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Canada's aid to Mauritania

$98,346,532 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 271 projects and 180 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$98.3M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$9.4M

2024-25

Projects

271

with money reported

Recipient organizations

180

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $93.2M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $3.2M in repayable loans and $2.0M already spent in Canada.

288

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

1,104

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

0.04

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

361

affordable homes built

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

4,185

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

4.3 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$3.9M
2006-07$2.7M
2007-08$1.4M
2008-09$1.1M
2009-10$771K
2010-11$508K
2011-12$2.9M
2012-13$3.3M
2013-14$1.3M
2014-15$1.2M
2015-16$296K
2016-17$6.1M
2017-18$9.0M
2018-19$6.7M
2019-20$4.6M
2020-21$11.6M
2021-22$9.7M
2022-23$11.4M
2023-24$10.6M
2024-25$9.4M

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$20.6M21.0%
Health$15.0M15.3%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$11.0M11.2%
Government & civil society$8.5M8.7%
Education$6.5M6.6%
Environment$5.6M5.7%
Other social services$4.9M5.0%
Population & reproductive health$4.7M4.8%
Multisector$4.7M4.7%
Water & sanitation$2.2M2.3%
Communications$1.9M2.0%
Debt relief$1.8M1.8%
Industry, mining & construction$1.5M1.5%
Transport$1.5M1.5%
Energy$1.4M1.4%
9 others$6.4M6.5%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$66.7M67.8%
Finance Canada$29.4M29.9%
Public Health Agency of Canada$1.7M1.8%
International Development Research Centre$369K0.4%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$123K0.1%
Quebec$7870.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$52.5M53.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$17.1M17.4%
Project-type interventions$13.7M13.9%
Not recorded$11.8M12.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.0M2.1%
Other technical assistance$1.1M1.1%
Canadian personnel$150K0.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$23.3M23.7%
WFP - World Food Programme$13.1M13.3%
African Development Bank Group$5.8M5.9%
Collège denseignement général et professionnel de la Gaspésie et des$4.5M4.6%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$3.8M3.9%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$3.7M3.8%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$3.6M3.7%
IDA-CPL$3.4M3.5%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$2.9M2.9%
World Vision Canada$2.6M2.6%
World Bank$2.4M2.4%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.0M2.0%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$1.9M1.9%
Public Health Agency of Canada$1.7M1.8%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$1.6M1.6%
Colleges and Institutes Canada$1.4M1.5%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$1.4M1.4%
WHO - World Health Organization$1.2M1.2%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$1.1M1.1%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$1.1M1.1%
Action Against Hunger - Spain$1.0M1.0%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$979K1.0%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$908K0.9%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$709K0.7%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$684K0.7%
155 others$11.6M11.8%

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	$7.7M $7,719,056
2	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$5.3M $5,261,414
3	Ecosystem Solutions for Sustainable Adaptation P011653001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Collège denseignement général et professionnel de la Gaspésie et des	$4.5M $4,483,500
4	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$3.8M $3,786,394
5	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$3.4M $3,392,969
6	(no title in the data) M013618003 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$2.9M $2,943,800
7	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.3M $2,290,589
8	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.3M $2,250,706
9	GIRL/ Gender Innovation and Regional Learning P007529001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: World Bank	$2.2M $2,200,000
10	(no title in the data) M013638001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.0M $2,001,000
11	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance World Food Programme 2018 P005404001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.0M $1,999,991
12	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - AstraZeneca - 100,000 vaccines shipped from Manufacturer OGD-HC-Vaccine-2022-1 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$1.7M $1,747,198
13	Twelfth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2022-2024 P009571001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$1.7M $1,704,164
14	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.7M $1,688,264
15	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.7M $1,652,979
16	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.6M $1,580,896
17	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.4M $1,395,531
18	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	$1.4M $1,391,247
19	IDA - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) OGDFinance-2023-16 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.3M $1,264,012
20	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$1.3M $1,252,649
21	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.2M $1,249,644
22	Eleventh Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2019-2021 P005214001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$1.2M $1,196,571
23	COVID-19 Multi Country Emergency Response - World Food Programme 2020 P009833001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.2M $1,160,000
24	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.1M $1,146,120
25	(no title in the data) S061266PRG ↗ · 2005-06 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Colleges and Institutes Canada	$1.1M $1,134,397