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Canada's aid to Albania

$12,823,223 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 138 projects and 87 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$12.8M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$1.4M

2024-25

Projects

138

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $12.4M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $443K in repayable loans and $12K already spent in Canada.

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

147

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

0.01

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

affordable homes built

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

556

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

0.58 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$1.1M
2006-07$548K
2007-08$193K
2008-09$145K
2009-10$111K
2010-11$65K
2011-12$50K
2012-13–
2013-14$10K
2014-15$125K
2015-16$168K
2016-17$747K
2017-18$735K
2018-19$2.5M
2019-20$942K
2020-21$1.1M
2021-22$1.2M
2022-23$980K
2023-24$708K
2024-25$1.4M

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 cause

Multisector$3.9M30.0%
Government & civil society$2.3M18.2%
Environment$1.1M8.8%
Conflict, peace & security$746K5.8%
Health$641K5.0%
Energy$580K4.5%
Emergency response$575K4.5%
Disaster prevention$536K4.2%
Water & sanitation$505K3.9%
Other social services$453K3.5%
Population & reproductive health$396K3.1%
Unallocated$257K2.0%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$201K1.6%
Transport$169K1.3%
Education$157K1.2%
8 others$291K2.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$11.1M86.4%
Finance Canada$1.5M11.8%
Quebec$197K1.5%
International Development Research Centre$15K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$12K0.1%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$8.3M64.8%
Not recorded$2.2M17.2%
Project-type interventions$1.9M14.6%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$409K3.2%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$12K0.1%
Other technical assistance$2K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe$2.4M18.7%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.4M11.3%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$1.3M10.1%
Green Climate Fund$882K6.9%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$653K5.1%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$606K4.7%
(not specified)$498K3.9%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$409K3.2%
SNC-Lavalin Inc.$391K3.0%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$344K2.7%
Canadian Red Cross Society$322K2.5%
Uncoded$299K2.3%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$286K2.2%
OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie$284K2.2%
International Atomic Energy Agency$265K2.1%
International Development Association$217K1.7%
OSCE$208K1.6%
Fonds pour l'adaptation$197K1.5%
GEF$153K1.2%
WFP - World Food Programme$136K1.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$134K1.0%
ILO - International Labour Organization$133K1.0%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$122K0.9%
Fondacioni Qendra Europiane$99K0.8%
Observatory for children Rights$70K0.5%
62 others$989K7.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Canada's assessed contribution to the OSCE P007198001 · 2018-19 to 2023-24 Main recipient: OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	$1.9M $1,911,695
2	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$1.7M $1,745,900
3	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$840K $839,602
4	(no title in the data) M010431001 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$498K $498,112
5	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional Support 2017-2019 P002028001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$441K $441,423
6	Enhancing management of disused sealed radioactive sources - phase 2 P011228001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund	$409K $409,223
7	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$399K $399,425
8	(no title in the data) Z020322001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: SNC-Lavalin Inc.	$391K $390,552
9	Emergency Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Red Cross Movement Appeal 2020 P009466001 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$322K $321,929
10	(no title in the data) M011929001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$271K $271,200
11	OSCE 2025 Assessed Contributions P015884001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	$246K $245,697
12	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$245K $244,776
13	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF	$232K $231,770
14	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - ROME - 2023/2024 P012680061 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Uncoded	$196K $196,418
15	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - ROME - 2024 to 2025 P014221062 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: (not specified)	$195K $195,000
16	(no title in the data) A032653001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie	$184K $184,000
17	(no title in the data) D002609058 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: (not specified)	$168K $168,180
18	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$163K $162,700
19	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - ROME - 2022/2023 P011504060 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: STEP UP - SHOQATA GRUAJA TEK GRUAJA	$162K $161,671
20	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2019-2020 P002344001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$154K $153,599
21	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$151K $151,274
22	United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - Institutional Support 2018-2021 P002032001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$147K $146,645
23	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - ROME - 2016/2017 P005068059 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: Observatory for children Rights	$137K $137,495
24	Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme-Appui Institutionnel 2020-2022 P005247001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$133K $132,737
25	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - ROME - 2020/2021 P009106060 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Instituti per Demokraci Media dhe	$125K $125,290