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Canada's aid to Madagascar

$267,673,597 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 338 projects and 251 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$268M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$17.7M

2024-25

Projects

338

with money reported

Recipient organizations

251

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $259M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $6.9M in repayable loans and $2.2M already spent in Canada.

798

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

3,064

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

0.12

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

1,002

affordable homes built

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

11,617

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

12 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$12.6M
2006-07$5.6M
2007-08$4.9M
2008-09$1.9M
2009-10$2.2M
2010-11$2.4M
2011-12$1.1M
2012-13$3.2M
2013-14$3.2M
2014-15$4.8M
2015-16$3.9M
2016-17$15.3M
2017-18$18.2M
2018-19$20.3M
2019-20$16.7M
2020-21$21.1M
2021-22$38.6M
2022-23$39.8M
2023-24$34.1M
2024-25$17.7M

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$61.3M22.9%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$31.3M11.7%
Government & civil society$24.7M9.2%
Emergency response$22.6M8.5%
Multisector$16.8M6.3%
Other social services$16.8M6.3%
Education$16.4M6.1%
Transport$12.1M4.5%
Energy$12.1M4.5%
Environment$10.6M4.0%
Population & reproductive health$9.1M3.4%
Disaster prevention$6.7M2.5%
Budget support$6.4M2.4%
Banking & finance$4.5M1.7%
Industry, mining & construction$4.1M1.5%
9 others$12.2M4.5%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$183M68.2%
Finance Canada$79.4M29.7%
Quebec$2.6M1.0%
International Development Research Centre$2.2M0.8%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$381K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$365K0.1%
Public Health Agency of Canada$187K0.1%
Canadian Space Agency$44K0.0%
Canada Revenue Agency$21K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$14K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$169M63.2%
Not recorded$33.0M12.3%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$29.6M11.1%
Project-type interventions$27.5M10.3%
Canadian personnel$3.8M1.4%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.2M0.8%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$1.5M0.6%
Other technical assistance$763K0.3%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$61.6M23.0%
African Development Bank Group$29.6M11.0%
WFP - World Food Programme$23.5M8.8%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$22.6M8.4%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$17.3M6.5%
IDA-CPL$10.6M3.9%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$8.0M3.0%
World Bank$7.9M2.9%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$6.9M2.6%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$6.9M2.6%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$6.6M2.5%
Université du Québec à Trois Rivières$6.2M2.3%
Green Climate Fund$5.0M1.9%
Cowater International Inc.$4.5M1.7%
L'Oeuvre Léger$4.2M1.6%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$2.9M1.1%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$2.9M1.1%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$2.4M0.9%
Développement international Desjardins$2.2M0.8%
Transparency International$2.1M0.8%
Universities Canada$2.1M0.8%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$1.9M0.7%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$1.7M0.6%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$1.5M0.6%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$1.5M0.6%
226 others$25.4M9.5%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$19.1M $19,129,992
2	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$12.6M $12,595,043
3	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$12.2M $12,154,368
4	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$10.6M $10,559,340
5	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	$7.8M $7,787,695
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	$7.4M $7,351,713
7	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$6.7M $6,722,459
8	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$6.7M $6,692,102
9	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$6.5M $6,463,886
10	(no title in the data) D000431001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$6.4M $6,400,000
11	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$6.4M $6,370,037
12	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	$6.1M $6,107,581
13	Twelfth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2022-2024 P009571001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$5.9M $5,897,825
14	Young Competent Madagascans at Work P002173001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Université du Québec à Trois Rivières	$5.9M $5,860,260
15	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$5.8M $5,800,000
16	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$5.8M $5,751,211
17	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$5.5M $5,478,737
18	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$5.1M $5,064,493
19	Enhanced Child Health Days P001152001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$5.0M $5,002,500
20	(no title in the data) M013618003 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$4.6M $4,555,100
21	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$4.4M $4,435,172
22	Enhancing Oversight of the Extractives Industry in Francophone Africa P000889001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.	$4.4M $4,372,557
23	Regenerative Seascapes for People, Climate and Nature P011654001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: L'Oeuvre Léger	$4.2M $4,199,338
24	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$4.0M $3,971,415
25	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$3.6M $3,593,022