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Canada's aid to Algeria

$29,950,784 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 196 projects and 147 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$30.0M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$913K

2024-25

Projects

196

with money reported

Recipient organizations

147

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $27.1M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $2.7M in repayable loans and $87K 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

321

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

105

affordable homes built

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

1,219

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

1.3 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$4.3M
2006-07$2.4M
2007-08$2.0M
2008-09$2.4M
2009-10$1.3M
2010-11$878K
2011-12$1.3M
2012-13$465K
2013-14$70K
2014-15$80K
2015-16$137K
2016-17$1.5M
2017-18$860K
2018-19$2.0M
2019-20$1.4M
2020-21$2.4M
2021-22$1.4M
2022-23$2.6M
2023-24$1.6M
2024-25$913K

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

Emergency response$8.6M28.8%
Education$7.0M23.5%
Government & civil society$4.3M14.3%
Multisector$2.1M7.0%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$1.5M5.0%
Conflict, peace & security$1.3M4.4%
Environment$1.3M4.3%
Population & reproductive health$1.0M3.4%
Health$864K2.9%
Industry, mining & construction$555K1.9%
Other social services$395K1.3%
Unallocated$167K0.6%
Business$141K0.5%
Transport$137K0.5%
Communications$124K0.4%
7 others$424K1.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$28.4M94.7%
International Development Research Centre$1.4M4.7%
Quebec$162K0.5%

By aid type

Not recorded$12.3M41.0%
Project-type interventions$6.5M21.5%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$5.1M17.0%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$3.4M11.4%
Canadian personnel$2.5M8.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$109K0.4%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$87K0.3%
Other technical assistance$58K0.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Consortium International de Développement en éducation (CIDE)$6.2M20.7%
WFP - World Food Programme$4.7M15.6%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$3.7M12.3%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$2.0M6.7%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$1.6M5.2%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.1M3.7%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$699K2.3%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$639K2.1%
(not specified)$572K1.9%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$562K1.9%
Geomar International Incorporée$407K1.4%
Economic Research Forum NPIO$397K1.3%
INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization$370K1.2%
ÉGIDES lAlliance internationale francopho$368K1.2%
Uncoded$339K1.1%
CRC Sogema Inc.$271K0.9%
Université Saad Dahlab de Blida-1$263K0.9%
World Bank$250K0.8%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$247K0.8%
College d'Enseignement General et Professionnel de Maisonneuve$245K0.8%
Tecsult International Limitée$204K0.7%
International Atomic Energy Agency$199K0.7%
GEF$163K0.5%
Red Cross Int'l Aid Trust of Canada (ICRC) International Committee of$157K0.5%
QSB Inc.$152K0.5%
122 others$4.2M14.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) Z020743001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Consortium International de Développement en éducation (CIDE)	$4.3M $4,254,575
2	(no title in the data) A032033001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Consortium International de Développement en éducation (CIDE)	$2.3M $2,348,810
3	(no title in the data) M012075001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.5M $1,500,000
4	(no title in the data) M012675001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2008-09 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.5M $1,450,830
5	AIRCOP - Detection & Interdiction of Illicit Trafficking and High-Risk Passengers at Intl Airports P008125001 · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$1.2M $1,209,585
6	The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Global Multi-Country CAP 2022 to 2023 P011382001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$901K $900,620
7	World Food Programme - Long Term Institutional Support - 2021 à 2022 et de 2024 à 2025 P005248001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$828K $828,282
8	(no title in the data) A031468001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$769K $769,018
9	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$620K $620,487
10	Emergency Assistance - Country-Level Funding - UNHCR 2017 P002650001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$500K $499,998
11	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - ALGER - CRISIS POOL - 2020/2021 P009106080 · 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$499K $499,458
12	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$454K $454,404
13	Contributing to food security by developing endemic mycorrhizal agents in Algeria OGD108945 · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Université Saad Dahlab de Blida-1	$437K $437,291
14	(no title in the data) K062265001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Geomar International Incorporée	$407K $406,648
15	Emergency Assistance - Country-Level Funding - UNHCR 2019 P007069001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$402K $401,940
16	Emergency Assistance - Country-Level Funding - UNHCR 2020 P008926001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$400K $400,036
17	Emergency Assistance Country-Level Funding - UNHCR 2018 P005413001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$400K $400,000
18	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	$399K $398,557
19	Aide d'urgence - HCR - 2021 P010168001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$398K $398,445
20	From fragility to resilience: the road ahead for Algeria, Iraq, and Sudan OGD109251 · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Economic Research Forum NPIO	$389K $388,740
21	Resilience of francophone LGBTQI+ movements in North Africa P013736001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ÉGIDES lAlliance internationale francopho	$368K $368,296
22	Strengthening Criminal Intelligence Analysis Capacities P002410001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$325K $325,002
23	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$320K $320,001
24	Counter terrorism project for North Africa - phase II P012287001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization	$301K $300,740
25	(no title in the data) K062459001 · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: CRC Sogema Inc.	$271K $270,721