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Canada's aid to Guinea-Bissau

$55,441,825 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 197 projects and 156 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$55.4M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$4.5M

2024-25

Projects

197

with money reported

Recipient organizations

156

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $52.6M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $787K in repayable loans and $2.1M already spent in Canada.

162

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

623

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

0.02

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

204

affordable homes built

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

2,363

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

2.5 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$2.8M
2006-07$1.4M
2007-08$909K
2008-09$537K
2009-10$465K
2010-11$237K
2011-12$262K
2012-13$93K
2013-14$82K
2014-15$191K
2015-16$275K
2016-17$2.3M
2017-18$2.6M
2018-19$4.7M
2019-20$4.0M
2020-21$4.3M
2021-22$6.0M
2022-23$11.5M
2023-24$8.4M
2024-25$4.5M

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

Health$10.7M19.4%
Energy$7.6M13.8%
Government & civil society$7.0M12.6%
Population & reproductive health$5.2M9.3%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$4.2M7.7%
Environment$4.0M7.2%
Education$3.3M5.9%
Multisector$2.7M4.8%
Debt relief$2.2M3.9%
Other social services$1.7M3.1%
Disaster prevention$1.2M2.2%
Communications$1.2M2.2%
Industry, mining & construction$868K1.6%
Budget support$730K1.3%
Water & sanitation$683K1.2%
9 others$2.2M3.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$42.8M77.3%
Finance Canada$12.2M21.9%
International Development Research Centre$424K0.8%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$18K0.0%
Quebec$5K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$36.9M66.5%
Project-type interventions$9.2M16.5%
Not recorded$6.9M12.4%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.1M3.7%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$449K0.8%
Canadian personnel$4440.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$10.7M19.3%
International Development Association$8.6M15.6%
African Development Bank Group$7.5M13.4%
Inter Pares$5.7M10.3%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$3.4M6.2%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.9M3.4%
Collège denseignement général et professionnel de la Gaspésie et des$1.8M3.3%
IDA-CPL$1.4M2.5%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$1.2M2.2%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$1.2M2.2%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$746K1.3%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$745K1.3%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$666K1.2%
WFP - World Food Programme$543K1.0%
World Bank$520K0.9%
CECI Centre d'étude et de coopération$504K0.9%
(not specified)$468K0.8%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$468K0.8%
Universities Canada$460K0.8%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$446K0.8%
IPPF - International Planned Parenthood Federation$435K0.8%
OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie$331K0.6%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$318K0.6%
Colleges and Institutes Canada$307K0.6%
Colleges and Institutes Canada (previously named ACCC)$306K0.6%
131 others$4.8M8.6%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Feminist climate action in Western Africa (ACF-AO) P011764001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Inter Pares	$3.8M $3,796,925
2	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	$3.6M $3,592,555
3	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	$3.4M $3,353,942
4	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	$2.8M $2,840,957
5	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$2.4M $2,359,850
6	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.2M $2,232,398
7	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$2.2M $2,213,065
8	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.1M $2,063,756
9	Adaptation of Coastal Communities and the Blue Economy (APOCEB) P007667001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Collège denseignement général et professionnel de la Gaspésie et des	$1.8M $1,822,810
10	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.7M $1,698,222
11	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$1.4M $1,368,369
12	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.4M $1,356,738
13	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.2M $1,163,332
14	African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative OGDFinance-2023-17 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative	$1.1M $1,107,725
15	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.1M $1,094,214
16	Francophonie scholarships 2014-2019 P000647001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education	$1.0M $1,031,883
17	IDA - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) OGDFinance-2023-16 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$989K $988,528
18	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$982K $982,342
19	Scaling Up Gender Equality through Women-Led Agroecology in West Africa P008178001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Inter Pares	$940K $940,070
20	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$912K $911,512
21	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2019-2020 P002344001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$899K $899,175
22	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$664K $663,563
23	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$656K $655,892
24	Canadian International Development Scholarships Program 2030 P010034001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Colleges and Institutes Canada	$614K $613,925
25	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$613K $613,038