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Canada's aid to Dominican Republic

$96,301,620 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 265 projects and 187 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$96.3M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$17.9M

2024-25

Projects

265

with money reported

Recipient organizations

187

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $78.5M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $17.8M in repayable loans and $8K already spent in Canada.

242

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

931

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

0.04

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

304

affordable homes built

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

3,528

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

3.7 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$4.7M
2006-07$2.7M
2007-08$2.8M
2008-09$2.1M
2009-10$2.8M
2010-11$3.1M
2011-12$1.2M
2012-13$1.1M
2013-14$713K
2014-15$293K
2015-16$1.1M
2016-17$2.4M
2017-18$2.4M
2018-19$5.7M
2019-20$2.0M
2020-21$1.3M
2021-22$1.9M
2022-23$32.1M
2023-24$8.1M
2024-25$17.9M

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

Energy$49.1M51.0%
Government & civil society$6.0M6.2%
Population & reproductive health$5.7M5.9%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$5.4M5.6%
Banking & finance$4.9M5.1%
Multisector$4.3M4.5%
Health$3.3M3.5%
Water & sanitation$3.1M3.2%
Conflict, peace & security$3.1M3.2%
Other social services$2.5M2.6%
Disaster prevention$2.4M2.5%
Education$2.0M2.1%
Environment$1.7M1.8%
Emergency response$808K0.8%
Business$621K0.6%
9 others$1.3M1.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$93.4M97.0%
International Development Research Centre$947K1.0%
Finance Canada$765K0.8%
Quebec$634K0.7%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$378K0.4%
Royal Canadian Mint$75K0.1%
Alberta$50K0.1%
Canadian Space Agency$42K0.0%
Manitoba$11K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$35.4M36.7%
Not recorded$31.7M33.0%
Project-type interventions$15.5M16.1%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$9.1M9.4%
Canadian personnel$4.4M4.6%
Other technical assistance$183K0.2%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$8K0.0%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$8K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$32.0M33.2%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$16.8M17.4%
Groupement Oxfam-Québec/CRC Sogema Inc.$4.3M4.5%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$4.1M4.2%
BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund$4.0M4.2%
World Bank$3.2M3.3%
Plan Nagua Inc.$2.5M2.6%
Canadian Red Cross Society$2.3M2.4%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$1.8M1.9%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$1.7M1.8%
IMF - International Monetary Fund$1.6M1.6%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.4M1.5%
Universities Canada$829K0.9%
OAS - Organization of American States$823K0.9%
Ryerson Polytechnic University$795K0.8%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$791K0.8%
RYERSON UNIVERSITY$675K0.7%
Carrefour de Solidarité Internationale$638K0.7%
Fonds pour l'adaptation$627K0.7%
IOM International Organization for Migration$600K0.6%
IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation$552K0.6%
Plan International Canada Inc. (Plan Canada)$500K0.5%
Médecins du Monde Canada$499K0.5%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$483K0.5%
International Child Care (Canada) Inc.$483K0.5%
162 others$12.2M12.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Climate Investment Funds - Accelerating Coal Transition Investment Program (CIF-ACT) P010807001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$48.0M $48,000,000
2	(no title in the data) A031937001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Groupement Oxfam-Québec/CRC Sogema Inc.	$4.8M $4,753,955
3	BlueOrchard Latin America and Caribbean Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund P011285001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund	$4.0M $3,990,000
4	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$2.3M $2,300,000
5	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	$1.7M $1,687,994
6	Capacity Building for Emergency Response in the Americas P000594001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$1.7M $1,681,424
7	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	$1.5M $1,545,414
8	IAEA DSRS removal in Latin America and the Caribbean P006480001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$1.5M $1,495,723
9	(no title in the data) S063922PRG ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Plan Nagua Inc.	$1.3M $1,321,570
10	(no title in the data) M013440001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$848K $848,000
11	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
12	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$810K $810,339
13	Empowering and Supporting the Human Rights of Children and Youth P000447001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Ryerson Polytechnic University	$795K $794,679
14	(no title in the data) S062882PRG · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: Plan Nagua Inc.	$756K $756,414
15	(no title in the data) A034687001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2012-13 Main recipient: IMF - International Monetary Fund	$750K $750,000
16	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$735K $734,793
17	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	$699K $698,608
18	(no title in the data) S065654001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2015-16 Main recipient: RYERSON UNIVERSITY	$682K $682,433
19	(no title in the data) D000330001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$665K $665,013
20	Contribution au Fonds pour ladaptation de la CCNUCC OGDQC-AdaptationFund · 2021-22 Main recipient: Fonds pour l'adaptation	$627K $626,947
21	Enhancing protection, regularization and socio-economic integration of migrants and refugees in L.A. P014872001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: IOM International Organization for Migration	$600K $600,000
22	(no title in the data) D000916001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: IMF - International Monetary Fund	$560K $560,000
23	(no title in the data) A033026001 · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Plan International Canada Inc. (Plan Canada)	$500K $500,000
24	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	$493K $493,278
25	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$487K $486,636