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Canada's aid to Costa Rica

$74,312,211 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 341 projects and 284 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$74.3M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$5.7M

2024-25

Projects

341

with money reported

Recipient organizations

284

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $67.9M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $6.3M in repayable loans and $26K already spent in Canada.

210

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

805

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

263

affordable homes built

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

3,052

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

3.2 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$6.1M
2006-07$4.3M
2007-08$3.8M
2008-09$3.1M
2009-10$2.2M
2010-11$2.1M
2011-12$1.5M
2012-13$843K
2013-14$1.0M
2014-15$580K
2015-16$1.5M
2016-17$2.4M
2017-18$3.3M
2018-19$5.2M
2019-20$1.7M
2020-21$1.3M
2021-22$16.3M
2022-23$6.8M
2023-24$4.5M
2024-25$5.7M

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

Agriculture, forestry & fishing$14.9M20.1%
Government & civil society$14.9M20.0%
Environment$9.1M12.3%
Health$5.5M7.5%
Education$4.9M6.6%
Multisector$4.8M6.4%
Banking & finance$4.5M6.1%
Conflict, peace & security$3.2M4.3%
Other social services$2.9M3.9%
Trade & tourism$2.1M2.8%
Population & reproductive health$1.7M2.3%
Unallocated$1.2M1.6%
Industry, mining & construction$954K1.3%
Water & sanitation$879K1.2%
Emergency response$666K0.9%
9 others$2.0M2.7%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$62.7M84.3%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$3.1M4.2%
Public Health Agency of Canada$2.7M3.6%
International Development Research Centre$2.3M3.1%
Finance Canada$2.2M3.0%
Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program$664K0.9%
Quebec$354K0.5%
Natural Resources Canada$279K0.4%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$25K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$15K0.0%
Statistics Canada$12K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$2940.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$24.9M33.5%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$21.5M28.9%
Not recorded$19.6M26.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$4.1M5.5%
Canadian personnel$3.7M5.0%
Other technical assistance$570K0.8%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$26K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Green Climate Fund$11.6M15.6%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$9.6M12.9%
BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund$3.3M4.5%
Public Health Agency of Canada$2.7M3.6%
Cuso International$2.3M3.1%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$2.2M3.0%
Universities Canada$2.0M2.7%
International Bureau for Children'sRights/Bureau international desdroits des enfants$2.0M2.7%
IMF - International Monetary Fund$1.6M2.1%
World Bank$1.5M2.0%
IOM$1.3M1.8%
OAS - Organization of American States$1.2M1.6%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$1.1M1.5%
International Organization for Migration (IOM)$1.0M1.3%
Jeunesse Canada Monde / Canada World Youth$979K1.3%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$915K1.2%
CUSO$896K1.2%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$813K1.1%
Standards Council of Canada$788K1.1%
United Nations Refugee Agency$750K1.0%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$734K1.0%
TDV Global Inc.$662K0.9%
International Bureau for Children's Rights/Bureau international des$657K0.9%
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica$600K0.8%
CCAF-FCVI Inc.$582K0.8%
259 others$22.6M30.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$9.7M $9,699,086
2	(no title in the data) M010431001 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$3.6M $3,580,179
3	BlueOrchard Latin America and Caribbean Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund P011285001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund	$3.3M $3,277,500
4	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - AstraZeneca - 200,000 vaccines shipped from Canada OGD-HC-Vaccines-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$2.7M $2,688,788
5	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$2.3M $2,336,504
6	(no title in the data) S064671PRG ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Cuso International	$2.0M $1,980,829
7	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$1.9M $1,887,980
8	(no title in the data) M011442001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$1.8M $1,843,704
9	Strengthening Institutions to Combat Human Trafficking in Costa Rica P001428001 · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Bureau for Children'sRights/Bureau international desdroits des enfants	$1.8M $1,839,011
10	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176003 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.8M $1,808,304
11	(no title in the data) S061268PRG · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Universities Canada	$1.6M $1,598,765
12	The United Nations' Interagency Plan to Build the Capacity of Local Partners to Prepare and Respond to the Needs of People In-Transit Through Costa Rica/ OGDIRCD248778008 · 2023-24 Main recipient: IOM	$1.3M $1,342,105
13	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$1.3M $1,318,964
14	The United Nations Interagency Plan to Build the Capacity of Local Partners to Prepare and Respond to the Needs of People In-Transit through Costa Rica / Plan interorganismes des Nations unies visant à renforcer la capacité des partenaires locaux à se préparer et à répondre aux besoins des personnes en transit au Costa Rica OGDIRCC-D248778008 · 2024-25 Main recipient: International Organization for Migration (IOM)	$1.0M $1,000,000
15	(no title in the data) S062451PRG · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Jeunesse Canada Monde / Canada World Youth	$979K $978,751
16	(no title in the data) S062456PRG · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: CUSO	$896K $896,238
17	(no title in the data) M013440001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$848K $848,000
18	Central America, Panama, Dominican Republic Regional Technial Assistance Centre (CAPTAC-DR) II P000741001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: IMF - International Monetary Fund	$840K $840,000
19	(no title in the data) A034687001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2012-13 Main recipient: IMF - International Monetary Fund	$750K $750,000
20	Strategy to Modernize the Asylum System in Costa Rica OGDIRCC-D258778006 · 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Refugee Agency	$750K $750,000
21	Support to the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) - IDB Invest 2016-2025 P003010001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation	$709K $708,699
22	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$676K $675,721
23	(no title in the data) A032797001 · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: TDV Global Inc.	$662K $662,252
24	(no title in the data) A033803PRG ↗ · 2007-08 to 2012-13 Main recipient: CCAF-FCVI Inc.	$585K $585,136
25	Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Combat Human Trafficking P009710001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Justice Education Society of British Columbia	$580K $579,527