Main recipient: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - Trade and Regional	$14.7M $14,700,000
8	(no title in the data) S063452PRG · 2006-07 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace	$13.0M $13,049,032
9	(no title in the data) A034331001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Conference Board of Canada	$12.5M $12,506,080
10	(no title in the data) A035577001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16 Main recipient: TradeMark East Africa	$11.0M $11,000,000
11	(no title in the data) M013274002 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$10.0M $10,000,000
12	(no title in the data) M013606001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2013-14 Main recipient: International Finance Corporation	$9.5M $9,500,000
13	Canada-Ukraine Trade and Investment Support P001339001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Conference Board of Canada	$9.3M $9,260,474
14	(no title in the data) Z020799001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2011-12 Main recipient: ITC - International Trade Centre	$9.2M $9,150,000
15	Implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) P007530001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa	$9.1M $9,120,000
16	Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation P001390001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: World Economic Forum	$9.0M $9,000,000
17	(no title in the data) A031004001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Conference Board of Canada	$8.6M $8,554,466
18	Making Trade Work for Women in Eastern Africa P005606001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2024-25 Main recipient: TradeMark East Africa	$8.2M $8,249,999
19	Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development P000605002 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.	$7.9M $7,915,124
20	(no title in the data) M013274004 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2011-12 Main recipient: WTO - World Trade Organization	$7.5M $7,500,000
21	(no title in the data) M013307001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$7.4M $7,410,661
22	Canada-Indonesia Trade and Private Sector Assistance P000604001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Conference Board of Canada	$7.4M $7,378,049
23	Support to the Boosting Intra-African Trade Action Plan to Reduce Poverty P000722001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: ECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa	$7.3M $7,317,000
24	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.1M $7,074,858
25	(no title in the data) A035458001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$7.0M $6,975,000