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Canada's aid to Mali

$2,123,289,186 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 890 projects and 467 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$2.12B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$114M

2024-25

Projects

890

with money reported

Recipient organizations

467

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $2.11B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $12.6M in repayable loans and $2.2M already spent in Canada.

6,507

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

24,988

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

0.97

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

8,170

affordable homes built

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

94,730

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

98 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$38.1M
2006-07$65.2M
2007-08$88.1M
2008-09$105M
2009-10$111M
2010-11$102M
2011-12$61.0M
2012-13$108M
2013-14$77.8M
2014-15$133M
2015-16$105M
2016-17$126M
2017-18$136M
2018-19$140M
2019-20$125M
2020-21$133M
2021-22$112M
2022-23$128M
2023-24$115M
2024-25$114M

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$513M24.2%
Education$357M16.8%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$327M15.4%
Government & civil society$253M11.9%
Population & reproductive health$168M7.9%
Emergency response$134M6.3%
Conflict, peace & security$120M5.6%
Water & sanitation$55.5M2.6%
Food aid$30.4M1.4%
Multisector$24.9M1.2%
Industry, mining & construction$23.7M1.1%
Other social services$23.3M1.1%
Banking & finance$22.8M1.1%
Environment$15.0M0.7%
Energy$12.2M0.6%
10 others$42.7M2.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$2.04B96.2%
Finance Canada$64.3M3.0%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$10.3M0.5%
International Development Research Centre$2.5M0.1%
Public Health Agency of Canada$1.7M0.1%
Quebec$1.5M0.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$309K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$298K0.0%
Manitoba$34K0.0%
Transport Canada$5550.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$794M37.4%
Not recorded$411M19.3%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$375M17.7%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$209M9.8%
Sector budget support$178M8.4%
Canadian personnel$110M5.2%
Basket funds/pooled funding$20.4M1.0%
Other technical assistance$13.2M0.6%
General budget support$10.0M0.5%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.2M0.1%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$82K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances République du Mali$250M11.8%
WFP - World Food Programme$191M9.0%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$146M6.9%
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali$68.3M3.2%
KfW Entwicklungsbank$61.3M2.9%
International Development Association$52.2M2.5%
Government of Mali - Ministry of the Economy and Finances$45.5M2.1%
CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development$42.4M2.0%
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit$41.7M2.0%
CRC Sogema Inc.$39.2M1.8%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$35.0M1.6%
Canadian Red Cross Society$33.8M1.6%
African Development Bank Group$33.5M1.6%
Classified$32.9M1.6%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$32.4M1.5%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$31.2M1.5%
GIZ - German Society for International Cooperation$30.6M1.4%
Ministére de l'Education National du Mali$30.0M1.4%
Ministère de l'Éducation, de l'Alphabétisation et des Langues$29.9M1.4%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$27.6M1.3%
Plan International Canada Inc. (Plan Canada)$27.3M1.3%
Alliance agricole international UPA-DI, CECI, SOCODEVI$23.4M1.1%
Government of Mali Ministry of Health$21.8M1.0%
Consortium CECI, ENAP, Avocat sansfrontières$19.6M0.9%
Office du Niger$19.3M0.9%
442 others$756M35.6%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A032664001 · 2006-07 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances République du Mali	$138M $138,078,978
2	Strengthening Irrigated Agriculture in Mali (REAGIR) P000258001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: KfW Entwicklungsbank	$47.5M $47,508,533
3	Targeted Support for Irrigated Land and Nutrition Opportunities P007572001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: KfW Entwicklungsbank	$32.4M $32,370,000
4	(no title in the data) A034908002 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances République du Mali	$31.2M $31,250,000
5	(no title in the data) A035436001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit	$26.8M $26,822,016
6	Nafama: Preventing and combatting malnutrion in Mali P010350001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$26.6M $26,645,000
7	(no title in the data) A034770001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$25.0M $25,000,000
8	(no title in the data) A035488001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2013-14 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$20.0M $20,000,000
9	(no title in the data) A033887001 · 2007-08 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Ministére de l'Education National du Mali	$20.0M $20,000,000
10	(no title in the data) A034548001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances République du Mali	$20.0M $20,000,000
11	Strengthening the Nutritional Resilience and Food Security of the Most Vulnerable in Mali P003036001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
12	(no title in the data) A035434001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances République du Mali	$20.0M $20,000,000
13	(no title in the data) A035564001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2013-14 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$20.0M $20,000,000
14	(no title in the data) M012328001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$19.9M $19,950,000
15	(no title in the data) A034673001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit	$19.9M $19,900,000
16	Support to UNICEF COVID-19 Response Plan in Mali P009437001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$19.8M $19,800,195
17	Improving Adolescent Girls Inclusive Education in Mali P006790001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Classified	$19.4M $19,439,411
18	Improving Access to Healthy and Safe Primary Schools and Preschools A035565001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2016-17 Main recipient: Plan International Canada Inc. (Plan Canada)	$19.3M $19,327,146
19	Rehabililtation of Agricultural Irrigation Infrastructures in the Zone of the Office du Niger P000155001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Office du Niger	$18.8M $18,832,579
20	Support to Local Health Care Educational Communities for Women and Girls P006775001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CCISD - Center for International Cooperation in Health and Development	$18.7M $18,652,710
21	(no title in the data) A034546001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Éducation, de l'Alphabétisation et des Langues	$18.3M $18,268,927
22	Continuing Support for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - Phase II, Component 2 P000176002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Government of Mali - Ministry of the Economy and Finances	$18.1M $18,058,327
23	Sectoral Budget Support in Sexual and Reproductive Health P003037001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Government of Mali - Ministry of the Economy and Finances	$17.8M $17,819,042
24	(no title in the data) A032009001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2015-16 Main recipient: AGENCE NATIONALE D'INVESTISSEMENTS DES COLLECTIVITÉS TERRITORIALES	$17.5M $17,518,818
25	Support to Maternal and Neonatal Evacuation in the District of Kayes P000219001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Government of Mali Ministry of Health	$17.1M $17,135,224