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Canada's aid to Commonwealth (institution)

$75,222,786 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 14 projects and 7 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years
$75.2M
2005-06 to 2024-25
Latest year
$0
2024-25
Projects
14
with money reported
Recipient organizations
7
all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $65.2M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $10.0M already spent in Canada.

201
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
773
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
0.03
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
253
affordable homes built
Rapid Housing Initiative: $4 billion for more than 15,500 permanent affordable homes, about $258,000 each. CMHC, Rapid Housing Initiative
2,930
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
3.0 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

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.

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By department

By aid type

Top 25 recipient organizations

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount
#ProjectAmount
1
(no title in the data)
M013355001 ↗ · 2010-11
Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
$13.0M
$13,000,000
2
(no title in the data)
M013275001 · 2009-10
Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
$13.0M
$13,000,000
3
(no title in the data)
M013774001 ↗ · 2012-13
Main recipient: Commonwealth Secretariat
$10.0M
$10,000,000
4
(no title in the data)
M013783001 ↗ · 2012-13
Main recipient: Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust
$10.0M
$10,000,000
5
(no title in the data)
D000143001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15
Main recipient: COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA
$10.0M
$10,000,000
6
(no title in the data)
D000910001 · 2014-15 to 2015-16
Main recipient: Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation
$3.5M
$3,500,000
7
(no title in the data)
M012930001 · 2008-09
Main recipient: COL - Commonwealth of Learning
$2.6M
$2,600,000
8
(no title in the data)
M010797004 · 2006-07
Main recipient: COL - Commonwealth of Learning
$2.6M
$2,600,000
9
(no title in the data)
M013276001 · 2009-10
Main recipient: COL - Commonwealth of Learning
$2.6M
$2,600,000
10
(no title in the data)
M013276002 ↗ · 2010-11
Main recipient: COL - Commonwealth of Learning
$2.6M
$2,600,000
11
(no title in the data)
M013276003 ↗ · 2011-12
Main recipient: COL - Commonwealth of Learning
$2.6M
$2,600,000
12
(no title in the data)
M010797005 · 2007-08
Main recipient: COL - Commonwealth of Learning
$2.6M
$2,600,000
13
(no title in the data)
M012387001 · 2006-07 to 2007-08
Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation
$100K
$100,000
14
(no title in the data)
M013344001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16
Main recipient: (not specified)
$23K
$22,786