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Canada's aid to Cabo Verde

$26,694,578 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 153 projects and 123 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$26.7M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$1.6M

2024-25

Projects

153

with money reported

Recipient organizations

123

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $24.0M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.2M in repayable loans and $1.5M 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

285

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

1,080

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

1.1 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$1.7M
2006-07$1.3M
2007-08$1.1M
2008-09$395K
2009-10$196K
2010-11$103K
2011-12$94K
2012-13$2.0M
2013-14–
2014-15$75K
2015-16$246K
2016-17$583K
2017-18$770K
2018-19$1.2M
2019-20$2.5M
2020-21$2.2M
2021-22$3.8M
2022-23$4.2M
2023-24$2.7M
2024-25$1.6M

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$3.5M13.3%
Environment$3.0M11.2%
Multisector$2.8M10.6%
Education$2.8M10.4%
Health$2.0M7.6%
Other social services$2.0M7.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$1.7M6.2%
Transport$1.4M5.3%
Energy$1.2M4.4%
Trade & tourism$1.0M3.8%
Banking & finance$895K3.4%
Disaster prevention$868K3.3%
Business$746K2.8%
Water & sanitation$654K2.5%
Communications$612K2.3%
9 others$1.5M5.6%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$14.6M54.8%
Finance Canada$11.7M43.8%
International Development Research Centre$373K1.4%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$6K0.0%
Quebec$5K0.0%
New Brunswick$3K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$15.7M58.9%
Not recorded$5.9M22.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$2.0M7.4%
Project-type interventions$1.6M6.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.5M5.4%
Other technical assistance$6K0.0%
Canadian personnel$4K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$8.8M33.1%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$2.7M10.3%
IDA-CPL$2.1M7.9%
African Development Bank Group$2.1M7.7%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.7M6.3%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$1.2M4.6%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$1.1M4.1%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$786K2.9%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$757K2.8%
Universities Canada$460K1.7%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$403K1.5%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$331K1.2%
OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie$331K1.2%
International Monetary Fund - Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust$268K1.0%
ECOWAS - Economic Community of West Africa States$267K1.0%
Canadian Bureau for International Education$209K0.8%
PWGSC-Consulting & Audit Canada$198K0.7%
Uncoded$195K0.7%
ILO - International Labour Organization$158K0.6%
CÉGEP SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU$153K0.6%
(not specified)$152K0.6%
CONFEJES - Conférence des Ministres de la Jeunesse et des Sports$138K0.5%
Conseil ouest et centre africain pour la recherche et le développement agricoles/West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development$135K0.5%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$133K0.5%
GEF$116K0.4%
98 others$1.7M6.5%

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	$3.3M $3,282,613
2	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.6M $2,557,639
3	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$2.1M $2,102,316
4	(no title in the data) M013903001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$2.0M $1,980,000
5	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.9M $1,892,418
6	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.6M $1,601,163
7	Francophonie scholarships 2014-2019 P000647001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education	$1.0M $1,031,883
8	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$998K $998,129
9	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$723K $722,897
10	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$689K $689,340
11	(no title in the data) S063007001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Universities Canada	$462K $462,324
12	Twelfth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2022-2024 P009571001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$454K $453,738
13	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	$420K $419,862
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	$406K $406,154
15	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$342K $341,721
16	(no title in the data) A031988003 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: ECOWAS - Economic Community of West Africa States	$268K $268,188
17	PRGT Reserve account OGDFinance-2023-4 · 2023-24 Main recipient: International Monetary Fund - Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust	$268K $267,855
18	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	$259K $258,789
19	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2022 P011991001 · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$235K $234,567
20	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - DAKAR - Crisis Pool - 2020/2021 P009106085 · 2020-21 Main recipient: OIM - Organisation Internationale	$230K $229,693
21	Tenth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2016-2018 P000744001 · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$225K $224,991
22	(no title in the data) D000452001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: Canadian Bureau for International Education	$209K $209,331
23	Francophonie scholarships 2020-2025 P008649001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education	$208K $207,763
24	International Development Association-Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative OGD2020080012 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative	$201K $200,848
25	(no title in the data) A032653001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie	$192K $192,000