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Canada's aid to Belarus

$16,501,142 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 106 projects and 86 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$16.5M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$465K

2024-25

Projects

106

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $16.5M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $233 in repayable loans.

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

196

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

741

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

0.77 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$235K
2006-07$224K
2007-08$215K
2008-09$13K
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14$192K
2014-15$123K
2015-16$137K
2016-17$1.0M
2017-18$995K
2018-19$3.2M
2019-20$845K
2020-21$2.9M
2021-22$2.1M
2022-23$2.5M
2023-24$1.3M
2024-25$465K

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

Government & civil society$4.3M26.0%
Population & reproductive health$4.3M25.9%
Multisector$1.6M9.8%
Environment$1.4M8.5%
Health$1.2M7.5%
Transport$1.2M7.3%
Energy$810K4.9%
Water & sanitation$591K3.6%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$370K2.2%
Emergency response$303K1.8%
Unallocated$137K0.8%
Other social services$105K0.6%
Education$83K0.5%
Conflict, peace & security$24K0.1%
Communications$20K0.1%
6 others$34K0.2%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$14.3M86.8%
Finance Canada$2.2M13.2%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$10.6M64.2%
Project-type interventions$5.2M31.6%
Not recorded$687K4.2%
Other technical assistance$14K0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$5.2M31.7%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$2.2M13.2%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.9M11.4%
European Endowment for Democracy$1.2M7.5%
National Democratic Institute$970K5.9%
(not specified)$627K3.8%
Chatham House The Royal Institute of Internationa$547K3.3%
GEF$310K1.9%
Uncoded$299K1.8%
Classified$289K1.7%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$283K1.7%
Access Now$272K1.6%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$247K1.5%
International Atomic Energy Agency$197K1.2%
Canadian Red Cross Society$192K1.2%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$190K1.2%
Freedom and Democracy Foundation$150K0.9%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$116K0.7%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$114K0.7%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$65K0.4%
SOS Wioski Dzieciece w Polsce$50K0.3%
UNDP$49K0.3%
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS GOVERNMENT OF LITHUANIA$49K0.3%
NVO "Pavasaris"$46K0.3%
Viešoji ?staiga Baltarusijos ir Ryt$45K0.3%
61 others$852K5.2%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	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	$2.3M $2,285,702
2	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$2.2M $2,185,212
3	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	$1.4M $1,369,429
4	Supporting Civic Engagement and Civil Society in Belarus P010039001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: European Endowment for Democracy	$1.2M $1,234,990
5	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional support 2023 to 2025 P012277001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$1.1M $1,083,756
6	Transforming Women's Political Participation in Belarus P010098001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: National Democratic Institute	$970K $969,691
7	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$895K $894,716
8	Belarus Crisis Initiative P009925001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Chatham House The Royal Institute of Internationa	$547K $547,413
9	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$504K $503,822
10	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$457K $457,192
11	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF	$426K $426,434
12	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$317K $316,622
13	Promoting Democracy through Freedom of Expression and Information P009908001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Classified	$289K $288,693
14	Promoting and protecting democracy in the digital age - a COVID-19 response P009909001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Access Now	$272K $271,733
15	Emergency Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Red Cross Movement Appeal 2020 P009466001 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$192K $192,090
16	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WSAW - 2024 to 2025 P014221072 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: (not specified)	$188K $188,400
17	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WSAW - 2023/2024 P012680071 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Uncoded	$188K $187,938
18	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WSAW - 2022/2023 P011504070 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: Belarusian Investigative Center z.s	$165K $165,417
19	(no title in the data) Z020716001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$150K $150,288
20	(no title in the data) GPSF-13-053 · 2013-14 Main recipient: Freedom and Democracy Foundation	$150K $150,000
21	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WSAW - 2021/2022 P010465071 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Fundacja Centrum Bialoruskiej	$143K $142,672
22	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WSAW - 2018/2019 P007592072 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: Vitali Silitski Charity	$129K $129,292
23	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$128K $127,922
24	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WSAW - 2020/2021 P009106072 · 2020-21 Main recipient: (not specified)	$127K $126,812
25	(no title in the data) D002609068 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: (not specified)	$126K $126,058