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Canada's aid to Maldives

$22,778,566 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 129 projects and 94 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$22.8M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$1.8M

2024-25

Projects

129

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $21.8M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.0M in repayable loans.

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

258

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

0.01

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

affordable homes built

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

978

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

1.0 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$1.4M
2006-07$3.7M
2007-08$2.4M
2008-09$1.4M
2009-10$100K
2010-11$176K
2011-12$95K
2012-13$16K
2013-14$6K
2014-15$148K
2015-16$127K
2016-17$696K
2017-18$633K
2018-19$408K
2019-20$1.3M
2020-21$3.2M
2021-22$2.2M
2022-23$1.2M
2023-24$1.8M
2024-25$1.8M

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

Government & civil society$3.9M17.3%
Water & sanitation$3.6M15.9%
Environment$3.2M13.9%
Health$2.3M10.0%
Multisector$1.5M6.8%
Other social services$1.5M6.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$1.2M5.4%
Disaster prevention$1.2M5.4%
Education$948K4.2%
Energy$725K3.2%
Emergency response$481K2.1%
Conflict, peace & security$456K2.0%
Trade & tourism$375K1.6%
Population & reproductive health$241K1.1%
Industry, mining & construction$227K1.0%
9 others$854K3.7%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$18.2M80.1%
Finance Canada$4.4M19.4%
International Development Research Centre$122K0.5%

By aid type

Not recorded$9.5M41.6%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$8.8M38.4%
Project-type interventions$3.9M16.9%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$534K2.3%
Canadian personnel$150K0.7%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Canadian Red Cross Society$4.3M18.7%
International Development Association$3.4M15.1%
Asian Development Bank$2.1M9.2%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$2.1M9.0%
WHO - World Health Organization$1.8M8.1%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M5.1%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$848K3.7%
Green Climate Fund$828K3.6%
IDA-CPL$772K3.4%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$549K2.4%
(not specified)$434K1.9%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$350K1.5%
Alinea International Ltd$323K1.4%
Uncoded$282K1.2%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$228K1.0%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$219K1.0%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$215K0.9%
Agriculture et Agri-Food Canada Corporate Services Branch$212K0.9%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$198K0.9%
AsDB Special Funds$186K0.8%
Commonwealth Secretariat$184K0.8%
COL - Commonwealth of Learning$160K0.7%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$153K0.7%
CAAF Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation$150K0.7%
Joint Office for Commonwealth Permanent Missions to the United$122K0.5%
69 others$1.5M6.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A032981001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$4.3M $4,256,674
2	Sanitization of Health Care Waste in Covid-19 Management Sites in Maldives P009823001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$1.4M $1,350,000
3	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.2M $1,200,996
4	(no title in the data) A033418001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.2M $1,200,000
5	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$772K $771,642
6	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$747K $746,875
7	(no title in the data) M011980001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$744K $743,760
8	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$694K $694,080
9	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: International Development Association	$688K $688,381
10	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$656K $656,358
11	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$534K $533,967
12	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$508K $508,026
13	Project for Resilience and Integrity in the Management of Elections (PRIME) P012387001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$389K $389,353
14	Nuclear Regulatory Infrastructure Development Program in the Indo-Pacific Region P013837001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund	$350K $350,265
15	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) P005028006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$331K $330,654
16	Technical Assistance Partnership Expert Deployment Mechanism P007729001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$323K $322,825
17	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$321K $321,139
18	(no title in the data) M010939005 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
19	(no title in the data) M012646001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
20	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$293K $292,865
21	(no title in the data) M013000001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$289K $288,600
22	(no title in the data) M010939006 · 2006-07 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$276K $275,600
23	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$268K $268,058
24	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$256K $255,783
25	Tackling drug-related Illicit Financial Flows in South Asia to counter terrorism P015259001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$202K $202,000