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Canada's aid to Grenada

$72,557,135 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 182 projects and 137 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$72.6M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$8.1M

2024-25

Projects

182

with money reported

Recipient organizations

137

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $71.0M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.5M in repayable loans and $25 already spent in Canada.

219

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

842

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

0.03

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

275

affordable homes built

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

3,192

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

3.3 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$4.8M
2006-07$4.9M
2007-08$6.1M
2008-09$4.0M
2009-10$676K
2010-11$986K
2011-12$902K
2012-13$467K
2013-14$1.2M
2014-15$1.2M
2015-16$2.2M
2016-17$1.8M
2017-18$2.8M
2018-19$2.0M
2019-20$707K
2020-21$3.2M
2021-22$12.6M
2022-23$5.9M
2023-24$8.1M
2024-25$8.1M

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

Government & civil society$16.3M22.4%
Education$13.3M18.3%
Health$6.5M9.0%
Environment$6.4M8.8%
Water & sanitation$5.7M7.8%
Other social services$4.8M6.7%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$4.7M6.5%
Disaster prevention$3.0M4.2%
Multisector$3.0M4.1%
Reconstruction & relief$1.4M2.0%
Transport$1.4M1.9%
Energy$1.1M1.6%
Population & reproductive health$868K1.2%
Trade & tourism$595K0.8%
Business$549K0.8%
8 others$2.9M4.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$65.7M90.5%
Finance Canada$6.1M8.4%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$756K1.0%
International Development Research Centre$30K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$29.5M40.6%
Not recorded$21.0M28.9%
Project-type interventions$14.7M20.2%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$5.2M7.1%
Canadian personnel$1.5M2.1%
Other technical assistance$742K1.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$250.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$33.1M45.6%
International Development Association$4.8M6.7%
Green Climate Fund$4.3M5.9%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$3.3M4.5%
UN Women$2.5M3.4%
WFP - World Food Programme$2.0M2.8%
Colleges and Institutes Canada (previously named ACCC)$1.8M2.4%
World Bank$1.6M2.2%
Cuso International$1.5M2.1%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M1.6%
Colleges and Institutes Canada$1.1M1.6%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.0M1.4%
IBRD/World Bank Institute$980K1.4%
IDA-CPL$977K1.3%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$739K1.0%
CRC Sogema Inc.$727K1.0%
Center for Clean Air Policy$708K1.0%
FOOD & AGR ORG OF THE UNITED NATION$572K0.8%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$550K0.8%
Caribbean Community Climate Change$485K0.7%
Grand Challenges Canada$481K0.7%
Statistics Canada$446K0.6%
Universities Canada$435K0.6%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$427K0.6%
Inter-American Development Bank$402K0.6%
112 others$6.4M8.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) M012177001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$13.0M $12,992,692
2	Replenishment of the SDF-10 at the Caribbean Development Bank - institutional support 2021 to 2024 P009028001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$10.8M $10,772,053
3	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$3.3M $3,263,472
4	Ninth Replenishment - Special Development Fund - Caribbean Development Bank P002152001 · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$2.9M $2,900,762
5	Skills to Access the Green Economy P005001001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Colleges and Institutes Canada (previously named ACCC)	$2.9M $2,897,388
6	Build Back Equal P010393001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UN Women	$2.5M $2,500,000
7	(no title in the data) M013798001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$2.4M $2,372,112
8	Resilience and Enhanced Adaptability to Disasters in the Caribbean P011997001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.9M $1,920,000
9	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.7M $1,710,452
10	(no title in the data) M011181001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$1.6M $1,608,424
11	(no title in the data) A033313001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2012-13 Main recipient: World Bank	$1.6M $1,601,280
12	Strengthening Resilient Water Resource Management in the Eastern Caribbean P010377001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.4M $1,376,159
13	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.2M $1,206,838
14	(no title in the data) M013798002 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$1.2M $1,186,059
15	Caribbean Development Bank Special Development Fund's 8th Replenishment 2015/2017 P000372002 · 2016-17 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$1.2M $1,186,056
16	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.1M $1,149,359
17	Climate Change Action for Gender-Sensitive Resilience P002810001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.1M $1,105,950
18	Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility P006224001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: IBRD/World Bank Institute	$980K $980,000
19	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$977K $977,356
20	Gender-responsive climate smart agriculture food systems in the Caribbean P012863001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: FOOD & AGR ORG OF THE UNITED NATION	$812K $812,500
21	(no title in the data) A032589001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$755K $754,820
22	(no title in the data) A030945001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: CRC Sogema Inc.	$738K $738,230
23	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176003 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$561K $560,935
24	(no title in the data) A033880001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities	$561K $560,568
25	Blueprints for Gender Equality P010478001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Cuso International	$500K $500,000