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Canada's aid to Guatemala

$312,394,359 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 589 projects and 373 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$312M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$21.8M

2024-25

Projects

589

with money reported

Recipient organizations

373

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $301M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $11.1M in repayable loans and $1K already spent in Canada.

930

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

3,571

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

0.14

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

1,168

affordable homes built

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

13,538

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

14 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$12.5M
2006-07$12.2M
2007-08$11.9M
2008-09$10.7M
2009-10$8.8M
2010-11$9.7M
2011-12$9.4M
2012-13$8.5M
2013-14$10.1M
2014-15$7.6M
2015-16$16.1M
2016-17$15.4M
2017-18$17.1M
2018-19$24.6M
2019-20$19.3M
2020-21$27.7M
2021-22$20.2M
2022-23$26.4M
2023-24$22.4M
2024-25$21.8M

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$87.2M27.9%
Health$47.4M15.2%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$36.0M11.5%
Population & reproductive health$29.5M9.5%
Emergency response$19.2M6.1%
Education$19.0M6.1%
Multisector$14.5M4.7%
Conflict, peace & security$11.9M3.8%
Business$7.9M2.5%
Environment$7.9M2.5%
Industry, mining & construction$7.5M2.4%
Banking & finance$6.7M2.1%
Other social services$4.2M1.4%
Unallocated$3.6M1.2%
Water & sanitation$3.2M1.0%
8 others$6.6M2.1%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$295M94.4%
International Development Research Centre$7.0M2.2%
Finance Canada$3.7M1.2%
Public Health Agency of Canada$3.1M1.0%
Quebec$2.6M0.8%
Natural Resources Canada$435K0.1%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$410K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$135K0.0%
Manitoba$90K0.0%
Alberta$56K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$4K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$2K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$144M46.1%
Not recorded$56.0M17.9%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$49.8M15.9%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$26.0M8.3%
Canadian personnel$25.3M8.1%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$10.1M3.2%
Other technical assistance$775K0.2%
Basket funds/pooled funding$390K0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$39.6M12.7%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$25.3M8.1%
Horizons of Friendship$13.1M4.2%
TULA FOUNDATION$12.0M3.9%
Oxfam Canada$10.7M3.4%
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development$9.6M3.1%
CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation$9.6M3.1%
Consortium SOCODEVI / CECI Universite of Sherbrooke$9.6M3.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$9.4M3.0%
Consortium WUSC-CECI$8.2M2.6%
Justice Education Society of British Columbia$7.4M2.4%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$6.6M2.1%
POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN$6.6M2.1%
Action Against Hunger$5.0M1.6%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$5.0M1.6%
BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund$4.7M1.5%
Société de coopération pour le développement international$4.6M1.5%
OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights$4.5M1.4%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$4.2M1.3%
CAUSE Canada (Christian Aid for Under-Assisted Societies Everywhere)$4.1M1.3%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$3.7M1.2%
IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation$3.5M1.1%
Consortium WUSC - World University Service of Canada / CECI - Center for International Studies and Cooperation$3.3M1.1%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$3.3M1.0%
World Bank$3.1M1.0%
348 others$95.7M30.6%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Reducing Gaps for Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala P001053001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Horizons of Friendship	$10.9M $10,857,812
2	(no title in the data) A032311002 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Consortium SOCODEVI / CECI Universite of Sherbrooke	$10.1M $10,130,413
3	(no title in the data) A032864001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN	$7.9M $7,912,092
4	(no title in the data) A034497001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2013-14 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$7.5M $7,500,000
5	(no title in the data) A035478001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$7.1M $7,107,129
6	Camino Verde: Economic Empowerment of Indigenous Women and Youth in Alta Verapaz P005232001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Oxfam Canada	$7.1M $7,089,871
7	Scaling Up Maternal and Child Health in Guatemala P001058001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: TULA FOUNDATION	$6.9M $6,917,872
8	(no title in the data) A033969001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2010-11 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$6.5M $6,500,000
9	Women's Rights and Gender-Sensitive Justice in Guatemala P001972001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2023-24 Main recipient: CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation	$6.1M $6,096,110
10	CRECER: Sustainable Economic Growth for Women and Youth in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala P005230001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development	$5.5M $5,477,055
11	Support to Indigenous womens economic empowerment and food security P002708001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$5.0M $5,000,000
12	(no title in the data) A035180001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$5.0M $5,000,000
13	BlueOrchard Latin America and Caribbean Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund P011285001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund	$4.7M $4,655,000
14	Support to the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) - IDB Invest 2016-2025 P003010001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation	$4.6M $4,584,915
15	(no title in the data) S064494PRG ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Consortium WUSC-CECI	$4.6M $4,579,632
16	Protective Learning and Nurturing Environments for Girls Education (PLANE) P007054001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$4.6M $4,567,500
17	Systems Enhancement for Transformative Health P001049001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Action Against Hunger	$4.3M $4,251,513
18	Institutional Support to the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala - 2018-2019 P002670001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$4.1M $4,100,000
19	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$3.7M $3,715,009
20	Technological Platforms for Enhanced Victim Services P001471001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Justice Education Society of British Columbia	$3.7M $3,655,055
21	Uniterra - CECI & WUSC - Volunteer Sending 2015-2020 P000808001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Consortium WUSC - World University Service of Canada / CECI - Center for International Studies and Cooperation	$3.3M $3,324,384
22	Centre for International Studies and Cooperation - Volunteer Cooperation 2020-2028 P007317001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation	$3.1M $3,081,171
23	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - AstraZeneca - 200,000 vaccines shipped from Canada OGD-HC-Vaccines-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$3.1M $3,058,580
24	(no title in the data) A031419001 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Société de coopération pour le développement international	$3.0M $3,017,976
25	Purchase for Progress and Scaling Up Nutrition in Guatemala P000270001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.9M $2,892,872