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Canada's aid to Brunei

$1,206,321 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 8 projects and 7 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.2M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$312K

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $704K given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $503K in repayable loans.

2.2

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

8.3

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

2.7

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

0.03 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$373K
2006-07–
2007-08$296K
2008-09–
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15$34K
2015-16–
2016-17–
2017-18–
2018-19–
2019-20–
2020-21–
2021-22–
2022-23–
2023-24$191K
2024-25$312K

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

Conflict, peace & security$500K41.4%
Government & civil society$358K29.7%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$136K11.3%
Trade & tourism$119K9.8%
Banking & finance$59K4.9%
Multisector$34K2.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.2M100.0%

By aid type

Not recorded$669K55.5%
Project-type interventions$537K44.5%

Top 25 recipient organizations

CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$593K49.1%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$350K29.0%
International Federationof Biosafety Associations (IFBA)$138K11.5%
CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research$62K5.1%
(not specified)$34K2.8%
GLOBAL FORUM ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SECRETARIAT$15K1.2%
U.S. Civilian Researchand Development Foundation$14K1.2%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Nuclear Regulatory Infrastructure Development Program in the Indo-Pacific Region P013837001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund	$350K $350,265
2	(no title in the data) M012646001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$296K $296,400
3	(no title in the data) M010939005 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$296K $296,400
4	Establishment of a national biosafety and biosecurity framework for Brunei Darussalam P013670001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Federationof Biosafety Associations (IFBA)	$138K $138,154
5	(no title in the data) M011561004 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research	$62K $61,500
6	(no title in the data) D001919044 · 2014-15 Main recipient: (not specified)	$34K $34,376
7	(no title in the data) M011672001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: GLOBAL FORUM ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SECRETARIAT	$15K $15,000
8	Further capacity-building to counter North Korean sanctions evasion P015253001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: U.S. Civilian Researchand Development Foundation	$14K $14,226