Countries · Americas

Canada's aid to Haiti

$2,492,804,751 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 1,076 projects and 498 recipient organizations.

Explore every line in the dashboard →

Total, all years

$2.49B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$168M

2024-25

Projects

1,076

with money reported

Recipient organizations

498

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $2.46B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $32.4M in repayable loans and $1.9M already spent in Canada.

7,588

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

29,137

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

1.1

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

9,527

affordable homes built

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

110,460

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

115 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$102M
2006-07$94.0M
2007-08$104M
2008-09$135M
2009-10$247M
2010-11$247M
2011-12$151M
2012-13$82.7M
2013-14$73.2M
2014-15$65.8M
2015-16$83.0M
2016-17$127M
2017-18$122M
2018-19$96.4M
2019-20$96.6M
2020-21$98.1M
2021-22$89.9M
2022-23$140M
2023-24$172M
2024-25$168M

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$478M19.2%
Emergency response$328M13.2%
Health$291M11.7%
Education$250M10.0%
Conflict, peace & security$209M8.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$176M7.1%
Population & reproductive health$161M6.5%
Multisector$113M4.5%
Transport$109M4.4%
Reconstruction & relief$68.7M2.8%
Banking & finance$48.8M2.0%
Water & sanitation$45.4M1.8%
Other social services$41.3M1.7%
Energy$35.1M1.4%
Debt relief$34.0M1.4%
10 others$104M4.2%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$2.40B96.1%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$37.3M1.5%
Finance Canada$29.5M1.2%
Quebec$15.7M0.6%
International Development Research Centre$6.0M0.2%
National Defence$2.9M0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$2.1M0.1%
Public Health Agency of Canada$1.6M0.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$702K0.0%
Manitoba$285K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$201K0.0%
Alberta$97K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$15K0.0%
Transport Canada$13K0.0%
Correctional Service Canada$8K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$936M37.5%
Not recorded$683M27.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$533M21.4%
Canadian personnel$170M6.8%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$120M4.8%
Other technical assistance$21.1M0.8%
Sector budget support$15.7M0.6%
Basket funds/pooled funding$9.5M0.4%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$2.9M0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.9M0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$268M10.8%
Inter-American Development Bank$130M5.2%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$121M4.8%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$118M4.7%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$83.2M3.3%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$82.9M3.3%
United Nations Department ofOperational Support$75.8M3.0%
World Bank$71.7M2.9%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$65.8M2.6%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$64.2M2.6%
Oxfam-Québec$52.9M2.1%
Int'l Organization for Migration$42.4M1.7%
Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement$40.6M1.6%
Développement international Desjardins$37.8M1.5%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$33.7M1.4%
Gouvernement d'Haïti - Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances$33.0M1.3%
IFRC Appeals via CRCS$32.6M1.3%
RCMP$31.8M1.3%
Canadian Red Cross Society$27.8M1.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$26.5M1.1%
CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation$26.1M1.0%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$25.0M1.0%
OAS - Organization of American States$24.8M1.0%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$23.7M1.0%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$22.9M0.9%
473 others$930M37.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Trust fund in support of the multinational security support mission for Haiti P014129001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Department ofOperational Support	$75.8M $75,833,135
2	(no title in the data) A033178001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$75.0M $75,000,000
3	School Feeding and Local Purchases in Haiti P002829001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$40.0M $40,000,000
4	(no title in the data) M013244001 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$33.0M $33,000,000
5	(no title in the data) A035138001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$31.3M $31,296,000
6	Improving Integrated Health Services for Women, Teenage Girls and Children in Haiti P001445001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$26.0M $26,000,000
7	Improving Girls' Access to Secondary Education in Haiti P001654001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$25.0M $25,000,000
8	(no title in the data) M013281002 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: IFRC Appeals via CRCS	$21.8M $21,770,000
9	Access to Judicial Services in Haiti P001923001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2024-25 Main recipient: LWBC - Lawyers Without Borders Canada	$21.3M $21,302,848
10	(no title in the data) A031935001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2013-14 Main recipient: CECI/CRC Sogema INC./ENAP/SOCODEVI	$20.0M $20,035,592
11	(no title in the data) A035146001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
12	(no title in the data) A035198001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$20.0M $20,000,000
13	Multi-Donor Trust Fund Contribution for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Efforts in Haiti P011197001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
14	(no title in the data) A035206001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$20.0M $20,000,000
15	(no title in the data) D000122001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Int'l Organization for Migration	$20.0M $19,999,374
16	(no title in the data) A035413001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$19.9M $19,900,000
17	(no title in the data) M013185002 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$19.8M $19,838,000
18	UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti - MINUSTAH 2009030001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: RCMP	$19.6M $19,581,800
19	(no title in the data) A033457001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$19.5M $19,535,652
20	Integrated Management of Maternal and Child Health in Artibonite (PRISMA II) P001462001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2023-24 Main recipient: CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development	$19.3M $19,253,740
21	(no title in the data) A034921001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services	$19.2M $19,250,000
22	(no title in the data) M013281001 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$19.1M $19,150,000
23	(no title in the data) A033878001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2013-14 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$19.0M $18,984,000
24	(no title in the data) A032547001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Consortium Tecsult/Trigenex LGL S.A.	$18.8M $18,846,544
25	(no title in the data) A032545001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$18.7M $18,714,074