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Canada's aid to Chad

$380,930,970 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 397 projects and 250 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$381M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$43.6M

2024-25

Projects

397

with money reported

Recipient organizations

250

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $376M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $3.1M in repayable loans and $1.9M already spent in Canada.

1,160

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

4,456

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

0.17

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

1,457

affordable homes built

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

16,891

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$9.1M
2006-07$12.3M
2007-08$6.1M
2008-09$6.7M
2009-10$15.4M
2010-11$9.2M
2011-12$14.2M
2012-13$18.1M
2013-14$12.1M
2014-15$6.0M
2015-16$5.2M
2016-17$17.6M
2017-18$29.3M
2018-19$22.6M
2019-20$23.4M
2020-21$36.8M
2021-22$19.7M
2022-23$36.0M
2023-24$37.5M
2024-25$43.6M

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

Emergency response$210M55.1%
Health$55.8M14.7%
Government & civil society$22.5M5.9%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$19.4M5.1%
Population & reproductive health$14.2M3.7%
Environment$12.8M3.4%
Multisector$8.2M2.2%
Education$7.4M1.9%
Other social services$6.7M1.8%
Water & sanitation$4.3M1.1%
Communications$2.9M0.7%
Transport$2.8M0.7%
Industry, mining & construction$2.7M0.7%
Budget support$2.1M0.6%
Conflict, peace & security$1.8M0.5%
10 others$7.4M1.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$342M89.8%
Finance Canada$37.6M9.9%
International Development Research Centre$816K0.2%
Quebec$349K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$102K0.0%
Manitoba$25K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$5600.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$158M41.5%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$111M29.1%
Project-type interventions$56.5M14.8%
Not recorded$50.9M13.4%
Basket funds/pooled funding$2.5M0.7%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.9M0.5%
Other technical assistance$59K0.0%
Canadian personnel$57K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$107M28.1%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$35.1M9.2%
International Development Association$31.7M8.3%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$28.1M7.4%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$25.0M6.6%
African Development Bank Group$17.7M4.7%
DID - Développement international Desjardins$9.1M2.4%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$8.9M2.3%
CARE Canada$8.5M2.2%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$8.1M2.1%
Oxfam-Québec$8.0M2.1%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$7.6M2.0%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$6.9M1.8%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$5.5M1.4%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$5.3M1.4%
Médecins sans frontières/ Doctors without Borders$4.6M1.2%
Doctors Without Borders$4.5M1.2%
International Rescue Committee$3.9M1.0%
Alinea International Ltd$3.8M1.0%
CLWR - Canadian Lutheran World Relief$3.2M0.8%
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development$3.1M0.8%
World Bank$3.0M0.8%
IDA-CPL$2.7M0.7%
ICRC Appeals via CRCS$2.6M0.7%
Action Against Hunger$2.5M0.6%
225 others$34.7M9.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	School Feeding Platform: Breaking Barriers to Girls' Education P007681001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$17.6M $17,565,000
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$12.0M $11,979,095
3	(no title in the data) M013638001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$9.0M $9,001,600
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	$8.7M $8,653,326
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	$7.9M $7,945,819
6	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.6M $7,575,813
7	Climate Change Adaptation for Women in Protected Areas of Congo and Chad P011753001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: DID - Développement international Desjardins	$7.0M $7,033,500
8	West and Central Africa Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2022-2023 P011392001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$6.8M $6,756,268
9	(no title in the data) M013180001 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$6.5M $6,500,000
10	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	$5.9M $5,884,174
11	(no title in the data) M012508001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$5.5M $5,500,000
12	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$5.5M $5,484,867
13	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$5.4M $5,435,679
14	Enhanced Child Health Days P001152001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$5.0M $5,002,500
15	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$4.9M $4,877,643
16	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$4.4M $4,402,956
17	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance World Food Programme 2018 P005404001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.1M $4,099,997
18	Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2017 P002656001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.0M $4,000,007
19	Twelfth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2022-2024 P009571001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$3.8M $3,787,552
20	Gender-transformative conservation of the Lake Chad Basin P011862001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$3.8M $3,753,191
21	Multi-Country - Food Assistance and Humanitarian Air Services - World Food Programme 2018 P006124001 · 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.7M $3,699,996
22	(no title in the data) M013824001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.5M $3,500,880
23	UNHCR Multi-Country CAP 2024-2025 P013971001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$3.5M $3,500,320
24	(no title in the data) D000626001 ↗ · 2013-14 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.5M $3,498,000
25	United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund COVAX Delivery Grant P011763001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$3.4M $3,400,000