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Canada's aid to Lesotho

$62,716,877 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 215 projects and 192 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$62.7M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$5.5M

2024-25

Projects

215

with money reported

Recipient organizations

192

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $61.9M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $808K in repayable loans.

191

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

734

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

0.03

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

240

affordable homes built

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

2,782

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

2.9 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$6.7M
2006-07$1.2M
2007-08$1.3M
2008-09$797K
2009-10$554K
2010-11$603K
2011-12$830K
2012-13$589K
2013-14$180K
2014-15$56K
2015-16$130K
2016-17$5.2M
2017-18$4.0M
2018-19$4.1M
2019-20$4.6M
2020-21$5.1M
2021-22$9.6M
2022-23$6.3M
2023-24$5.5M
2024-25$5.5M

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

Population & reproductive health$10.5M16.7%
Health$9.9M15.7%
Emergency response$7.4M11.9%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$6.0M9.6%
Government & civil society$5.1M8.2%
Multisector$4.9M7.8%
Water & sanitation$2.6M4.2%
Environment$2.3M3.6%
Other social services$2.2M3.5%
Education$2.1M3.3%
Industry, mining & construction$1.5M2.4%
Energy$1.4M2.3%
Communications$1.1M1.7%
Disaster prevention$1.0M1.6%
Trade & tourism$966K1.5%
10 others$3.8M6.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$50.1M79.9%
Finance Canada$11.8M18.8%
Quebec$516K0.8%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$184K0.3%
International Development Research Centre$106K0.2%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$12K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$44.3M70.6%
Not recorded$11.3M18.1%
Project-type interventions$5.1M8.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$1.4M2.2%
Canadian personnel$563K0.9%
Other technical assistance$101K0.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$13.8M22.1%
International Development Association$9.6M15.3%
WFP - World Food Programme$7.3M11.7%
Least Developed Countries Fund$4.8M7.7%
African Development Bank Group$3.8M6.1%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.4M3.9%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$2.2M3.5%
IDA-CPL$1.4M2.3%
Association pour le développement participé$1.3M2.0%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M1.8%
World Bank$1.1M1.7%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$1.1M1.7%
CARE Canada$1.0M1.7%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$815K1.3%
Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)$799K1.3%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$576K0.9%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$557K0.9%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$556K0.9%
Fonds pour l'adaptation$516K0.8%
TFO Canada$500K0.8%
Institute on Governance$497K0.8%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$467K0.7%
Commonwealth Games Association of Canada$424K0.7%
Grand Challenges Canada$385K0.6%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$376K0.6%
167 others$5.1M8.2%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	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	$4.5M $4,538,942
2	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P010872001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Fund	$4.5M $4,464,286
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	$4.2M $4,204,844
4	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	$4.1M $4,056,011
5	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$3.5M $3,548,574
6	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.4M $2,434,942
7	(no title in the data) M012087002 · 2005-06 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.4M $2,400,000
8	Twelfth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2022-2024 P009571001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$1.7M $1,696,505
9	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.6M $1,634,544
10	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$1.4M $1,442,180
11	El Niño Crisis - Global Response - World Food Program 2016 P002118001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.4M $1,402,800
12	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.2M $1,245,755
13	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.1M $1,115,772
14	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.1M $1,082,051
15	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$1.1M $1,075,000
16	(no title in the data) S063755PRG ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$1.0M $1,041,357
17	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$1.0M $1,038,081
18	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.0M $1,005,776
19	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$990K $990,115
20	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$966K $965,745
21	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2016-2020 P001916001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)	$961K $960,626
22	(no title in the data) M011442001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$858K $858,276
23	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$787K $787,228
24	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$629K $629,147
25	(no title in the data) S062695001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Association pour le développement participé	$581K $581,361