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Canada's aid to Ethiopia

$3,240,270,086 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 1,063 projects and 493 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$3.24B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$265M

2024-25

Projects

1,063

with money reported

Recipient organizations

493

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $3.21B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $25.1M in repayable loans and $192K already spent in Canada.

9,923

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

38,103

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

1.5

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

12,458

affordable homes built

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

144,449

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

150 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$124M
2006-07$99.1M
2007-08$121M
2008-09$118M
2009-10$143M
2010-11$118M
2011-12$138M
2012-13$125M
2013-14$112M
2014-15$107M
2015-16$131M
2016-17$193M
2017-18$198M
2018-19$203M
2019-20$176M
2020-21$216M
2021-22$207M
2022-23$251M
2023-24$195M
2024-25$265M

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$605M18.7%
Emergency response$544M16.8%
Health$509M15.7%
Food aid$361M11.1%
Population & reproductive health$188M5.8%
Government & civil society$184M5.7%
Other social services$154M4.7%
Education$109M3.4%
Multisector$96.2M3.0%
Water & sanitation$87.3M2.7%
Energy$62.1M1.9%
Industry, mining & construction$61.1M1.9%
Banking & finance$57.7M1.8%
Environment$50.6M1.6%
Business$48.8M1.5%
11 others$122M3.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$2.75B85.0%
Finance Canada$477M14.7%
International Development Research Centre$9.3M0.3%
Manitoba$358K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$248K0.0%
Alberta$233K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$117K0.0%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$59K0.0%
Quebec$33K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$6K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$5600.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$816M25.2%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$749M23.1%
Not recorded$650M20.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$477M14.7%
Basket funds/pooled funding$460M14.2%
Canadian personnel$59.6M1.8%
Other technical assistance$28.1M0.9%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$750K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$192K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$645M19.9%
International Development Association$408M12.6%
World Bank$290M8.9%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$206M6.4%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$151M4.7%
African Development Bank Group$112M3.5%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$108M3.3%
CARE Canada$75.1M2.3%
Save the Children Canada$73.9M2.3%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$62.2M1.9%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$53.7M1.7%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$46.4M1.4%
IDA-CPL$40.5M1.3%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$40.1M1.2%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$40.0M1.2%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$38.8M1.2%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$35.0M1.1%
International Livestock Research Institute$32.1M1.0%
World Vision Canada$31.4M1.0%
Agriteam Canada$30.1M0.9%
Cuso International$28.4M0.9%
Oxfam Canada$27.8M0.9%
MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL LTD.$20.3M0.6%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$20.3M0.6%
MI - Micronutrient Initiative$19.6M0.6%
468 others$605M18.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$135M $134,538,316
2	(no title in the data) A033911002 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$126M $125,550,000
3	Rural Social Protection: Productive Safety Net Program 2016-2021 P001433001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$115M $115,000,000
4	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$114M $114,333,586
5	(no title in the data) A035155001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$100M $100,000,000
6	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$58.6M $58,590,454
7	Urban Productive Safety Net and Jobs Project P010096001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$55.3M $55,275,000
8	(no title in the data) A035171001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$50.0M $50,000,000
9	Strengthening Ethiopias Adaptive Safety Net P011783001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$47.0M $47,006,169
10	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$43.3M $43,281,023
11	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$40.5M $40,529,684
12	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	$37.5M $37,504,052
13	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$36.8M $36,835,566
14	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$35.1M $35,069,526
15	(no title in the data) M012899001 · 2008-09 to 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$35.0M $35,000,000
16	(no title in the data) A033911001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: World Bank	$34.2M $34,234,864
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	$30.5M $30,509,404
18	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	$30.1M $30,123,160
19	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$29.7M $29,722,737
20	(no title in the data) M013185002 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$29.2M $29,192,800
21	Integrated Approach to Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) in Rural Ethiopia P001121001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Save the Children Canada	$27.1M $27,128,954
22	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$26.2M $26,241,223
23	(no title in the data) M012328001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$25.2M $25,200,000
24	(no title in the data) D002976001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$25.0M $25,000,000
25	(no title in the data) M012883001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$23.6M $23,573,813