Countries · Middle East

Canada's aid to Iraq

$1,026,561,628 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 432 projects and 214 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.03B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$28.8M

2024-25

Projects

432

with money reported

Recipient organizations

214

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $992M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $34.8M in repayable loans and $20K already spent in Canada.

3,061

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

11,754

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

0.46

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

3,843

affordable homes built

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

44,559

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

46 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$40.8M
2006-07$39.8M
2007-08$16.5M
2008-09$13.2M
2009-10$8.3M
2010-11$3.0M
2011-12$2.7M
2012-13$9.7M
2013-14$24.0M
2014-15$105M
2015-16$59.5M
2016-17$103M
2017-18$106M
2018-19$77.2M
2019-20$117M
2020-21$110M
2021-22$56.4M
2022-23$63.7M
2023-24$42.4M
2024-25$28.8M

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

Emergency response$523M50.9%
Conflict, peace & security$207M20.2%
Government & civil society$133M13.0%
Education$35.3M3.4%
Water & sanitation$34.5M3.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$19.0M1.8%
Health$18.0M1.8%
Reconstruction & relief$16.1M1.6%
Other social services$10.7M1.0%
Environment$9.7M0.9%
Multisector$6.8M0.7%
Population & reproductive health$5.7M0.6%
Unallocated$2.8M0.3%
Business$1.4M0.1%
Transport$880K0.1%
8 others$2.2M0.2%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.02B99.2%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$4.5M0.4%
Finance Canada$2.7M0.3%
International Development Research Centre$1.1M0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$30K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$30K0.0%
Manitoba$25K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$597M58.2%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$272M26.5%
Not recorded$119M11.5%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$16.7M1.6%
Basket funds/pooled funding$16.0M1.6%
Canadian personnel$6.1M0.6%
Other technical assistance$34K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$20K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$97.0M9.5%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$88.3M8.6%
WFP - World Food Programme$79.7M7.8%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$67.4M6.6%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$66.8M6.5%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$43.8M4.3%
Mercy Corps$43.7M4.3%
United States Department of State$37.7M3.7%
Oxfam-Québec$31.1M3.0%
Classified$27.7M2.7%
IOM International Organization for Migration$25.4M2.5%
WUSC - World University Service of Canada$21.7M2.1%
World Bank$19.0M1.9%
CARE Canada$16.6M1.6%
Doctors of the World Canada$12.5M1.2%
Humanity & Inclusion Canada$12.2M1.2%
Save the Children Canada$11.8M1.2%
Mines Advisory Group$11.1M1.1%
National Democratic Institute$10.5M1.0%
International Medical Corps UK$10.0M1.0%
UNMAS - United Nations Mine Action Service$10.0M1.0%
Institute on Governance$9.5M0.9%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$9.2M0.9%
Handicap International Canada$8.7M0.8%
World Vision Canada$8.3M0.8%
189 others$247M24.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A032344002 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$30.0M $30,000,000
2	Iraq Crisis - Reproductive Health and Support for Survivors of Violence - UNFPA 2016-2018 P001634001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$28.0M $28,000,000
3	Iraq Crisis - Nutrition and Food Security in Iraq - World Food Programme 2017-2018 P001642001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$26.4M $26,350,000
4	(no title in the data) A032181001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$22.1M $22,100,000
5	Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Middle East - UNFPA 2019-2021 P007799001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$21.9M $21,851,830
6	Iraq Crisis - Improving Health, Livelihoods and Protection - ICRC 2016-2019 P001639001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$21.0M $21,000,000
7	Iraq Crisis - Support to the No Lost Generation Initiative in Iraq - UNICEF 2016-2019 P001638001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$18.0M $18,000,000
8	Bolstering Reconstruction in Iraq through Development, Growth and Employment P002007001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WUSC - World University Service of Canada	$17.1M $17,148,938
9	(no title in the data) D000631002 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$15.2M $15,150,000
10	Support to Iraq Reform, Reconstruction and Recovery Fund P007534001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: World Bank	$14.0M $14,000,000
11	Multi-Country - UNICEF Humanitarian Appeals for the Middle East 2019-2021 P007794001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$12.8M $12,824,348
12	Support to Funding Facility for Stabilization in Iraq P007642001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$12.5M $12,500,000
13	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance in the Middle East - WFP 2019-2021 P007796001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.4M $12,368,580
14	(no title in the data) D000623002 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$12.0M $12,000,000
15	Syria Crisis - Assistance for Refugees and Displaced Persons in Multiple Countries - UNHCR P002105001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$10.4M $10,435,000
16	Funding Facility for Stabilization in Iraq P010140001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$10.0M $10,000,000
17	Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilization in Iraq P011071001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$10.0M $10,000,000
18	Explosive Hazard Clearance in Liberated Areas of Iraq P011072001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: United States Department of State	$10.0M $10,000,000
19	Enhancing climate resilient agriculture in Southern Iraq P011559001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	$10.0M $10,000,000
20	Explosive Hazard Clearance in Liberated Areas of Iraq P012484001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: United States Department of State	$10.0M $10,000,000
21	Complex IED Clearance in Liberated Areas of Iraq P008580001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: United States Department of State	$10.0M $10,000,000
22	(no title in the data) D003271001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: Mercy Corps	$9.0M $9,000,000
23	Iraq Crisis - Assistance for People with Disabilities - Handicap International Canada 2017-2019 P002324001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Handicap International Canada	$9.0M $9,000,000
24	Community Policing in Liberated Areas of Iraq P005377001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: IOM International Organization for Migration	$9.0M $9,000,000
25	Fiscal Decentralisation and Resiliency-Building for Iraq P001129001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Institute on Governance	$8.8M $8,795,479