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Canada's aid to Eritrea

$51,002,231 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 144 projects and 86 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$51.0M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$1.3M

2024-25

Projects

144

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $51.0M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $29K in repayable loans.

157

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

604

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

198

affordable homes built

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

2,290

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

2.4 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$6.8M
2006-07$3.1M
2007-08$1.4M
2008-09$72K
2009-10$69K
2010-11$21K
2011-12$2.4M
2012-13$86K
2013-14$1.0M
2014-15$1.5M
2015-16$1.0M
2016-17$2.6M
2017-18$3.7M
2018-19$3.8M
2019-20$3.0M
2020-21$4.2M
2021-22$6.8M
2022-23$4.1M
2023-24$4.1M
2024-25$1.3M

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$13.0M25.6%
Health$9.9M19.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$6.3M12.4%
Population & reproductive health$5.5M10.8%
Environment$3.9M7.6%
Multisector$3.5M6.9%
Government & civil society$3.1M6.0%
Other social services$1.4M2.7%
Education$1.3M2.6%
Water & sanitation$603K1.2%
Transport$513K1.0%
Unallocated$402K0.8%
Energy$232K0.5%
Disaster prevention$199K0.4%
Industry, mining & construction$199K0.4%
8 others$924K1.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$50.7M99.5%
Finance Canada$204K0.4%
International Development Research Centre$43K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$25K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$31.3M61.3%
Not recorded$11.4M22.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$4.3M8.4%
Project-type interventions$4.0M7.8%
Canadian personnel$25K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$9.2M18.1%
African Development Bank Group$7.7M15.0%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$4.5M8.8%
Least Developed Countries Fund$4.5M8.8%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$4.0M7.8%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$3.7M7.3%
WFP - World Food Programme$2.8M5.5%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$2.4M4.8%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$2.2M4.3%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.3M2.6%
World Bank$1.2M2.4%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$1.1M2.1%
Development and Peace$1.0M2.0%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$788K1.5%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$753K1.5%
Red Cross Int'l Aid Trust of Canada (ICRC) International Committee of$650K1.3%
UNDP$578K1.1%
Colleges and Institutes Canada$246K0.5%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$204K0.4%
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization$198K0.4%
WHO - World Health Organization$172K0.3%
IFAD$138K0.3%
Green Climate Fund$124K0.2%
University of Manitoba Department of Medical Microbiology$123K0.2%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$120K0.2%
61 others$1.4M2.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P010872001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Fund	$4.5M $4,464,286
2	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$3.9M $3,944,766
3	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	$3.9M $3,914,361
4	(no title in the data) M012078001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.5M $2,500,000
5	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	$2.2M $2,190,117
6	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	$2.1M $2,077,033
7	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$2.0M $2,042,286
8	Eleventh Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2019-2021 P005214001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$1.6M $1,628,213
9	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$1.5M $1,518,822
10	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2019-2020 P002344001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.5M $1,468,172
11	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$1.2M $1,200,000
12	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.2M $1,157,398
13	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$1.1M $1,069,974
14	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$1.0M $1,034,659
15	Eritrea - Health, Nutrition, Water, and Livelihoods Support - Development and Peace 2017 P002516001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: Development and Peace	$1.0M $1,000,000
16	(no title in the data) D002149001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace	$1.0M $1,000,000
17	(no title in the data) D003194001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace	$1.0M $1,000,000
18	(no title in the data) M013645001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace	$1.0M $1,000,000
19	(no title in the data) D000587001 ↗ · 2013-14 Main recipient: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace	$1.0M $1,000,000
20	(no title in the data) M013559001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$998K $997,500
21	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$950K $949,556
22	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$934K $933,671
23	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2021 P009944001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$680K $680,462
24	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$668K $668,400
25	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$614K $613,886