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Canada's aid by cause: Transport

$1,689,391,108 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 199 projects and 95 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.69B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$95.7M

2024-25

Projects

199

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.64B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $46.2M in repayable loans.

5,072

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

19,474

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

0.76

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

6,367

affordable homes built

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

73,828

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

77 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$30.6M
2006-07$60.1M
2007-08$63.1M
2008-09$62.5M
2009-10$73.7M
2010-11$59.0M
2011-12$90.6M
2012-13$86.1M
2013-14$65.4M
2014-15$84.7M
2015-16$63.6M
2016-17$85.7M
2017-18$96.5M
2018-19$135M
2019-20$115M
2020-21$102M
2021-22$109M
2022-23$136M
2023-24$74.8M
2024-25$95.7M

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$298M17.6%
Asia, regionalAsia$182M10.8%
HaitiAmericas$109M6.5%
TanzaniaAfrica$68.9M4.1%
BangladeshAsia$63.9M3.8%
VietnamAsia$58.9M3.5%
KenyaAfrica$51.0M3.0%
AfghanistanAsia$49.3M2.9%
EthiopiaAfrica$44.1M2.6%
MozambiqueAfrica$40.7M2.4%
UgandaAfrica$38.7M2.3%
Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica$35.5M2.1%
LaosAsia$33.5M2.0%
IndiaAsia$24.9M1.5%
NigeriaAfrica$21.2M1.3%
142 others$570M33.7%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.19B70.5%
Finance Canada$491M29.1%
Quebec$5.5M0.3%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$1.9M0.1%
Transport Canada$239K0.0%
International Development Research Centre$140K0.0%
Alberta$25K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$1.25B73.7%
Not recorded$308M18.2%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$90.9M5.4%
Project-type interventions$29.2M1.7%
General budget support$10.9M0.6%
Canadian personnel$4.7M0.3%
Other technical assistance$401K0.0%
Sector budget support$222K0.0%
Basket funds/pooled funding$40K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

African Development Bank Group$544M32.2%
International Development Association$314M18.6%
Asian Development Bank$209M12.4%
Inter-American Development Bank$135M8.0%
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)$67.8M4.0%
World Bank$58.5M3.5%
(not specified)$56.5M3.3%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$51.5M3.0%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$40.3M2.4%
IDA-CPL$36.0M2.1%
WFP - World Food Programme$18.2M1.1%
Green Climate Fund$18.1M1.1%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$16.1M1.0%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$12.7M0.8%
Ministério das Finanças Republic de Mozambique$11.0M0.7%
Inter-American Investment Corporation$10.9M0.6%
IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation$10.8M0.6%
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTL. DEV. DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE CLEARINGHOUS$10.0M0.6%
AsDB Special Funds$8.1M0.5%
Central Asia Development Group Inc.$6.1M0.4%
CARE Canada$5.2M0.3%
Government of Ghana$5.0M0.3%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$4.4M0.3%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$3.9M0.2%
OACI$3.7M0.2%
70 others$31.8M1.9%

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	$130M $129,998,444
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$92.7M $92,671,414
3	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$88.5M $88,465,545
4	(no title in the data) A033178001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$75.0M $75,000,000
5	(no title in the data) M013100001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$66.8M $66,766,176
6	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$66.5M $66,534,442
7	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$65.9M $65,857,572
8	(no title in the data) M013512001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$65.1M $65,123,097
9	(no title in the data) M012672001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2010-11 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$60.5M $60,480,000
10	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$53.0M $53,000,755
11	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$41.4M $41,405,041
12	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$41.0M $40,971,755
13	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank - Note payable OGD2020080014 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)	$40.0M $40,032,365
14	(no title in the data) M013307001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$37.1M $37,053,308
15	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$36.0M $36,044,310
16	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$34.6M $34,649,964
17	(no title in the data) M013700001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: (not specified)	$33.4M $33,383,088
18	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$33.3M $33,345,095
19	(no title in the data) M013306001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$31.0M $31,046,147
20	(no title in the data) M013704001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: World Bank	$28.0M $28,000,000
21	AIIB FIN-AIIB-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)	$27.7M $27,744,622
22	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$23.2M $23,169,853
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	$21.7M $21,717,372
24	(no title in the data) M011980001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$21.7M $21,693,258
25	(no title in the data) M013882001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$20.6M $20,620,000