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Canada's aid to Central African Republic

$358,798,082 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 359 projects and 217 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$359M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$27.9M

2024-25

Projects

359

with money reported

Recipient organizations

217

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $352M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $4.4M in repayable loans and $1.9M already spent in Canada.

1,088

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

4,178

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

0.16

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

1,366

affordable homes built

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

15,837

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

16 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$4.2M
2006-07$4.9M
2007-08$5.2M
2008-09$3.1M
2009-10$3.2M
2010-11$4.6M
2011-12$2.0M
2012-13$6.6M
2013-14$23.6M
2014-15$21.8M
2015-16$14.1M
2016-17$23.6M
2017-18$22.1M
2018-19$35.6M
2019-20$27.0M
2020-21$36.3M
2021-22$34.2M
2022-23$32.6M
2023-24$26.2M
2024-25$27.9M

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$186M51.9%
Conflict, peace & security$53.0M14.8%
Health$43.0M12.0%
Government & civil society$10.0M2.8%
Multisector$8.7M2.4%
Population & reproductive health$8.6M2.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$7.2M2.0%
Unallocated$5.7M1.6%
Education$5.2M1.4%
Transport$4.8M1.3%
Other social services$4.7M1.3%
Environment$3.6M1.0%
Reconstruction & relief$2.7M0.8%
Budget support$2.5M0.7%
Energy$2.5M0.7%
9 others$10.1M2.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$325M90.7%
Finance Canada$32.4M9.0%
Quebec$376K0.1%
International Development Research Centre$265K0.1%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$117K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$108K0.0%
Correctional Service Canada$54K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$7K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$143M40.0%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$133M37.0%
Project-type interventions$52.9M14.7%
Not recorded$21.9M6.1%
Basket funds/pooled funding$5.0M1.4%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.9M0.5%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$875K0.2%
Canadian personnel$147K0.0%
Other technical assistance$24K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$75.9M21.2%
United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic$46.0M12.8%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$31.8M8.9%
International Development Association$25.4M7.1%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$25.1M7.0%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$21.1M5.9%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$13.8M3.8%
Médecins sans frontières/ Doctors without Borders$11.5M3.2%
African Development Bank Group$10.0M2.8%
Doctors Without Borders$6.9M1.9%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$5.8M1.6%
United Nations General Trust Fund$5.0M1.4%
Least Developed Countries Fund$4.5M1.2%
Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development$4.1M1.1%
Action Against Hunger (ACF) - France$4.1M1.1%
World Bank$3.4M0.9%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$3.3M0.9%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$3.2M0.9%
UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office$3.1M0.9%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$3.0M0.8%
IDA-CPL$3.0M0.8%
Concern Worldwide$3.0M0.8%
Action Against Hunger$2.7M0.7%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$2.4M0.7%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$2.3M0.6%
192 others$38.5M10.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) P005053006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic	$18.7M $18,744,833
2	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	$11.1M $11,083,328
3	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$8.9M $8,885,888
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	$6.9M $6,895,750
5	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	$6.0M $6,035,561
6	West and Central Africa Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2022-2023 P011392001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$5.7M $5,717,501
7	Emergency Food Assistance in Africa - World Food Programme 2016 P001623001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$5.4M $5,401,440
8	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) P005053005 · 2021-22 Main recipient: United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic	$5.4M $5,359,258
9	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) P005053004 · 2020-21 Main recipient: United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic	$5.1M $5,131,365
10	Enhanced Child Health Days P001152001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$5.0M $5,002,500
11	(no title in the data) GPSF-13-154 · 2013-14 Main recipient: United Nations General Trust Fund	$5.0M $5,000,000
12	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) P005053002 · 2018-19 Main recipient: United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic	$5.0M $4,969,468
13	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$4.9M $4,929,965
14	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.9M $4,918,443
15	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) P005053003 · 2019-20 Main recipient: United Nations MultidimentionalIntergrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic	$4.9M $4,907,817
16	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$4.6M $4,602,688
17	(no title in the data) D002134001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.5M $4,515,000
18	Multi-Country - Food Assistance and Humanitarian Air Services - World Food Programme 2018 P006124001 · 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.5M $4,499,996
19	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P010872001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Fund	$4.5M $4,464,286
20	Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2017 P002656001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.2M $4,199,985
21	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$4.1M $4,072,355
22	(no title in the data) D000431001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.0M $4,000,000
23	Multi-country - Emergency Health Assistance - Doctors Without Borders 2021-2023 P009731001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Doctors Without Borders	$4.0M $3,999,500
24	Emergency Country-Specific Funding - ICRC Appeals 2018 P005412001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$3.8M $3,799,996
25	(no title in the data) D003234001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$3.8M $3,753,000