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Canada's aid to Central Asia, regional

$29,490,257 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 61 projects and 38 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$29.5M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$8.7M

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $29.1M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $432K in repayable loans.

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

344

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

113

affordable homes built

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

1,306

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

1.4 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–
2006-07–
2007-08–
2008-09–
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17$216K
2017-18$268K
2018-19$144K
2019-20$279K
2020-21$2.7M
2021-22$4.3M
2022-23$8.6M
2023-24$4.3M
2024-25$8.7M

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$18.2M61.8%
Health$5.2M17.6%
Multisector$1.9M6.3%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$1.5M5.0%
Environment$911K3.1%
Conflict, peace & security$585K2.0%
Water & sanitation$471K1.6%
Energy$235K0.8%
Other social services$128K0.4%
Banking & finance$126K0.4%
Emergency response$107K0.4%
Education$55K0.2%
Transport$45K0.2%
Industry, mining & construction$39K0.1%
Trade & tourism$18K0.1%
4 others$25K0.1%

By department

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$17.5M59.3%
Global Affairs Canada$9.8M33.4%
International Development Research Centre$1.4M4.8%
Finance Canada$733K2.5%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$12.2M41.5%
Project-type interventions$12.2M41.3%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$4.6M15.6%
Other technical assistance$356K1.2%
Not recorded$86K0.3%
Canadian personnel$23K0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Labour Organization (ILO)$7.0M23.7%
International Organization for Migration (IOM)$7.0M23.7%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$5.0M17.0%
International Organization for Migration$3.5M11.9%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.8M6.1%
Green Climate Fund$1.3M4.3%
International Development Association$585K2.0%
Geneva Centre for the DemocraticControl of the Armed Forces$465K1.6%
University of Gothenburg$426K1.4%
International Development Research Centre$356K1.2%
Asian Development Bank$303K1.0%
East-West Management Institute, Inc.$272K0.9%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$200K0.7%
GEF$132K0.4%
The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford$120K0.4%
UN Women$118K0.4%
IDA-CPL$108K0.4%
Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc$99K0.3%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$92K0.3%
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS$75K0.3%
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada$65K0.2%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$59K0.2%
ILO - International Labour Organization$55K0.2%
UNODA-United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs$54K0.2%
Results for Development Institute, Inc.$46K0.2%
13 others$274K0.9%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Improving migration governance and access to services for displaced Afghans in Pakistan and Central Asia OGDIRCC-D258772003 · 2024-25 Main recipient: International Organization for Migration (IOM)	$7.0M $7,000,000
2	Comprehensive Action Plan for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries OGDD238772006 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Labour Organization (ILO)	$7.0M $7,000,000
3	Improving migration governance and access to services for displaced Afghans in Pakistan and Central Asia/ OGDIRCD248772008 · 2023-24 Main recipient: International Organization for Migration	$3.5M $3,500,000
4	COVID-19 Response Mechanism P005247002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$2.6M $2,600,000
5	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - COVID-19 Response Phase II P010788001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$2.4M $2,400,000
6	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$1.5M $1,508,432
7	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.1M $1,075,304
8	Transforming Women's Peacekeeping at Home and in Mission P012535001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Geneva Centre for the DemocraticControl of the Armed Forces	$465K $465,088
9	Supporting low-carbon transition and gender equity in the Global OGD109759 · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: University of Gothenburg	$367K $366,658
10	Exploring food loss and waste, agroecology and digital services as entry points to transform food systems / Explorer les pertes et le gaspillage alimentaires, lagroécologie et les services numériques pour transformer les systèmes alimentaires OGD110406-001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$353K $352,803
11	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$302K $301,942
12	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$251K $251,288
13	Harnessing data for democratic development in South and Southeast Asia / Exploiter les données pour le développement de la démocratie en Asie du Sud et du Sud-Est OGD110065-001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: East-West Management Institute, Inc.	$202K $201,648
14	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176003 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$200K $200,480
15	Promoting the equal representation of women in nuclear security - Phase II P014493001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund	$200K $200,000
16	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$174K $173,595
17	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$138K $137,888
18	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: GEF	$132K $132,277
19	UN Women - Institutional Support 2022-2025 P011293001 · 2022-23 Main recipient: UN Women	$118K $118,336
20	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$111K $110,588
21	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$108K $107,731
22	Enhancing the impact of artificial intelligence for global health through knowledge sharing and translation OGD109950-001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford	$103K $102,876
23	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$102K $102,024
24	Support for NTI's 2018 Workshop on Strengthening the Security of Radioactive Sources in Central Asia P005677001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc	$99K $98,896
25	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$89K $89,212