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Canada's aid to Global / unspecified

$15,405,129,604 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 2,371 projects and 897 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$15.4B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$3.43B

2024-25

Projects

2,371

with money reported

Recipient organizations

897

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $5.82B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $296M in repayable loans and $9.29B already spent in Canada.

17,962

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

68,972

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

2.7

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

22,551

affordable homes built

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

261,473

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

271 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$237K
2006-07–
2007-08$49K
2008-09$1.5M
2009-10$1.4M
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14$156M
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17$764M
2017-18$939M
2018-19$820M
2019-20$1.12B
2020-21$860M
2021-22$1.30B
2022-23$2.47B
2023-24$3.54B
2024-25$3.43B

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

Refugees in Canada$11.3B73.5%
Multisector$1.58B10.2%
Unallocated$889M5.8%
Administrative costs$524M3.4%
Health$238M1.5%
Government & civil society$186M1.2%
Environment$183M1.2%
Conflict, peace & security$92.8M0.6%
Other social services$62.9M0.4%
Energy$57.8M0.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$56.9M0.4%
Emergency response$53.2M0.3%
Population & reproductive health$41.1M0.3%
Water & sanitation$23.4M0.2%
Education$20.6M0.1%
10 others$71.4M0.5%

By department

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$8.44B54.8%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$2.93B19.0%
FinDev Canada$1.35B8.8%
Global Affairs Canada$1.01B6.5%
Finance Canada$546M3.5%
International Development Research Centre$350M2.3%
Services received without charges by Global Affairs Canada$216M1.4%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$172M1.1%
Quebec$158M1.0%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$71.9M0.5%
Public Health Agency of Canada$70.0M0.5%
Canada Revenue Agency$45.5M0.3%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$24.1M0.2%
Parks Canada$12.0M0.1%
Natural Resources Canada$5.2M0.0%
10 others$9.8M0.1%

By aid type

Refugees in Canada$8.75B56.8%
Not recorded$2.81B18.2%
Project-type interventions$1.35B8.7%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$1.12B7.2%
PSI intra-governmental transfers$501M3.3%
Administrative costs$497M3.2%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$227M1.5%
Canadian personnel$54.5M0.4%
Development awareness$44.2M0.3%
Other technical assistance$37.7M0.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$18.9M0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$4.3M0.0%
Basket funds/pooled funding$1.5M0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Donor Government$11.5B74.4%
FinDev Canada$1.45B9.4%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$286M1.9%
IFC-Subscription$221M1.4%
International Development Research Centre$176M1.1%
Global Affairs Canada$149M1.0%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$85.2M0.6%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$77.3M0.5%
OIF$57.0M0.4%
GAVI$49.8M0.3%
Canadian Policing Arrangement (RCMP - GAC - Public Safety)$43.3M0.3%
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)$42.5M0.3%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$40.4M0.3%
RST$40.1M0.3%
Canada Revenue Agency$39.3M0.3%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$36.4M0.2%
Green Climate Fund$32.2M0.2%
ILO - International Labour Organization$31.6M0.2%
United Nations Environment Programme$29.8M0.2%
RCMP$29.1M0.2%
OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe$26.8M0.2%
WHO - World Health Organization$25.9M0.2%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$25.2M0.2%
World Bank$24.0M0.2%
International Organisation of the Francophonie$21.9M0.1%
872 others$910M5.9%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program - Ukraine OGD2021999999 · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Donor Government	$4.60B $4,597,958,257
2	Refugee Costs OGD2022999963 · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$1.82B $1,824,915,946
3	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Donor Government	$934M $934,192,078
4	FinDev Capitalization-IPS OGD2020999901 · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: FinDev Canada	$750M $750,000,000
5	Refugee Costs - Refugee Integration in Canada IRCCC-2025-RIC · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$662M $662,063,820
6	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program OGD2020999999 · 2019-20 Main recipient: Donor Government	$638M $637,504,477
7	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program - Afghanistan OGD20219999990010 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$549M $549,409,248
8	Refugee Costs OGD2018999001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: Donor Government	$462M $462,191,778
9	Refugee Costs - Interim Federal Health Program OGD20219999990011 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$398M $397,714,598
10	Refugee Costs OGD2019999999 · 2018-19 Main recipient: Donor Government	$387M $386,589,028
11	Refugee Costs - Lodging site OGD20219999990013 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Donor Government	$325M $324,900,174
12	FinDev Capitalization-IPS OGD2020989801 · 2024-25 Main recipient: FinDev Canada	$300M $300,000,000
13	Shareholder Perpetual Hybrid Capital Loan OGDFIN-HC-IBRD-2025 · 2024-25 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$285M $284,801,400
14	Refugee Costs OGD2019999963 · 2018-19 Main recipient: Donor Government	$245M $244,917,967
15	Refugee Costs OGD2021999963 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Donor Government	$230M $229,877,824
16	IFC OGDIFC · 2021-22 Main recipient: IFC-Subscription	$221M $220,843,012
17	Refugee Costs OGD2020999963 · 2019-20 Main recipient: Donor Government	$209M $208,502,007
18	Concessional Financing Facility at FinDev OGDFinDev-CFF · 2024-25 Main recipient: FinDev Canada	$101M $101,000,000
19	FinDev Capitalization-B2021 OGD2020989901 · 2024-25 Main recipient: FinDev Canada	$100M $100,000,000
20	FinDev Capitalization OGD2019999901 · 2019-20 Main recipient: FinDev Canada	$100M $100,000,000
21	Donation of COVAX Self-Financing Participant Exit Fee/Don en "frais de sortie" du participant autofinancé de COVAX. OGDPHAC-2023-29 · 2023-24 Main recipient: GAVI	$49.8M $49,819,004
22	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$47.1M $47,122,800
23	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$44.1M $44,119,295
24	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$41.9M $41,901,830
25	Grant to the RST OGDRST_Grant · 2022-23 Main recipient: RST	$40.1M $40,144,062