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Canada's aid to Comoros

$36,022,264 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 146 projects and 114 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$36.0M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$4.2M

2024-25

Projects

146

with money reported

Recipient organizations

114

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $34.0M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $515K in repayable loans and $1.5M already spent in Canada.

105

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

403

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

0.02

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

132

affordable homes built

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

1,527

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

1.6 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$900K
2006-07$1.1M
2007-08$838K
2008-09$235K
2009-10$24K
2010-11$90K
2011-12$458
2012-13$48
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16$210K
2016-17$1.5M
2017-18$1.9M
2018-19$2.4M
2019-20$2.4M
2020-21$3.4M
2021-22$4.7M
2022-23$6.3M
2023-24$5.8M
2024-25$4.2M

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

Transport$6.0M16.7%
Health$3.7M10.2%
Environment$3.6M9.9%
Multisector$3.0M8.4%
Disaster prevention$2.6M7.2%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.5M6.8%
Government & civil society$2.2M6.2%
Education$2.0M5.6%
Energy$1.6M4.5%
Communications$1.4M4.0%
Budget support$1.3M3.6%
Conflict, peace & security$1.2M3.4%
Population & reproductive health$1.1M3.0%
Debt relief$979K2.7%
Other social services$894K2.5%
9 others$1.9M5.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$27.2M75.5%
Finance Canada$8.3M23.0%
Quebec$287K0.8%
International Development Research Centre$122K0.3%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$110K0.3%
Transport Canada$5K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$26.6M73.8%
Project-type interventions$4.3M11.8%
Not recorded$3.6M9.9%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.5M4.2%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$90K0.2%
Canadian personnel$5K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

African Development Bank Group$9.5M26.2%
International Development Association$6.3M17.5%
L'Oeuvre Léger$3.2M9.0%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$3.2M8.8%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.2M6.1%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$2.1M5.7%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$1.3M3.6%
IDA-CPL$892K2.5%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$733K2.0%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$727K2.0%
Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)$475K1.3%
Universities Canada$460K1.3%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$412K1.1%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$335K0.9%
OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie$331K0.9%
Fonds pour l'adaptation$287K0.8%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$215K0.6%
Canadian Bureau for International Education$213K0.6%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$199K0.6%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$185K0.5%
(not specified)$170K0.5%
CÉGEP SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU$153K0.4%
The United Nations Development$150K0.4%
World Bank$149K0.4%
PWGSC-Consulting & Audit Canada$147K0.4%
89 others$2.1M5.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Regenerative Seascapes for People, Climate and Nature P011654001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: L'Oeuvre Léger	$3.2M $3,227,673
2	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$3.2M $3,214,410
3	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$2.6M $2,626,568
4	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.4M $2,443,701
5	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$2.4M $2,406,274
6	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.2M $1,200,344
7	(no title in the data) M012386001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2007-08 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.2M $1,200,000
8	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.2M $1,151,578
9	Francophonie scholarships 2014-2019 P000647001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education	$1.0M $1,031,883
10	IDA - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) OGDFinance-2023-16 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.0M $1,009,169
11	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$892K $892,436
12	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$881K $880,527
13	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	$734K $734,137
14	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$692K $692,177
15	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$679K $679,311
16	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2019-2020 P002344001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$599K $599,184
17	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$560K $559,967
18	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$559K $559,185
19	African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative OGDFinance-2023-17 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative	$543K $542,904
20	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	$536K $535,968
21	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$532K $531,676
22	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$531K $530,554
23	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	$488K $487,976
24	(no title in the data) S063007001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Universities Canada	$462K $462,324
25	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2021 P009944001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$403K $402,904