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Canada's aid to Ecuador

$222,638,073 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 476 projects and 273 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$223M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$97.8M

2024-25

Projects

476

with money reported

Recipient organizations

273

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $146M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $76.7M in repayable loans and $44K already spent in Canada.

450

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

1,730

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

0.07

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

565

affordable homes built

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

6,557

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

6.8 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$5.5M
2006-07$5.9M
2007-08$5.1M
2008-09$3.4M
2009-10$1.7M
2010-11$1.5M
2011-12$1.7M
2012-13$652K
2013-14$410K
2014-15$223K
2015-16$1.1M
2016-17$6.1M
2017-18$3.5M
2018-19$9.8M
2019-20$8.0M
2020-21$10.5M
2021-22$17.3M
2022-23$28.1M
2023-24$14.2M
2024-25$97.8M

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$85.5M38.4%
Government & civil society$27.6M12.4%
Multisector$14.3M6.4%
Health$13.3M6.0%
Population & reproductive health$12.3M5.5%
Emergency response$12.0M5.4%
Environment$10.4M4.7%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$9.9M4.5%
Banking & finance$9.5M4.3%
Education$8.5M3.8%
Other social services$3.4M1.5%
Conflict, peace & security$3.1M1.4%
Industry, mining & construction$3.1M1.4%
Transport$3.0M1.4%
Trade & tourism$1.4M0.6%
10 others$5.3M2.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$200M90.0%
International Development Research Centre$9.2M4.1%
Finance Canada$3.5M1.6%
Public Health Agency of Canada$3.3M1.5%
Quebec$2.0M0.9%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$1.8M0.8%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$849K0.4%
Natural Resources Canada$770K0.3%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$703K0.3%
Alberta$110K0.0%
National Defence$79K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$2K0.0%

By aid type

Sector budget support$81.0M36.4%
Project-type interventions$61.6M27.7%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$26.3M11.8%
Not recorded$22.8M10.2%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$14.9M6.7%
Other technical assistance$9.1M4.1%
Canadian personnel$6.8M3.0%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$149K0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$44K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Government of Ecuador$81.0M36.4%
BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund$8.8M3.9%
Inter-American Development Bank$7.9M3.5%
Green Climate Fund$7.6M3.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$7.5M3.4%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$7.3M3.3%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$6.9M3.1%
Plan International Canada$5.9M2.7%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$5.8M2.6%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$4.6M2.1%
WFP - World Food Programme$3.9M1.8%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$3.5M1.6%
Public Health Agency of Canada$3.3M1.5%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$3.3M1.5%
Centre de Solidarité Internationale du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean$2.7M1.2%
Action Canada for Sexual Healthand Rights$2.6M1.2%
Fundación "EKORURAL"$2.6M1.2%
University of British Columbia Office of Financial Services$2.6M1.2%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$2.5M1.1%
CARE Canada$2.2M1.0%
CESO - Canadian Executive Service Organization$2.2M1.0%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$2.1M1.0%
Cuso International$1.9M0.8%
IOM International Organization for Migration$1.7M0.8%
FOS FEMINISTA$1.6M0.7%
248 others$40.4M18.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Sovereign Loan to Ecuador P012573001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Government of Ecuador	$81.0M $81,000,000
2	BlueOrchard Latin America and Caribbean Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund P011285001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund	$8.7M $8,692,500
3	(no title in the data) A033103001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$5.0M $5,000,000
4	Empowerment and Accountability for Venezuelan & Host Community Girls and Women P010857001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Plan International Canada	$4.6M $4,600,000
5	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$4.2M $4,203,428
6	Fair and inclusive energy transition in Ecuador P012550001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$4.2M $4,150,000
7	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$4.1M $4,128,914
8	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - AstraZeneca - 200,000 vaccines shipped from Canada OGD-HC-Vaccines-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$3.3M $3,326,869
9	Education for Venezuelan and Host Community, Girls, Boys and Adolescents in the Andean Region P010861001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$3.0M $2,970,000
10	Supporting the Socio-Economic Integration of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in the Americas P010865001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$2.9M $2,884,100
11	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$2.9M $2,864,691
12	Rights From the Start P006306001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Action Canada for Sexual Healthand Rights	$2.7M $2,693,958
13	Technical Assistance on Migration for the Government of Ecuador P009895001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$2.6M $2,600,000
14	(no title in the data) S062662001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2012-13 Main recipient: University of British Columbia Office of Financial Services	$2.6M $2,582,927
15	Improved Health of Women and Adolescent Girls in Situations of Vulnerability P006962001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$2.4M $2,400,000
16	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$2.1M $2,074,631
17	Global Concessional Financing Facility (GCFF) – Venezuelan migration in Ecuador P011612001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$2.0M $2,000,000
18	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	$1.8M $1,845,518
19	Sustainable Opportunities for Employment in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru P000856003 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Cuso International	$1.8M $1,800,000
20	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.7M $1,671,525
21	Feminist Futures Free from Violence P009159001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: FOS FEMINISTA	$1.6M $1,649,835
22	Evaluating and bringing to scale alternative food networks to address diabetes mellitus and hypertension in Ecuador OGD109101 · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Fundación "EKORURAL"	$1.5M $1,517,330
23	(no title in the data) A030833003 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2009-10 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$1.4M $1,389,578
24	Catalyste+ - Volunteer cooperation 2020-2028 P007301001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CESO - Canadian Executive Service Organization	$1.4M $1,372,837
25	Strengthening Organization, Agency & Rights of Women ECD Workers P012496001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Plan International Canada	$1.3M $1,333,334