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Canada's aid to Botswana

$25,867,720 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 202 projects and 169 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$25.9M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$527K

2024-25

Projects

202

with money reported

Recipient organizations

169

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $25.4M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $296K in repayable loans and $174K 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

301

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

1,141

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

1.2 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$2.0M
2006-07$1.9M
2007-08$1.5M
2008-09$1.5M
2009-10$1.4M
2010-11$1.1M
2011-12$1.1M
2012-13$867K
2013-14$917K
2014-15$687K
2015-16$139K
2016-17$1.4M
2017-18$1.6M
2018-19$2.7M
2019-20$1.3M
2020-21$1.3M
2021-22$1.4M
2022-23$1.3M
2023-24$1.4M
2024-25$527K

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

Health$4.7M18.3%
Government & civil society$4.3M16.8%
Population & reproductive health$4.0M15.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.6M10.2%
Multisector$2.4M9.1%
Environment$1.3M5.0%
Education$1.2M4.7%
Unallocated$800K3.1%
Industry, mining & construction$782K3.0%
Other social services$660K2.6%
Emergency response$578K2.2%
Trade & tourism$578K2.2%
Water & sanitation$535K2.1%
Transport$305K1.2%
Banking & finance$299K1.2%
8 others$761K2.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$23.6M91.3%
International Development Research Centre$1.6M6.3%
Finance Canada$457K1.8%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$100K0.4%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency$32K0.1%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$20K0.1%
Statistics Canada$7K0.0%
Public Service Commission of Canada$4000.0%
Canadian Space Agency$2950.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$9.3M35.9%
Not recorded$8.3M31.9%
Canadian personnel$4.0M15.5%
Project-type interventions$3.7M14.3%
Other technical assistance$353K1.4%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$174K0.7%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$110K0.4%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Consortium WUSC-CECI$8.4M32.6%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$4.2M16.4%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.7M6.5%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M4.5%
CIET TRUST (BOTSWANA)$1.1M4.1%
Green Climate Fund$886K3.4%
Commonwealth Games Association of Canada$565K2.2%
St. Francis Xavier University - Coady International Institute$542K2.1%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$523K2.0%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$457K1.8%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$429K1.7%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$417K1.6%
Grand Challenges Canada$353K1.4%
(not specified)$324K1.3%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$320K1.2%
Uncoded$302K1.2%
International Atomic Energy Agency$270K1.0%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$197K0.8%
Mennonite Central Committee Canada$186K0.7%
York University$175K0.7%
GEF$173K0.7%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$166K0.6%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$166K0.6%
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions$159K0.6%
WHO - World Health Organization$151K0.6%
144 others$2.5M9.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) S064494PRG ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Consortium WUSC-CECI	$4.6M $4,579,632
2	(no title in the data) S062445PRG · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Consortium WUSC-CECI	$3.7M $3,731,315
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	$2.2M $2,242,100
4	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	$1.5M $1,508,405
5	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$725K $725,376
6	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$546K $546,010
7	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$541K $540,781
8	Reducing HIV Risk in Botswana: A National Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial OGD107531 · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: CIET TRUST (BOTSWANA)	$539K $538,535
9	Reducing HIV Risk in Botswana: A National Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial 107531 · 2016-17 Main recipient: CIET TRUST (BOTSWANA)	$534K $534,115
10	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$495K $494,598
11	(no title in the data) S063362PRG · 2006-07 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Commonwealth Games Association of Canada	$382K $381,876
12	Innovation Platform for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health P001010001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$356K $356,096
13	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$355K $355,380
14	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$351K $350,736
15	(no title in the data) M012646001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$296K $296,400
16	(no title in the data) M010939005 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$296K $296,400
17	(no title in the data) M013000001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$289K $288,600
18	(no title in the data) M010939006 · 2006-07 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$277K $276,900
19	(no title in the data) A021810005 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$234K $234,157
20	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$225K $224,512
21	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - HRARE - 2023 to 2024 P012680035 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Uncoded	$213K $213,160
22	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - HRARE - Crisis Pool - 2020/2021 P009106088 · 2020-21 Main recipient: HUMAN SETTLEMENTS DEVELOP. WORKSHOP	$200K $199,634
23	(no title in the data) S062018PRG · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: Mennonite Central Committee Canada	$186K $186,220
24	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - HRARE - 2024 to 2025 P014221035 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: (not specified)	$177K $176,647
25	(no title in the data) S063403PRG · 2007-08 to 2013-14 Main recipient: St. Francis Xavier University - Coady International Institute	$175K $174,989