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Canada's aid to Djibouti

$68,221,395 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 197 projects and 116 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$68.2M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$5.0M

2024-25

Projects

197

with money reported

Recipient organizations

116

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $65.7M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $975K in repayable loans and $1.5M already spent in Canada.

203

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

779

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

255

affordable homes built

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

2,953

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

3.1 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$2.4M
2006-07$1.0M
2007-08$340K
2008-09$283K
2009-10$170K
2010-11$640K
2011-12$3.8M
2012-13$16.1M
2013-14$1.5M
2014-15$2.0M
2015-16$1.5M
2016-17$4.4M
2017-18$3.2M
2018-19$3.4M
2019-20$4.0M
2020-21$5.6M
2021-22$4.3M
2022-23$5.6M
2023-24$3.0M
2024-25$5.0M

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$17.3M25.4%
Disaster prevention$14.8M21.7%
Health$7.8M11.4%
Multisector$5.9M8.7%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$5.3M7.8%
Other social services$3.0M4.4%
Education$2.8M4.2%
Energy$2.7M4.0%
Government & civil society$2.0M2.9%
Transport$1.9M2.8%
Environment$1.3M1.9%
Population & reproductive health$806K1.2%
Water & sanitation$647K0.9%
Reconstruction & relief$486K0.7%
Business$348K0.5%
9 others$1.0M1.5%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$57.8M84.7%
Finance Canada$9.9M14.5%
Quebec$302K0.4%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$138K0.2%
International Development Research Centre$81K0.1%
Canadian Space Agency$9K0.0%
Transport Canada$5550.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$28.6M41.9%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$27.5M40.3%
Project-type interventions$5.2M7.6%
Not recorded$5.2M7.6%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.5M2.2%
Canadian personnel$174K0.3%
Other technical assistance$84K0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$27.0M39.6%
African Development Bank Group$8.9M13.1%
International Development Association$7.7M11.3%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$2.7M3.9%
CARE Canada$2.5M3.7%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$1.8M2.7%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$1.5M2.2%
IDA-CPL$1.4M2.1%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$1.3M1.9%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.2M1.8%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$948K1.4%
World Bank$920K1.3%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$762K1.1%
(not specified)$608K0.9%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$607K0.9%
Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)$600K0.9%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$598K0.9%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$564K0.8%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$534K0.8%
Universities Canada$460K0.7%
WHO - World Health Organization$444K0.7%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$397K0.6%
OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie$376K0.6%
Uncoded$331K0.5%
Fonds pour l'adaptation$302K0.4%
91 others$3.6M5.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) M013817001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$14.0M $14,000,000
2	Market-based Solutions to Preventing Undernutrition P001303001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.5M $4,550,000
3	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$3.7M $3,657,550
4	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$3.3M $3,266,292
5	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$2.2M $2,217,369
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	$2.0M $1,983,916
7	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.6M $1,577,139
8	(no title in the data) D000431001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.5M $1,500,000
9	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$1.4M $1,418,374
10	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.3M $1,340,277
11	Francophonie scholarships 2014-2019 P000647001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education	$1.0M $1,031,883
12	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.0M $1,024,781
13	(no title in the data) M013547001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.0M $1,000,000
14	(no title in the data) D000281001 ↗ · 2013-14 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.0M $1,000,000
15	(no title in the data) M013559001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$998K $997,500
16	(no title in the data) M013441002 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$850K $850,000
17	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	$838K $837,913
18	(no title in the data) M013843001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$825K $825,000
19	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$800K $800,000
20	(no title in the data) D002134001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$752K $752,500
21	Emergency Food Assistance in Africa - World Food Programme 2016 P001623001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$751K $751,440
22	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	$716K $715,783
23	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$693K $692,552
24	(no title in the data) M013824001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$675K $674,715
25	(no title in the data) M013642001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$600K $600,000