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Canada's aid to Ghana

$1,870,312,237 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 974 projects and 571 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.87B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$97.6M

2024-25

Projects

974

with money reported

Recipient organizations

571

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.86B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $13.0M in repayable loans and $966K already spent in Canada.

5,729

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

22,001

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

0.85

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

7,193

affordable homes built

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

83,405

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

87 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$87.7M
2006-07$77.8M
2007-08$78.7M
2008-09$108M
2009-10$112M
2010-11$92.1M
2011-12$93.7M
2012-13$98.7M
2013-14$79.8M
2014-15$69.6M
2015-16$93.8M
2016-17$88.0M
2017-18$105M
2018-19$85.5M
2019-20$77.5M
2020-21$94.1M
2021-22$98.7M
2022-23$117M
2023-24$115M
2024-25$97.6M

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$563M30.1%
Health$267M14.3%
Government & civil society$221M11.8%
Water & sanitation$158M8.5%
Multisector$130M7.0%
Population & reproductive health$119M6.4%
Education$113M6.0%
Banking & finance$67.1M3.6%
Business$38.2M2.0%
Industry, mining & construction$34.7M1.9%
Other social services$31.4M1.7%
Environment$31.4M1.7%
Energy$22.9M1.2%
Transport$19.8M1.1%
Budget support$12.8M0.7%
10 others$40.5M2.2%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.72B92.1%
Finance Canada$119M6.4%
International Development Research Centre$17.8M1.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$3.5M0.2%
Public Health Agency of Canada$2.7M0.1%
Natural Resources Canada$2.5M0.1%
Quebec$636K0.0%
Manitoba$298K0.0%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$297K0.0%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$221K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$173K0.0%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency$104K0.0%
Alberta$31K0.0%
Public Service Commission of Canada$11K0.0%
Statistics Canada$3K0.0%
1 others$1K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$576M30.8%
Not recorded$471M25.2%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$245M13.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$210M11.3%
Sector budget support$202M10.8%
General budget support$74.9M4.0%
Canadian personnel$74.5M4.0%
Other technical assistance$15.0M0.8%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$966K0.1%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$327K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Government of Ghana$676M36.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$123M6.6%
International Development Association$91.1M4.9%
WFP - World Food Programme$83.4M4.5%
African Development Bank Group$62.1M3.3%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$59.3M3.2%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$28.5M1.5%
WUSC - World University Service of Canada$28.1M1.5%
Plan International Canada$27.1M1.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$26.9M1.4%
Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$23.0M1.2%
Opportunity International Canada$22.4M1.2%
Canadian Co-operative Association$22.2M1.2%
Cowater International Inc.$18.8M1.0%
The Hospital for Sick Children$17.2M0.9%
IDE Canada$16.4M0.9%
World Bank$16.2M0.9%
CHF$16.0M0.9%
Right To Play International$15.2M0.8%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$15.0M0.8%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$14.8M0.8%
Oxfam-Québec$14.3M0.8%
CANADIAN FEED THE CHILDREN INC.$13.8M0.7%
IDA-CPL$13.2M0.7%
Alinea International Ltd$12.3M0.7%
546 others$414M22.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Modernizing Agriculture in Ghana P000520001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$129M $129,007,812
2	(no title in the data) A033419002 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$110M $109,545,796
3	(no title in the data) A033419001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$99.7M $99,724,217
4	(no title in the data) A033419003 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$80.1M $80,122,200
5	(no title in the data) A032034001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$70.2M $70,250,000
6	(no title in the data) A031434001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$60.0M $60,000,000
7	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$34.9M $34,923,971
8	(no title in the data) A030915001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.	$29.7M $29,697,700
9	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	$21.3M $21,250,425
10	(no title in the data) A034226001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$20.0M $20,000,489
11	(no title in the data) D000139001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
12	(no title in the data) D000419001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$20.0M $20,000,000
13	(no title in the data) A034601001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
14	(no title in the data) A034335001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$20.0M $19,967,596
15	(no title in the data) D000269001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$19.9M $19,915,000
16	Financial Inclusion for Enterprise Development P001211001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Opportunity International Canada	$19.9M $19,886,704
17	(no title in the data) A031899001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Government of Ghana	$18.7M $18,745,002
18	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	$18.1M $18,068,590
19	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$16.8M $16,820,616
20	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$16.6M $16,605,318
21	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	$16.1M $16,056,595
22	(no title in the data) A034889001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$15.7M $15,729,156
23	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$15.7M $15,656,745
24	(no title in the data) A035172001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$15.0M $15,000,000
25	Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Reproductive Health Services for Adolescent Girls P002913001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNFPA CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT	$15.0M $15,000,000