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Canada's aid to East Asia, regional

$46,980,315 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 37 projects and 31 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$47.0M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$1.9M

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $45.4M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $938K in repayable loans and $687K already spent in Canada.

140

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

538

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

0.02

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

176

affordable homes built

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

2,038

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

2.1 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–
2006-07$915K
2007-08$327K
2008-09$820K
2009-10$83K
2010-11$806K
2011-12$213K
2012-13$180K
2013-14$8.7M
2014-15$112K
2015-16–
2016-17–
2017-18$18K
2018-19$160K
2019-20$5.7M
2020-21$23.5M
2021-22$2.3M
2022-23$1.1M
2023-24$83K
2024-25$1.9M

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

Agriculture, forestry & fishing$20.8M44.3%
Conflict, peace & security$8.8M18.8%
Multisector$8.3M17.6%
Environment$3.3M6.9%
Health$2.4M5.1%
Emergency response$2.0M4.3%
Education$687K1.5%
Government & civil society$395K0.8%
Population & reproductive health$117K0.2%
Food aid$117K0.2%
Unallocated$62K0.1%
Banking & finance$2K0.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$47.0M100.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$32.3M68.8%
Project-type interventions$11.2M23.8%
Not recorded$2.1M4.6%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$687K1.5%
Canadian personnel$321K0.7%
Other technical assistance$313K0.7%

Top 25 recipient organizations

IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$31.7M67.5%
WHO - World Health Organization$2.3M4.8%
World Bank$2.2M4.8%
World Health Organisation$2.2M4.6%
Canadian Red Cross Society$1.8M3.7%
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$937K2.0%
INTERPOL$888K1.9%
Inter Pares$775K1.7%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)$691K1.5%
Canadian Bureau for International Education$687K1.5%
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)$500K1.1%
International Development Research Centre$493K1.1%
NOBEL WOMEN'S INITIATIVE$396K0.8%
International Organisation for Migration$391K0.8%
Biodiaspora Inc.$249K0.5%
HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$156K0.3%
Manitoba Council for International Cooperation$155K0.3%
Red Cross Int'l Aid Trust of Canada C/O Int'l Federation of Red Cross$100K0.2%
Fond. pour lInstitut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement$84K0.2%
Small Arms Survey$83K0.2%
1561823 Ontario Ltd.$57K0.1%
Department of National Defence (DND)$44K0.1%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$38K0.1%
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat$36K0.1%
The Cansbridge Fellowship$35K0.1%
6 others$82K0.2%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Additional Support to IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$15.2M $15,200,000
2	IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$12.0M $12,000,000
3	Climate Support to IFAD P011187001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$4.5M $4,500,000
4	(no title in the data) A032617003 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$2.3M $2,250,001
5	(no title in the data) CTCBP 2013-520 · 2013-14 Main recipient: World Bank	$2.2M $2,243,000
6	(no title in the data) 4015-12/ASEAN/WHO · 2013-14 Main recipient: World Health Organisation	$2.2M $2,160,269
7	Coronavirus - Emergency Appeal Canadian Red Cross P009096001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$1.8M $1,750,000
8	(no title in the data) CTCBP 2013-517 · 2013-14 Main recipient: INTERPOL	$962K $962,500
9	(no title in the data) ACCBP 2013-284 Ph 2 · 2013-14 Main recipient: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$956K $955,980
10	(no title in the data) A034976001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Inter Pares	$780K $780,079
11	(no title in the data) GLEP-2014 013501 · 2013-14 Main recipient: Canadian Bureau for International Education	$687K $687,200
12	Improving medical capacities in peace operations P015615001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)	$500K $499,797
13	(no title in the data) A033348001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2012-13 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$493K $493,335
14	Women Peacebuilders Network on the Korean Peninsula P006532001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: NOBEL WOMEN'S INITIATIVE	$396K $395,696
15	(no title in the data) ACCBP 2011-169 Ph 2 · 2013-14 Main recipient: International Organisation for Migration	$391K $391,000
16	(no title in the data) ACCBP 2011-143 Ph 2 · 2013-14 Main recipient: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)	$283K $283,334
17	(no title in the data) 4015-12/ASEAN/Biodiaspora · 2013-14 Main recipient: Biodiaspora Inc.	$249K $248,830
18	(no title in the data) CTCBP 2013-521 · 2013-14 Main recipient: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)	$219K $219,498
19	Understanding Challenges to Arms Trade Treaty Universalization in the Indo-Pacific P012953001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Fond. pour lInstitut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement	$167K $166,969
20	(no title in the data) 4015-12-ASEAN/APEIR-MBDS · 2013-14 Main recipient: HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE	$156K $155,897
21	LIFT Initiative for small and medium organizations (SMOs) P014558001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Manitoba Council for International Cooperation	$155K $155,000
22	(no title in the data) M012323001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: Red Cross Int'l Aid Trust of Canada C/O Int'l Federation of Red Cross	$100K $100,000
23	(no title in the data) CTCBP 2012-494 · 2013-14 Main recipient: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)	$93K $92,662
24	(no title in the data) CTCBP 2009-321 · 2013-14 Main recipient: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)	$83K $83,175
25	(no title in the data) 4015-12/ASEAN/Clarke · 2013-14 Main recipient: 1561823 Ontario Ltd.	$57K $56,850