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Canada's aid to Bahamas

$2,955,173 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 27 projects and 23 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$3.0M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $483K given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $2.5M in repayable loans.

1.5

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

5.7

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

0.00

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

1.9

affordable homes built

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

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

0.02 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$3K
2006-07$290K
2007-08$20K
2008-09$18K
2009-10$12K
2010-11$293
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16$140K
2016-17$178K
2017-18$237K
2018-19$75K
2019-20$722K
2020-21$437K
2021-22$380K
2022-23$257K
2023-24$188K
2024-25–

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

By department

Global Affairs Canada$3.0M100.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$1.8M60.8%
Other technical assistance$591K20.0%
Not recorded$342K11.6%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$225K7.6%
Canadian personnel$2930.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Statistics Canada$535K18.1%
Canadian Red Cross Society$500K16.9%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$277K9.4%
OAS - Organization of American States$272K9.2%
Inter-American Development Bank$255K8.6%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$251K8.5%
INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization$247K8.4%
Department of National Defence$154K5.2%
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament$138K4.7%
Organization of American States$119K4.0%
Verification ResearchTraining and Information Centre$68K2.3%
TDV Global Inc.$60K2.0%
ParlAmericas - Parliamentarians for the Americas$32K1.1%
Classified$27K0.9%
Wilton Park Executive Agency$8K0.3%
U.S. Civilian Researchand Development Foundation$6K0.2%
(not specified)$3K0.1%
Dalhousie University - Marine Affairs Program$1K0.0%
Dalhousie University International Research and$9420.0%
Banque Amex du Canada Amex Bank of Canada$6150.0%
UPS SCS$1230.0%
UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC A RIMOUSKI$400.0%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$30.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC) P000683001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Statistics Canada	$535K $535,048
2	Hurricane Dorian - Emergency Assistance in the Bahamas - Canadian Red Cross 2019 P008209001 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$500K $500,000
3	(no title in the data) M010939006 · 2006-07 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$277K $276,900
4	Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility P002807001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$255K $255,000
5	INTERPOL Operation STONE - Caribbean P005206001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization	$240K $240,257
6	Combating Trade Based Money Laundering & Cash Couriers in Latin America and the Caribbean P005893001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$211K $211,246
7	Support in the Implementation of the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap P009821001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament	$138K $138,061
8	Op ACKEE 5.0 P009961003 · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Department of National Defence	$88K $87,560
9	Inter-American Program for Strengthening Gender Equality in Counterdrug Law Enforcement Agencies P010144001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: OAS - Organization of American States	$84K $84,028
10	(no title in the data) D003028001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: Organization of American States	$71K $71,243
11	Enhance security preparedness of Member States in the protection of crowded spaces & soft targets P008110001 · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: OAS - Organization of American States	$70K $70,451
12	Op ACKEE 4.0 P007286001 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Department of National Defence	$67K $66,879
13	(no title in the data) A032797001 · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: TDV Global Inc.	$60K $60,106
14	Canada-Mexico Cooperation to Strengthen Crime Prevention and Response in Tourist Destinations P001476001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: OAS - Organization of American States	$55K $55,161
15	Canada-Mexico Partnership on Port Security Assessments and Capacity Building P001484001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: OAS - Organization of American States	$53K $52,849
16	VERTIC Legislation Assistance in Latin America & the Caribbean P001686001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Verification ResearchTraining and Information Centre	$46K $46,275
17	(no title in the data) D003050001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: Organization of American States	$40K $39,867
18	Supporting National and Regional Efforts to Implement UNCAC in Central America and the Caribbean P013341001 · 2023-24 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$39K $39,462
19	Strengthening Political Capacities for Gender-Responsive Governance in the Caribbean P011112001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: ParlAmericas - Parliamentarians for the Americas	$32K $31,616
20	Crowded Spaces and Soft Targets - OAS-CICTE P013348001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: OAS - Organization of American States	$22K $21,997
21	(no title in the data) D003348001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: Verification ResearchTraining and Information Centre	$22K $21,566
22	Strengthening Capabilities to Address Cybersecurity Threats and Combat Cybercrime in the Americas P002757001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: OAS - Organization of American States	$15K $14,750
23	Strengthening Strategic Trade Controls in the Caribbean: Preventing WMD Proliferation and Safeguardi P002009001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Wilton Park Executive Agency	$8K $8,465
24	(no title in the data) D003549001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: Organization of American States	$8K $7,814
25	INTERPOL Operation STONE - Caribbean P005206002 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization	$7K $6,931