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Canada's aid to Argentina

$120,979,013 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 303 projects and 260 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$121M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$3.6M

2024-25

Projects

303

with money reported

Recipient organizations

260

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $98.1M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $22.7M in repayable loans and $125K already spent in Canada.

303

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

1,163

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

0.05

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

380

affordable homes built

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

4,409

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

4.6 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$6.2M
2006-07$3.0M
2007-08$2.4M
2008-09$1.1M
2009-10$795K
2010-11$1.2M
2011-12$176K
2012-13$26K
2013-14$81K
2014-15$159K
2015-16$308K
2016-17$2.1M
2017-18$2.2M
2018-19$24.5M
2019-20$3.0M
2020-21$1.7M
2021-22$7.0M
2022-23$5.8M
2023-24$55.6M
2024-25$3.6M

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

Agriculture, forestry & fishing$34.4M28.4%
Energy$23.6M19.5%
Health$12.7M10.5%
Other social services$10.1M8.3%
Environment$8.1M6.7%
Government & civil society$7.5M6.2%
Multisector$4.2M3.5%
Education$3.7M3.1%
Water & sanitation$3.0M2.5%
Business$2.6M2.1%
Banking & finance$2.4M2.0%
Population & reproductive health$2.4M2.0%
Industry, mining & construction$1.5M1.3%
Disaster prevention$984K0.8%
Transport$942K0.8%
9 others$2.9M2.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$89.4M73.9%
Finance Canada$18.4M15.2%
International Development Research Centre$8.3M6.9%
Public Health Agency of Canada$4.6M3.8%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$123K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$36K0.0%
Quebec$35K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$34K0.0%
Statistics Canada$3K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$86.6M71.6%
Project-type interventions$18.2M15.0%
Not recorded$13.4M11.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$2.1M1.8%
Canadian personnel$307K0.3%
Other technical assistance$207K0.2%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$105K0.1%
Development awareness$20K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Green Climate Fund$55.5M45.9%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$18.4M15.2%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$9.6M7.9%
Public Health Agency of Canada$4.6M3.8%
IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation$3.1M2.6%
World Bank$1.6M1.4%
Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger$1.4M1.2%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$1.3M1.0%
Asociación Civil Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación CIECTI$1.2M1.0%
Inter-American Development Bank$1.1M0.9%
Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad$1.0M0.9%
Transparency International$999K0.8%
Fundación Huésped$921K0.8%
Natural Resources Canada$882K0.7%
York University$856K0.7%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$856K0.7%
Institute for Quality Universal Education York Region Learning$847K0.7%
IECS - Instituto de Efectividad Clinica Y Sanitaria Asociacion Civil$738K0.6%
Alternatives Inc.$696K0.6%
CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH$680K0.6%
OAS - Organization of American States$656K0.5%
Société de coopération pour le développement international$558K0.5%
Universidad Nacional de General San Martin$547K0.5%
ILO - International Labour Organization$537K0.4%
Namati, Inc.$498K0.4%
235 others$11.7M9.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$39.0M $38,993,203
2	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$18.5M $18,454,101
3	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385003 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$7.8M $7,798,640
4	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$6.9M $6,853,082
5	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - AstraZeneca - 200,000 vaccines shipped from Canada OGD-HC-Vaccines-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$4.6M $4,629,567
6	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$3.5M $3,467,922
7	Support to the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) - IDB Invest 2016-2025 P003010001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation	$3.3M $3,308,304
8	(no title in the data) M011442001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$2.7M $2,662,245
9	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$2.0M $1,974,010
10	UNFPA comprehensive sexuality education global initiative - program 2024 to 2026 P013514001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$1.1M $1,100,000
11	Green Climate Fund - Initial Resource Mobilization Cushion Contribution P001249003 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.1M $1,090,045
12	Using artificial intelligence for early detection of potential epidemic and pandemic outbreaks after COVID-19 in Argentina OGD109584 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Asociación Civil Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación CIECTI	$1.1M $1,089,100
13	(no title in the data) S063317PRG ↗ · 2006-07 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger	$1.1M $1,050,502
14	(no title in the data) M010431001 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$971K $971,318
15	(no title in the data) A031148001 · 2005-06 to 2009-10 Main recipient: Natural Resources Canada	$874K $873,502
16	(no title in the data) S062604001 · 2005-06 to 2009-10 Main recipient: York University	$856K $856,500
17	(no title in the data) M013440001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$848K $848,000
18	(no title in the data) A020910010 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Institute for Quality Universal Education York Region Learning	$847K $846,621
19	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$800K $800,000
20	Integrity, Mobilisation, Participation, Accountability, Anti-Corruption and Transparency (IMPACT) P001330001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Transparency International	$783K $783,055
21	Improving diet quality through food affordability and accessibility in Argentina OGD108643 · 2017-18 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad	$778K $778,300
22	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$761K $760,604
23	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF	$717K $716,641
24	(no title in the data) A020910007 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH	$680K $680,356
25	(no title in the data) A020910016 · 2006-07 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Alternatives Inc.	$651K $650,843