Countries · Africa

Canada's aid to Democratic Republic of Congo

$1,728,036,846 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 801 projects and 396 recipient organizations.

Explore every line in the dashboard →

Total, all years

$1.73B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$157M

2024-25

Projects

801

with money reported

Recipient organizations

396

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.71B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $20.4M in repayable loans and $2.0M already spent in Canada.

5,264

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

20,214

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

0.78

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

6,609

affordable homes built

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

76,631

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

79 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$42.8M
2006-07$42.8M
2007-08$20.6M
2008-09$47.3M
2009-10$32.6M
2010-11$37.4M
2011-12$26.6M
2012-13$58.4M
2013-14$50.1M
2014-15$38.9M
2015-16$38.0M
2016-17$91.7M
2017-18$113M
2018-19$135M
2019-20$150M
2020-21$121M
2021-22$168M
2022-23$207M
2023-24$149M
2024-25$157M

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$567M32.8%
Health$354M20.4%
Government & civil society$200M11.6%
Population & reproductive health$157M9.1%
Conflict, peace & security$103M5.9%
Education$72.2M4.2%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$44.2M2.6%
Transport$35.5M2.1%
Multisector$29.6M1.7%
Environment$26.6M1.5%
Water & sanitation$21.4M1.2%
Energy$20.5M1.2%
Budget support$18.9M1.1%
Industry, mining & construction$18.2M1.1%
Other social services$14.3M0.8%
9 others$45.5M2.6%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.51B87.2%
Finance Canada$199M11.5%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$12.1M0.7%
International Development Research Centre$6.7M0.4%
Quebec$1.9M0.1%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$673K0.0%
Manitoba$315K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$241K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$123K0.0%
Public Health Agency of Canada$47K0.0%
Transport Canada$5550.0%
Canadian Space Agency$5320.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$583M33.8%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$485M28.0%
Project-type interventions$420M24.3%
Not recorded$196M11.4%
Canadian personnel$35.0M2.0%
Basket funds/pooled funding$2.5M0.1%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$2.0M0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.0M0.1%
Other technical assistance$2.0M0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$233M13.5%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$152M8.8%
International Development Association$148M8.6%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$99.1M5.7%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$97.7M5.7%
African Development Bank Group$90.6M5.2%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$61.6M3.6%
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic Congo$53.4M3.1%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$45.6M2.6%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$43.2M2.5%
Oxfam-Québec$39.5M2.3%
Save the Children Canada$33.3M1.9%
WHO - World Health Organization$29.4M1.7%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$29.4M1.7%
IDA-CPL$27.2M1.6%
Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement Consortium CCISD-CHUM$23.0M1.3%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$18.2M1.1%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$17.5M1.0%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$17.1M1.0%
International Center for TropicalAgriculture$16.0M0.9%
World Vision Canada$16.0M0.9%
World Bank$15.2M0.9%
Université de Montréal - CHUM - Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Unité de santé internationale$14.1M0.8%
Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie$13.3M0.8%
Cuso International$13.3M0.8%
371 others$381M22.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$57.1M $57,120,347
2	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	$51.3M $51,300,053
3	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	$48.2M $48,151,800
4	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	$40.0M $40,001,014
5	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$29.2M $29,178,373
6	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	$28.6M $28,590,249
7	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$27.2M $27,175,671
8	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$23.8M $23,795,029
9	Justice, Empowerment and Dignity of Women and Girls in the DRC P002862001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$23.0M $23,000,000
10	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$21.4M $21,400,131
11	(no title in the data) M012676001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2009-10 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$21.0M $21,000,000
12	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$20.7M $20,727,639
13	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$20.2M $20,172,926
14	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$19.8M $19,816,083
15	Access to Health Services for Women and Girls in Kinshasa P001983001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement Consortium CCISD-CHUM	$19.7M $19,738,894
16	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$18.7M $18,709,235
17	(no title in the data) A032983001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2011-12 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$18.0M $18,000,000
18	Addressing Protracted Food Insecurity Through Collaborative Resilience-Based Approaches P001815001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$16.5M $16,500,000
19	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Organization MONUSCO P005002006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic Congo	$15.6M $15,593,275
20	(no title in the data) M013621001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$14.9M $14,900,000
21	(no title in the data) A035509001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2015-16 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$14.8M $14,850,000
22	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$14.6M $14,628,313
23	East and Southern Africa Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2022-2023 P011393001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.9M $12,858,045
24	Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Burundi and the DRC P008394001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Université de Montréal - CHUM - Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Unité de santé internationale	$12.8M $12,808,478
25	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$12.5M $12,487,078