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Canada's aid to Benin

$431,239,235 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 567 projects and 345 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$431M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$49.3M

2024-25

Projects

567

with money reported

Recipient organizations

345

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $423M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $6.3M in repayable loans and $2.4M already spent in Canada.

1,304

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

5,009

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

0.19

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

1,638

affordable homes built

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

18,988

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

20 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$14.9M
2006-07$10.8M
2007-08$10.2M
2008-09$7.1M
2009-10$4.9M
2010-11$8.2M
2011-12$5.9M
2012-13$6.2M
2013-14$5.6M
2014-15$6.7M
2015-16$7.8M
2016-17$26.0M
2017-18$34.0M
2018-19$33.8M
2019-20$32.4M
2020-21$38.2M
2021-22$41.1M
2022-23$46.7M
2023-24$41.5M
2024-25$49.3M

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$88.9M20.6%
Population & reproductive health$55.9M13.0%
Health$53.2M12.3%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$40.9M9.5%
Education$34.3M7.9%
Banking & finance$28.5M6.6%
Multisector$23.2M5.4%
Industry, mining & construction$16.2M3.8%
Energy$15.4M3.6%
Water & sanitation$13.4M3.1%
Other social services$11.5M2.7%
Environment$10.9M2.5%
Business$8.1M1.9%
Unallocated$5.0M1.2%
Budget support$4.9M1.1%
10 others$20.9M4.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$343M79.5%
Finance Canada$69.5M16.1%
International Development Research Centre$9.8M2.3%
Quebec$8.1M1.9%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$623K0.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$221K0.1%
Manitoba$1K0.0%
Transport Canada$5550.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$177M41.1%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$125M28.9%
Not recorded$52.2M12.1%
Canadian personnel$47.7M11.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$24.0M5.6%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.4M0.5%
Other technical assistance$1.8M0.4%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$915K0.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$53.9M12.5%
African Development Bank Group$27.2M6.3%
DID - Développement international Desjardins$23.9M5.5%
Oxfam-Québec$21.9M5.1%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$21.8M5.1%
CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development$15.7M3.6%
CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation$15.2M3.5%
Développement international Desjardins$12.8M3.0%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$11.7M2.7%
Cuso International$10.5M2.4%
UNICEF$10.1M2.3%
IDA-CPL$9.8M2.3%
Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie$9.7M2.3%
Consortium Cowater Sogema Inc ETSogema Technologies Inc.$9.4M2.2%
Plan International Canada$9.1M2.1%
Government of the Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs$9.0M2.1%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$9.0M2.1%
Doctors of the World Canada$6.2M1.4%
Right To Play International$6.1M1.4%
Jeunesse Canada Monde / Canada World Youth$6.0M1.4%
UPA DI - Union des producteurs agricoles - développement international$5.8M1.3%
Éducation International-Coopérative de Services de Développement et$5.4M1.3%
World Bank$5.3M1.2%
CARE Canada$4.8M1.1%
UPA Développement international$4.4M1.0%
320 others$107M24.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$18.7M $18,687,683
2	Support for the Development, Professionalization and Consolidation of Microfinance P001183001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: DID - Développement international Desjardins	$17.7M $17,664,361
3	Support to the Increase of Internal Revenues in Benin (PAARIB) P000203001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Consortium Cowater Sogema Inc ETSogema Technologies Inc.	$13.2M $13,236,428
4	(no title in the data) A033694001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Développement international Desjardins	$11.0M $11,040,968
5	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$10.7M $10,726,555
6	Accelerating the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence Against Girls and Adolescents in Benin P010520001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNICEF	$10.0M $10,000,000
7	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$9.8M $9,825,373
8	Support for Womens Entrepreneurship Within the Rice Sector P001261001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation	$9.8M $9,816,551
9	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$9.3M $9,328,818
10	Plan International Canada - Plan for Girls P002987001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Plan International Canada	$9.1M $9,072,818
11	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$8.9M $8,891,176
12	Promoting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Benin P002906001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Government of the Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs	$8.2M $8,250,000
13	Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Respect for the Rights of Adolescent Girls in Benin P003095001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development	$7.8M $7,825,508
14	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	$7.3M $7,335,891
15	Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health in Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali (PLURIELLES) P008380001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development	$6.9M $6,914,021
16	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$6.8M $6,837,777
17	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	$6.8M $6,791,245
18	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	$6.4M $6,350,183
19	Improving Adolescents and Youths Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (RESPECT) P008378001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Doctors of the World Canada	$6.2M $6,162,429
20	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$6.0M $5,985,365
21	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$6.0M $5,979,722
22	Support for the Structuring of a Profitable, Fair and Sustainable Family Agriculture P001286001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UPA DI - Union des producteurs agricoles - développement international	$5.7M $5,651,205
23	Centre for International Studies and Cooperation - Volunteer Cooperation 2020-2028 P007317001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation	$5.5M $5,464,697
24	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$5.4M $5,448,425
25	My training, My job, My future (3M) P009164001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Éducation International-Coopérative de Services de Développement et	$5.4M $5,440,185