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Canada's aid to Libya

$52,922,504 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 152 projects and 84 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$52.9M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$1.4M

2024-25

Projects

152

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $49.0M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $3.9M in repayable loans.

151

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

581

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

0.02

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

190

affordable homes built

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

2,201

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

2.3 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$67K
2006-07$3K
2007-08–
2008-09$42K
2009-10–
2010-11$1.6M
2011-12$1.9M
2012-13–
2013-14$239K
2014-15$1.6M
2015-16$1.8M
2016-17$5.3M
2017-18$4.8M
2018-19$8.4M
2019-20$4.1M
2020-21$5.7M
2021-22$7.6M
2022-23$1.9M
2023-24$6.5M
2024-25$1.4M

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

Emergency response$41.7M78.8%
Conflict, peace & security$4.4M8.3%
Government & civil society$2.1M4.0%
Reconstruction & relief$1.8M3.4%
Multisector$1.6M3.0%
Other social services$342K0.6%
Population & reproductive health$339K0.6%
Unallocated$151K0.3%
Disaster prevention$125K0.2%
Health$108K0.2%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$68K0.1%
Environment$51K0.1%
Education$43K0.1%
Food aid$36K0.1%
Energy$32K0.1%
5 others$45K0.1%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$52.1M98.5%
British Columbia$500K0.9%
International Development Research Centre$285K0.5%
Canadian Space Agency$4K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$27.7M52.3%
Project-type interventions$17.5M33.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$6.6M12.6%
Basket funds/pooled funding$1.0M1.9%
Not recorded$112K0.2%
Canadian personnel$4K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$15.4M29.1%
WFP - World Food Programme$8.8M16.7%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$4.7M8.9%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$2.9M5.5%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$2.7M5.2%
Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development$2.7M5.1%
IOM International Organization for Migration$2.5M4.7%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$2.1M3.9%
Classified$1.8M3.3%
Canadian Red Cross Society$1.5M2.8%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$1.3M2.5%
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons$736K1.4%
INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization$711K1.3%
ICAN - International Civil Society Action Network$694K1.3%
WFP$532K1.0%
(not specified)$337K0.6%
Uncoded$301K0.6%
ARI, Centre pour une initiative de réforme (ARI)$240K0.5%
Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD)$200K0.4%
Womens Learning Partnership for RiDevelopment and Peace$192K0.4%
United NationsOffice of Counter-Terrorism$188K0.4%
Foundation for the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies$153K0.3%
Foreign & Commonwealth Office$150K0.3%
WHO - World Health Organization$138K0.3%
International Atomic Energy Agency$110K0.2%
59 others$1.8M3.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Country Level, Regional and Global Funding - International Committee of the Red Cross Appeals 2021 P010188001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$5.3M $5,294,610
2	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.1M $2,089,844
3	Libya Floods Response - IOM - 2023 P013534001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: IOM International Organization for Migration	$2.0M $2,000,000
4	Emergency Country-Specific Funding - ICRC Appeals 2018 P005412001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$1.7M $1,699,998
5	Emergency Country-Specific Funding - ICRC Appeals 2019 P007074001 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$1.5M $1,500,026
6	Stabilization Facility Fund for Libya - UNDP P002493001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.5M $1,500,000
7	Emergency Country-Specific Funding - ICRC Appeals 2020 P008908001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$1.5M $1,498,720
8	Central Emergency Response Fund 2016-2020 - OCHA P001148001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Central Emergency Response FundCERF	$1.3M $1,343,001
9	Emergency Response Floods Libya UNICEF 2023 P013535001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$1.1M $1,150,000
10	International Committee of the Red Cross Middle East and North Africa - 2023 to 2024 P012220001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$1.0M $1,001,725
11	The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Global Multi-Country CAP 2022 to 2023 P011382001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$1.0M $1,001,260
12	World Food Programme - Global Multi Country CAP 2021 P010171002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.0M $1,000,680
13	Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2017 P002656001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.0M $1,000,018
14	Emergency Country-Specific Funding - ICRC Appeals 2017 P002643001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$1.0M $1,000,014
15	Promoting Elections for the People of Libya P011216001 · 2021-22 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.0M $1,000,000
16	(no title in the data) M013549002 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$1.0M $1,000,000
17	Multi-Country - Food Assistance and Humanitarian Air Services - World Food Programme 2018 P006124001 · 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1000K $999,999
18	(no title in the data) D002136001 · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$986K $986,000
19	Classified P006185001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: Classified	$904K $904,335
20	Libya - Emergency Assistance - ACTED 2017 P002515001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development	$900K $900,000
21	Libya - Emergency Assistance - ACTED 2018 P006145001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development	$900K $900,000
22	Libya Emergency Response Floods IFRC 2023 P013539001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$800K $800,000
23	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Program 2019 P007070001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$750K $750,027
24	Emergency Assistance Country-Level Funding - UNHCR 2018 P005413001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$750K $750,011
25	Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Preventing Gender-Based Violence - UNFPA 2020 P008925001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$750K $750,000