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Canada's aid to India

$793,620,373 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 770 projects and 527 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$794M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$70.1M

2024-25

Projects

770

with money reported

Recipient organizations

527

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $743M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $48.0M in repayable loans and $2.5M already spent in Canada.

2,294

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

8,808

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

0.34

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

2,880

affordable homes built

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

33,390

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

35 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$41.5M
2006-07$27.2M
2007-08$15.4M
2008-09$14.1M
2009-10$10.8M
2010-11$8.2M
2011-12$6.7M
2012-13$5.9M
2013-14$6.2M
2014-15$5.0M
2015-16$9.5M
2016-17$96.0M
2017-18$64.8M
2018-19$94.5M
2019-20$57.9M
2020-21$50.2M
2021-22$58.4M
2022-23$112M
2023-24$39.4M
2024-25$70.1M

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

Health$168M21.2%
Energy$146M18.4%
Education$70.3M8.9%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$69.8M8.8%
Population & reproductive health$50.7M6.4%
Government & civil society$44.1M5.6%
Other social services$37.9M4.8%
Water & sanitation$37.9M4.8%
Multisector$37.6M4.7%
Transport$24.9M3.1%
Environment$23.1M2.9%
Disaster prevention$19.5M2.5%
Emergency response$19.2M2.4%
Industry, mining & construction$15.1M1.9%
Reconstruction & relief$9.9M1.2%
10 others$19.4M2.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$514M64.8%
Finance Canada$261M32.9%
International Development Research Centre$14.7M1.9%
Quebec$2.2M0.3%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$743K0.1%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency$388K0.0%
Alberta$302K0.0%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$220K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$191K0.0%
Manitoba$89K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$80K0.0%
Natural Resources Canada$50K0.0%
Yukon$25K0.0%
Public Service Commission of Canada$1K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$433M54.6%
Not recorded$163M20.5%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$113M14.3%
Project-type interventions$66.0M8.3%
Canadian personnel$12.3M1.5%
Other technical assistance$3.8M0.5%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.5M0.3%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$64K0.0%
Development awareness$5K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$207M26.1%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$84.2M10.6%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$80.6M10.2%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$65.8M8.3%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$29.7M3.7%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$17.5M2.2%
IDA-CPL$16.7M2.1%
Grand Challenges Canada$14.7M1.8%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$14.1M1.8%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$13.4M1.7%
MI - Micronutrient Initiative$13.3M1.7%
Asian Development Bank$12.3M1.6%
SOPAR$11.8M1.5%
Green Climate Fund$11.0M1.4%
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization$10.1M1.3%
Canadian Red Cross Society$10.0M1.3%
International Development Research Centre$9.9M1.3%
The Trustees Board of the Presbyterian Church in$7.1M0.9%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$6.7M0.8%
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health$6.6M0.8%
Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger$6.5M0.8%
SAVE A FAMILY PLAN$6.1M0.8%
Aga Khan Foundation Canada$5.7M0.7%
WHO - World Health Organization$5.6M0.7%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$5.3M0.7%
502 others$122M15.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Climate Investment Funds - Accelerating Coal Transition Investment Program (CIF-ACT) P010807001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$126M $126,000,000
2	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$121M $121,178,593
3	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$40.4M $40,440,714
4	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$34.1M $34,084,828
5	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$32.5M $32,450,011
6	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	$31.1M $31,071,971
7	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$24.6M $24,591,913
8	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	$23.7M $23,655,620
9	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	$18.0M $17,994,704
10	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$16.7M $16,689,263
11	Innovation Platform for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health P001010001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$14.4M $14,373,288
12	India Humanitarian Response International Federation of the Red Cross COVID-19 Appeal P010608001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$10.0M $10,000,000
13	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: International Development Association	$8.8M $8,819,038
14	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$8.6M $8,604,422
15	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$7.8M $7,832,932
16	(no title in the data) S064982001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2014-15 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$7.5M $7,541,484
17	Better Nutrition for Better Lives for Women, Newborns, Children and Girls P001111001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: MI - Micronutrient Initiative	$7.5M $7,497,000
18	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$7.1M $7,080,287
19	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$6.8M $6,759,840
20	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$6.7M $6,688,488
21	(no title in the data) M012997001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health	$6.6M $6,600,000
22	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$6.3M $6,287,078
23	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$6.1M $6,148,159
24	(no title in the data) S063307001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: The Trustees Board of the Presbyterian Church in	$6.0M $6,000,000
25	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$5.5M $5,506,137