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Canada's aid to Burkina Faso

$1,002,943,041 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 857 projects and 479 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.00B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$80.2M

2024-25

Projects

857

with money reported

Recipient organizations

479

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $984M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $16.7M in repayable loans and $2.6M already spent in Canada.

3,036

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

11,658

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

0.45

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

3,812

affordable homes built

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

44,195

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

46 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$29.0M
2006-07$27.4M
2007-08$28.9M
2008-09$21.8M
2009-10$26.1M
2010-11$27.4M
2011-12$27.3M
2012-13$33.4M
2013-14$36.8M
2014-15$22.9M
2015-16$27.3M
2016-17$55.1M
2017-18$63.4M
2018-19$76.2M
2019-20$63.1M
2020-21$85.3M
2021-22$93.8M
2022-23$105M
2023-24$72.6M
2024-25$80.2M

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

Education$225M22.5%
Health$156M15.5%
Government & civil society$113M11.2%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$102M10.2%
Population & reproductive health$90.4M9.0%
Emergency response$81.5M8.1%
Energy$33.7M3.4%
Water & sanitation$29.9M3.0%
Industry, mining & construction$25.4M2.5%
Multisector$24.2M2.4%
Other social services$19.8M2.0%
Environment$17.9M1.8%
Conflict, peace & security$17.9M1.8%
Banking & finance$12.4M1.2%
Transport$10.8M1.1%
10 others$43.7M4.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$859M85.7%
Finance Canada$113M11.3%
International Development Research Centre$13.6M1.4%
Quebec$9.8M1.0%
Public Health Agency of Canada$5.8M0.6%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$625K0.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$309K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$117K0.0%
Alberta$33K0.0%
Correctional Service Canada$15K0.0%
Transport Canada$5550.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$323M32.2%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$210M20.9%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$144M14.4%
Not recorded$141M14.1%
Basket funds/pooled funding$93.6M9.3%
Canadian personnel$66.6M6.6%
Sector budget support$17.5M1.7%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.6M0.3%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$2.6M0.3%
Other technical assistance$2.4M0.2%
Development awareness$20K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$96.2M9.6%
Gouvernement du Burkina Faso Ministère de l'Économie et des$90.8M9.1%
International Development Association$90.5M9.0%
Government of Burkina Faso - Ministry of Economy and Finance$55.0M5.5%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$44.9M4.5%
Cowater International Inc.$39.4M3.9%
African Development Bank Group$35.8M3.6%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$24.3M2.4%
Oxfam-Québec$23.7M2.4%
Doctors of the World Canada$20.3M2.0%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$19.4M1.9%
Consortium WUSC-CECI$18.0M1.8%
Plan International Canada$15.7M1.6%
WUSC - World University Service of Canada$15.4M1.5%
IDA-CPL$14.7M1.5%
Développement international Desjardins$13.7M1.4%
Save the Children Canada$11.8M1.2%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$11.7M1.2%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$10.0M1.0%
HKI - Helen Keller International$9.9M1.0%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$9.8M1.0%
Alinea International Ltd$8.8M0.9%
TECSULT INTERNATIONAL LIMITÉE & UPA DÉVELOPPEMENT INTERNATIONAL$8.4M0.8%
MI - Micronutrient Initiative$8.3M0.8%
CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation$8.2M0.8%
454 others$298M29.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A034233001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Gouvernement du Burkina Faso Ministère de l'Économie et des	$48.6M $48,569,943
2	Support for Burkina Faso's Basic Education Strategic Development Program P000527001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Government of Burkina Faso - Ministry of Economy and Finance	$47.5M $47,500,000
3	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$26.6M $26,589,632
4	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$25.7M $25,719,873
5	(no title in the data) A032747001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Gouvernement du Burkina Faso Ministère de l'Économie et des	$24.6M $24,611,100
6	Strengthening School Canteens in Burkina Faso P011599001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$19.0M $19,000,000
7	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$17.4M $17,369,845
8	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	$17.3M $17,297,169
9	Sustainable Energy and Economic Growth in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region P001675001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.	$16.9M $16,875,244
10	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$16.2M $16,152,210
11	Building resilience of vulnerable people in Burkina Faso's P010488001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$16.0M $16,000,000
12	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	$14.7M $14,737,306
13	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$14.7M $14,704,855
14	Strengthening Girls Rights to Complete their Education Safely and On-Time P006890001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Plan International Canada	$14.3M $14,300,000
15	Access to health rights Northern Burkina Faso P008979001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Doctors of the World Canada	$12.1M $12,067,843
16	(no title in the data) A030742001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Gouvernement du Burkina Faso Ministère de l'Économie et des	$10.7M $10,739,217
17	Water and Economic Growth in the Sahel Region of Burkina Faso P000894001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.	$10.6M $10,570,281
18	(no title in the data) S064494PRG ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Consortium WUSC-CECI	$10.6M $10,562,701
19	Global Financing Facility: Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights P003062001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$10.0M $10,000,000
20	(no title in the data) D000954001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: Gouvernement du Burkina Faso Ministère de l'Économie et des	$10.0M $10,000,000
21	(no title in the data) D000338001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$10.0M $10,000,000
22	Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Nutrition for Adolescent Girls P002795001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: HKI - Helen Keller International	$9.9M $9,860,000
23	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	$9.8M $9,844,641
24	(no title in the data) A032501001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2013-14 Main recipient: TECSULT INTERNATIONAL LIMITÉE & UPA DÉVELOPPEMENT INTERNATIONAL	$8.9M $8,936,189
25	Mother and Child Health Enhancement Program - Phase 2 (PASME 2) P001051001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WUSC - World University Service of Canada	$8.4M $8,430,915