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Canada's aid by cause: Water & sanitation

$1,985,026,092 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 944 projects and 502 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.99B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$100.0M

2024-25

Projects

944

with money reported

Recipient organizations

502

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.94B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $42.4M in repayable loans and $80K already spent in Canada.

5,995

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

23,022

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

0.89

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

7,527

affordable homes built

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

87,276

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

91 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$71.5M
2006-07$59.7M
2007-08$65.2M
2008-09$90.7M
2009-10$86.6M
2010-11$78.2M
2011-12$102M
2012-13$87.8M
2013-14$88.8M
2014-15$93.5M
2015-16$83.7M
2016-17$127M
2017-18$97.0M
2018-19$131M
2019-20$107M
2020-21$101M
2021-22$149M
2022-23$158M
2023-24$107M
2024-25$100.0M

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$362M18.2%
GhanaAfrica$158M8.0%
Asia, regionalAsia$97.7M4.9%
EthiopiaAfrica$87.3M4.4%
Americas, regionalAmericas$62.5M3.1%
MaliAfrica$55.5M2.8%
JordanMiddle East$51.0M2.6%
VietnamAsia$46.3M2.3%
HaitiAmericas$45.4M2.3%
MozambiqueAfrica$42.8M2.2%
TanzaniaAfrica$42.1M2.1%
KenyaAfrica$41.1M2.1%
IndiaAsia$37.9M1.9%
IraqMiddle East$34.5M1.7%
PakistanAsia$33.8M1.7%
160 others$788M39.7%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.60B80.5%
Finance Canada$368M18.5%
Quebec$10.2M0.5%
International Development Research Centre$8.9M0.4%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$275K0.0%
Manitoba$261K0.0%
Alberta$206K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$836M42.1%
Not recorded$399M20.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$353M17.8%
Project-type interventions$316M15.9%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$21.3M1.1%
Canadian personnel$20.1M1.0%
Basket funds/pooled funding$17.6M0.9%
Other technical assistance$10.4M0.5%
General budget support$9.9M0.5%
Sector budget support$868K0.0%
Development awareness$80K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

African Development Bank Group$368M18.5%
International Development Association$270M13.6%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$129M6.5%
World Bank$74.0M3.7%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$68.4M3.4%
Asian Development Bank$67.6M3.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$60.9M3.1%
Green Climate Fund$54.9M2.8%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$53.6M2.7%
Cowater International Inc.$45.7M2.3%
Inter-American Development Bank$40.0M2.0%
IDA-CPL$39.4M2.0%
Government of Ghana$35.6M1.8%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$27.9M1.4%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$27.5M1.4%
CARE Canada$26.4M1.3%
Grand Challenges Canada$26.0M1.3%
(not specified)$25.5M1.3%
European Bank for Reconstructionand Development - Northern$25.0M1.3%
Nesta$19.4M1.0%
UNU-INWEH - United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health$18.0M0.9%
Oxfam-Québec$17.1M0.9%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$17.0M0.9%
UNU-INWEH - United Nations University$16.8M0.8%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$15.2M0.8%
477 others$416M21.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$112M $111,872,555
2	(no title in the data) M013512001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$71.6M $71,635,407
3	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$62.7M $62,669,641
4	(no title in the data) M012672001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2010-11 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$60.5M $60,480,000
5	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$44.0M $43,975,137
6	Global Program for the Blue Economy - Program [2020-2023] P006754001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$42.8M $42,767,404
7	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$39.4M $39,394,430
8	(no title in the data) M012945001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2011-12 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$36.0M $36,000,000
9	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$33.0M $32,998,793
10	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$30.8M $30,792,399
11	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$30.4M $30,389,292
12	(no title in the data) A030915001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.	$29.7M $29,697,700
13	Canadian climate and nature fund for the private sector in Asia P012801001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$28.0M $28,000,000
14	(no title in the data) M013705001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$25.0M $25,000,000
15	Canada-EBRD High Impact Partnership on Climate Action – repayable contribution P010532001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: European Bank for Reconstructionand Development - Northern	$25.0M $25,000,000
16	(no title in the data) M013060001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$25.0M $25,000,000
17	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	$22.9M $22,868,393
18	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$21.9M $21,876,322
19	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$20.7M $20,694,781
20	(no title in the data) M013882002 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$20.6M $20,620,000
21	(no title in the data) M013882001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$20.6M $20,620,000
22	Support to the African Development Fund - 13th Replenishment - II P000381002 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$20.6M $20,620,000
23	(no title in the data) A035564001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2013-14 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$20.0M $20,000,000
24	Canada’s International Marine Plastics Challenge P006774001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Nesta	$19.4M $19,415,300
25	Health Innovation Platform P008037001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$18.4M $18,424,520