Countries · Middle East

Canada's aid to Jordan

$1,402,423,328 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 567 projects and 285 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.40B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$67.4M

2024-25

Projects

567

with money reported

Recipient organizations

285

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.22B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $183M in repayable loans and $63 already spent in Canada.

3,765

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

14,456

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

0.56

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

4,727

affordable homes built

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

54,804

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

57 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$9.4M
2006-07$7.2M
2007-08$9.1M
2008-09$8.2M
2009-10$8.4M
2010-11$7.0M
2011-12$7.7M
2012-13$28.5M
2013-14$105M
2014-15$82.6M
2015-16$94.5M
2016-17$157M
2017-18$133M
2018-19$118M
2019-20$107M
2020-21$106M
2021-22$76.7M
2022-23$188M
2023-24$81.5M
2024-25$67.4M

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

Education$449M32.0%
Emergency response$423M30.1%
Government & civil society$111M7.9%
Conflict, peace & security$94.5M6.7%
Banking & finance$65.9M4.7%
Health$59.1M4.2%
Water & sanitation$51.0M3.6%
Business$34.6M2.5%
Other social services$29.6M2.1%
Energy$24.0M1.7%
Environment$12.0M0.9%
Transport$9.8M0.7%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$7.6M0.5%
Multisector$7.6M0.5%
Unallocated$6.6M0.5%
8 others$17.3M1.2%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.38B98.5%
Finance Canada$12.5M0.9%
International Development Research Centre$5.9M0.4%
Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program$1.3M0.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$1.0M0.1%
Quebec$493K0.0%
Manitoba$133K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$63K0.0%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$19K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$598M42.6%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$351M25.0%
Sector budget support$276M19.7%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$65.9M4.7%
Not recorded$54.0M3.8%
Canadian personnel$29.0M2.1%
Basket funds/pooled funding$20.4M1.5%
Other technical assistance$7.5M0.5%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$939K0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$630.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Government of Jordan$306M21.8%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$114M8.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$107M7.6%
WFP - World Food Programme$85.1M6.1%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$78.8M5.6%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$41.9M3.0%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East$37.8M2.7%
Canadian Commercial Corporation$36.9M2.6%
Agriteam Canada$33.3M2.4%
Cowater International Inc.$31.8M2.3%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$29.3M2.1%
Queen Rania Teacher Academy$26.3M1.9%
CARE Canada$25.3M1.8%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$21.8M1.6%
World Vision Canada$21.1M1.5%
World Bank$20.2M1.4%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$19.6M1.4%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$17.6M1.3%
Oxfam-Québec$16.7M1.2%
WUSC - World University Service of Canada$16.1M1.1%
UN Women$13.5M1.0%
MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates$13.0M0.9%
Gouvernement de la Jordanie$12.6M0.9%
Mercy Corps$12.5M0.9%
Development and Peace$12.0M0.9%
260 others$252M18.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Prêt souverain à la Jordanie pour le secteur de l'éducation P010658001 · 2022-23 Main recipient: Government of Jordan	$120M $120,000,000
2	Education for Jordan Prosperity P002155001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Government of Jordan	$75.5M $75,476,844
3	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	$31.0M $31,000,000
4	Education for Jordan's Prosperity II P011544001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Government of Jordan	$30.0M $30,000,000
5	Support to Jordan Health Fund for Refugees P012304001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Government of Jordan	$24.3M $24,332,683
6	Emergency Assistance - Country-Level Funding for the Middle East - UNHCR 2019-2021 P007798001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$23.7M $23,740,824
7	School and Directorate Improvement Z020916001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2016-17 Main recipient: Agriteam Canada	$23.4M $23,374,021
8	Syria Crisis - Food Assistance for Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon - WFP 2016 P002108001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$22.8M $22,829,688
9	(no title in the data) D003096001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$22.0M $22,000,000
10	Syria Crisis - Education and Health Services for Children in Jordan - UNICEF 2016 P001878001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$21.8M $21,814,800
11	Municipal Services and Social Resilience P002733001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2021-22 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$20.7M $20,680,000
12	Jordan Municipal Support P001334001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities	$19.6M $19,558,498
13	Sustainable Economic Development Through Renewable Energy in Jordan P001199001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.	$19.4M $19,400,751
14	(no title in the data) A032177001 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Agriteam Canada	$19.4M $19,393,751
15	(no title in the data) D000421001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: World Bank	$17.0M $17,000,000
16	Jordan Valley Links: Enterprise Development in the Jordan Valley P001200001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates	$16.6M $16,641,036
17	UNRWA - Institutional Support 2020-2022 P009434001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	$16.4M $16,448,017
18	Global Concessional Financing Facility for the Middle East and North Africa Region - Jordan - 1 P001841001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$16.0M $16,000,000
19	Global Concessional Financing Facility for the Middle East and North Africa Region - Jordan - 2 P001841003 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$16.0M $16,000,000
20	(no title in the data) D000633002 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$14.5M $14,537,250
21	Scaling up Professional Development of Teachers P000716001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Queen Rania Teacher Academy	$14.4M $14,431,120
22	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance in the Middle East - WFP 2019-2021 P007796001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$13.9M $13,928,175
23	(no title in the data) D000733001 ↗ · 2013-14 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$13.7M $13,650,000
24	Syria Crisis - Health and Prevention of Gender-based Violence in Jordan and Lebanon - UNFPA Multi Yr P002104001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$13.5M $13,486,492
25	Support to Jordan Health Fund for Refugees P006740001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Government of Jordan	$13.0M $12,999,749