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Canada's aid to Central America, regional

$495,870,298 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 310 projects and 215 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$496M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$95.9M

2024-25

Projects

310

with money reported

Recipient organizations

215

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $394M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $98.8M in repayable loans and $2.9M already spent in Canada.

1,217

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

4,671

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

1,527

affordable homes built

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

17,710

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$3.2M
2006-07$3.9M
2007-08$1.9M
2008-09$4.9M
2009-10$2.7M
2010-11$1.6M
2011-12$65.2M
2012-13$17.1M
2013-14$5.5M
2014-15$1.4M
2015-16$553K
2016-17$7.9M
2017-18$13.7M
2018-19$25.1M
2019-20$33.2M
2020-21$97.7M
2021-22$16.1M
2022-23$29.5M
2023-24$68.9M
2024-25$95.9M

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

Energy$176M35.5%
Environment$75.6M15.3%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$75.5M15.2%
Health$39.2M7.9%
Government & civil society$26.0M5.2%
Multisector$20.9M4.2%
Emergency response$16.6M3.3%
Conflict, peace & security$11.6M2.3%
Water & sanitation$11.4M2.3%
Education$8.0M1.6%
Banking & finance$7.3M1.5%
Transport$7.0M1.4%
Industry, mining & construction$4.7M1.0%
Population & reproductive health$4.2M0.8%
Business$3.6M0.7%
7 others$8.2M1.6%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$469M94.6%
International Development Research Centre$14.4M2.9%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$10.8M2.2%
National Defence$702K0.1%
Natural Resources Canada$316K0.1%
Finance Canada$286K0.1%
Quebec$138K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$57K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$3K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$362M73.0%
Project-type interventions$85.8M17.3%
Not recorded$16.7M3.4%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$13.1M2.6%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$10.1M2.0%
Other technical assistance$4.1M0.8%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.9M0.6%
Canadian personnel$1.2M0.2%
Basket funds/pooled funding$104K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Inter-American Development Bank$273M55.1%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$58.1M11.7%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$25.3M5.1%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$10.3M2.1%
Grand Challenges Canada$9.7M1.9%
Classified$8.3M1.7%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$7.9M1.6%
WFP - World Food Programme$7.1M1.4%
Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical$6.2M1.3%
responsAbility CSAFS Fund$4.7M1.0%
Aequitas-D GP IncDesjardins$4.6M0.9%
ParlAmericas - Parliamentarians for the Americas$3.5M0.7%
World Bank$3.3M0.7%
International Organization for Migration$3.0M0.6%
OAS - Organization of American States$3.0M0.6%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$2.8M0.6%
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)$2.4M0.5%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.4M0.5%
International Labour Organization (ILO)$2.4M0.5%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$2.0M0.4%
Inter-American Investment Corporation$2.0M0.4%
International Organization for Migration (IOM)$1.9M0.4%
Fundación Avina$1.8M0.4%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$1.7M0.4%
MSLF2 - SLF2 Main Fund$1.6M0.3%
190 others$46.6M9.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Canadian climate resilience accelerator for Latin America and the Caribbean P012183001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$123M $123,000,000
2	(no title in the data) M013705001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$80.0M $80,000,000
3	Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in the Americas II P002486001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$53.1M $53,135,000
4	Additional Support to IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$28.5M $28,500,000
5	IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$22.5M $22,500,000
6	Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics for Populations in Situations of Vulnerability in the A P010068001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$20.0M $20,000,000
7	Climate Smart Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean P001555001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$12.7M $12,650,000
8	Health Innovation Platform P008037001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$9.3M $9,308,379
9	Land Degradation Neutrality Fund P007844001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Classified	$8.0M $7,959,060
10	Climate Support to IFAD P011187001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$7.0M $7,000,000
11	(no title in the data) A032413001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical	$6.2M $6,230,000
12	Improving Manufacturing Capacities for Vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean P011815001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$5.0M $4,950,000
13	Aequitas Impact Investment Fund P012020001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Aequitas-D GP IncDesjardins	$4.6M $4,580,000
14	(no title in the data) A031129001 · 2005-06 to 2011-12 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$4.5M $4,486,780
15	Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Systems Fund P011044001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: responsAbility CSAFS Fund	$4.2M $4,220,000
16	Nourishing resilience in Central America P014340001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.0M $4,000,000
17	Ninth Replenishment - Special Development Fund - Caribbean Development Bank P002152001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$3.4M $3,377,511
18	UNHCR - Global - 2025 P015654001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$3.0M $3,000,450
19	Technical cooperation fund for the Canadian climate resilience accelerator P012183002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$3.0M $3,000,000
20	Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) 2017-2018 P005065011 · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education	$2.8M $2,799,033
21	Central America - Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers UNHCR 2016 P002008001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$2.6M $2,600,000
22	Strengthening Government Capacities on Migration Management and Supporting the Regularization of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants (VRM) in the LAC region OGDD228778010 · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Organization for Migration	$2.5M $2,509,000
23	Strengthening asylum capacity in Central America OGDD228778009 · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	$2.4M $2,441,080
24	The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Global Multi-Country CAP 2022 to 2023 P011382001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$2.3M $2,302,260
25	(no title in the data) A034045001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$2.1M $2,126,670