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Canada's aid to Cook Islands

$1,385,205 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 22 projects and 15 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.4M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.4M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1 in repayable loans.

4.3

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

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

0.00

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

5.4

affordable homes built

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

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

0.06 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$80K
2006-07$191K
2007-08$80K
2008-09$92K
2009-10$17K
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17$87K
2017-18$545K
2018-19$180K
2019-20$114K
2020-21–
2021-22–
2022-23–
2023-24–
2024-25–

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

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.4M100.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$926K66.8%
Not recorded$459K33.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

GEF - Global Environment Facility$690K49.8%
Asian Development Bank$331K23.9%
Green Climate Fund$102K7.4%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$102K7.3%
GEF$75K5.4%
University of Victoria Accounting Services$28K2.0%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$19K1.4%
ILO - International Labour Organization$11K0.8%
World Health Organisation$6K0.5%
UNDP$5K0.4%
WHO - World Health Organization Assessed contributions$4K0.3%
WHO - World Health Organization$4K0.3%
(not specified)$4K0.3%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$9080.1%
BARAN & BARAN$8500.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$532K $532,289
2	(no title in the data) M010987001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$176K $175,771
3	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF	$148K $147,678
4	(no title in the data) M011980001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$139K $139,461
5	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$102K $102,287
6	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$86K $85,837
7	(no title in the data) A033261001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$72K $71,826
8	(no title in the data) S064385001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: University of Victoria Accounting Services	$28K $28,214
9	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$22K $21,866
10	(no title in the data) A034837001 · 2009-10 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$17K $16,800
11	(no title in the data) A034383001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$17K $16,800
12	(no title in the data) M010007001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$10K $9,579
13	Canadas assessed contribution to the International Labour Organization (ILO) P005012003 · 2019-20 Main recipient: ILO - International Labour Organization	$9K $8,987
14	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) D003642001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: World Health Organisation	$6K $6,327
15	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$6K $6,051
16	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) P005028001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization Assessed contributions	$4K $4,466
17	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) P005028002 · 2018-19 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$4K $4,269
18	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2019-2020 P002344001 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$3K $2,637
19	Canadas assessed contribution to the International Labour Organization (ILO) P005012002 · 2018-19 Main recipient: ILO - International Labour Organization	$2K $2,302
20	(no title in the data) A032097043 · 2005-06 Main recipient: BARAN & BARAN	$850 $850
21	Canadas assessed contribution to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) P005006002 · 2018-19 Main recipient: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	$558 $558
22	Canadas assessed contribution to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) P005005002 · 2018-19 Main recipient: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	$350 $350