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Canada's aid to Cameroon

$395,362,259 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 582 projects and 414 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$395M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$29.9M

2024-25

Projects

582

with money reported

Recipient organizations

414

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $384M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $9.5M in repayable loans and $2.3M already spent in Canada.

1,184

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

4,547

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

0.18

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

1,487

affordable homes built

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

17,236

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

18 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$11.9M
2007-08$15.3M
2008-09$8.2M
2009-10$8.5M
2010-11$11.0M
2011-12$4.5M
2012-13$5.9M
2013-14$2.7M
2014-15$5.4M
2015-16$7.9M
2016-17$18.7M
2017-18$28.4M
2018-19$35.7M
2019-20$35.7M
2020-21$33.6M
2021-22$35.4M
2022-23$50.9M
2023-24$30.9M
2024-25$29.9M

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

Emergency response$72.9M18.4%
Health$58.7M14.9%
Population & reproductive health$49.6M12.5%
Government & civil society$47.9M12.1%
Education$34.0M8.6%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$21.5M5.4%
Transport$15.5M3.9%
Multisector$14.2M3.6%
Energy$13.4M3.4%
Other social services$13.0M3.3%
Environment$12.8M3.2%
Water & sanitation$9.6M2.4%
Conflict, peace & security$7.8M2.0%
Industry, mining & construction$4.5M1.1%
Banking & finance$4.2M1.1%
10 others$15.8M4.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$331M83.6%
Finance Canada$58.4M14.8%
International Development Research Centre$4.8M1.2%
Quebec$1.4M0.4%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$125K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$95K0.0%
Manitoba$25K0.0%
Transport Canada$15K0.0%
Statistics Canada$7K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$5K0.0%
Alberta$4K0.0%
Natural Resources Canada$1K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$156M39.5%
Project-type interventions$80.7M20.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$65.2M16.5%
Not recorded$63.7M16.1%
Canadian personnel$21.2M5.4%
Basket funds/pooled funding$3.0M0.8%
Other technical assistance$3.0M0.8%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.3M0.6%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$54.1M13.7%
International Development Association$43.9M11.1%
African Development Bank Group$26.3M6.7%
WFP - World Food Programme$21.7M5.5%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$21.1M5.3%
Cuso International$16.8M4.3%
Plan International Canada$13.9M3.5%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$12.6M3.2%
Ministère des Fôrets et de la Faune$10.0M2.5%
CARE Canada$9.6M2.4%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$9.3M2.3%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$8.6M2.2%
IDA-CPL$8.5M2.2%
L'Oeuvre Léger$7.7M1.9%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$6.6M1.7%
LearnSphere CANADA SavoirSphère CANADA$6.2M1.6%
World Bank$5.6M1.4%
Cowater International Inc.$4.5M1.1%
WHO - World Health Organization$4.5M1.1%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$4.3M1.1%
Africa Future Canada$4.0M1.0%
Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie$4.0M1.0%
CLWR - Canadian Lutheran World Relief$3.3M0.8%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$3.3M0.8%
Canadian Executive Service Organization$3.0M0.8%
389 others$82.0M20.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	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	$18.7M $18,747,311
2	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	$18.2M $18,241,116
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	$15.0M $14,956,475
4	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$10.2M $10,154,877
5	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$10.0M $10,048,390
6	(no title in the data) A031537005 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Ministère des Fôrets et de la Faune	$10.0M $10,000,000
7	Equitable Access to Inclusive Education in Crisis-Affected Regions of Cameroon P007015001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$10.0M $10,000,000
8	Plan International Canada - Plan for Girls P002987001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Plan International Canada	$9.1M $9,072,818
9	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$8.5M $8,508,721
10	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.7M $7,701,740
11	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.4M $7,363,398
12	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$7.1M $7,115,732
13	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$6.2M $6,210,342
14	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$5.9M $5,906,941
15	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$5.6M $5,603,579
16	(no title in the data) S064671PRG ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Cuso International	$5.6M $5,553,030
17	Enhanced Child Health Days P001152001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$5.0M $5,002,500
18	(no title in the data) A033067001 · 2006-07 to 2012-13 Main recipient: LearnSphere CANADA SavoirSphère CANADA	$4.6M $4,596,362
19	(no title in the data) A031934002 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2009-10 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$4.4M $4,416,166
20	Enhancing Oversight of the Extractives Industry in Francophone Africa P000889001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.	$4.4M $4,372,557
21	COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery and Health System Strengthening in Africa P011860002 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$4.3M $4,320,000
22	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$4.3M $4,277,098
23	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$4.2M $4,198,232
24	Fondation Paul-Gérin-Lajoie (consortium) - Volunteer Cooperation 2020-2027 P007316001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie	$4.0M $3,958,096
25	Cuso International - Volunteer Cooperation 2015-2020 P000809001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Cuso International	$3.7M $3,741,867