Countries · Middle East

Canada's aid to Middle East, regional

$832,252,423 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 369 projects and 209 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$832M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$101M

2024-25

Projects

369

with money reported

Recipient organizations

209

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $531M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $19.9M in repayable loans and $281M already spent in Canada.

1,640

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

6,296

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

0.24

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

2,059

affordable homes built

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

23,869

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

25 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$2.4M
2006-07$2.9M
2007-08$5.0M
2008-09$8.8M
2009-10$7.3M
2010-11$4.9M
2011-12$4.7M
2012-13$9.8M
2013-14$8.6M
2014-15$3.2M
2015-16$503K
2016-17$46.8M
2017-18$10.4M
2018-19$59.0M
2019-20$110M
2020-21$111M
2021-22$74.9M
2022-23$167M
2023-24$94.5M
2024-25$101M

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

Administrative costs$286M34.3%
Emergency response$139M16.7%
Conflict, peace & security$120M14.4%
Health$55.9M6.7%
Energy$54.1M6.5%
Government & civil society$50.5M6.1%
Education$35.0M4.2%
Banking & finance$13.8M1.7%
Unallocated$13.4M1.6%
Multisector$10.2M1.2%
Water & sanitation$9.7M1.2%
Other social services$8.9M1.1%
Environment$8.0M1.0%
Population & reproductive health$7.6M0.9%
Trade & tourism$4.5M0.5%
8 others$15.9M1.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$721M86.6%
National Defence$88.6M10.6%
International Development Research Centre$22.2M2.7%
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada$795K0.1%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$55K0.0%
Finance Canada$24K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$1K0.0%

By aid type

Administrative costs$286M34.3%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$279M33.5%
Project-type interventions$132M15.8%
Canadian personnel$66.2M8.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$29.3M3.5%
Not recorded$26.5M3.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$8.1M1.0%
Other technical assistance$5.6M0.7%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Affairs Canada$258M31.0%
WFP - World Food Programme$77.0M9.3%
European Bank for Reconstructionand Development - Northern$75.0M9.0%
DND/CAF$63.8M7.7%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$40.0M4.8%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$38.8M4.7%
Donor Government$36.6M4.4%
Classified$32.2M3.9%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$26.9M3.2%
DND$17.9M2.1%
American University of Beirut$8.5M1.0%
World Bank$8.4M1.0%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$7.8M0.9%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$7.7M0.9%
Grand Challenges Canada$7.7M0.9%
McGill University The Royal Institution for$7.2M0.9%
Department of National Defence$6.9M0.8%
Oxfam-Québec$6.2M0.7%
WHO - World Health Organization$5.8M0.7%
Canadian Red Cross Society$5.2M0.6%
International Development Research Centre$4.3M0.5%
(not specified)$4.1M0.5%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$4.0M0.5%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$3.6M0.4%
DFAIT$3.6M0.4%
184 others$74.7M9.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Canada-EBRD High Impact Partnership on Climate Action – repayable contribution P010532001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: European Bank for Reconstructionand Development - Northern	$75.0M $75,000,000
2	Op PROTEUS OGD202208 · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: DND/CAF	$61.6M $61,587,451
3	Regional Emergency Food Assistance in the Middle East - WFP 2019-2021 P007797001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$54.0M $54,000,000
4	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2022 · 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$35.9M $35,858,602
5	Administrative Costs-Common Services OGDADMIN-2023 · 2023-24 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$35.3M $35,298,915
6	Administrative Costs OGDADMIN-2024 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$32.5M $32,475,638
7	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2020-Admin · 2019-20 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$32.0M $31,955,769
8	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2021-Admin · 2020-21 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$29.7M $29,659,231
9	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$29.5M $29,505,773
10	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 Main recipient: Donor Government	$27.6M $27,587,209
11	Administrative Costs-Services Received without Charges OGDADMIN-2019 · 2018-19 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$26.2M $26,177,351
12	Middle East Countries Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2022-2023 P011394001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$23.0M $22,996,010
13	Emergency Regional Funding for the Middle East - ICRC Appeals 2019-2021 P007793001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$19.5M $19,500,000
14	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - COVID-19 Response Phase II P010788001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$18.4M $18,400,000
15	Education Cannot Wait Institutional Support 2022 to 2026 P009079001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$15.0M $15,000,000
16	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2021-Common Services · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$13.2M $13,182,553
17	Education Cannot Wait - Institutional Support 2019-2021 P006576001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$12.5M $12,500,000
18	Promoting the Economic Resilience of Syrian Women (PERSEVERE) P002870001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Classified	$10.5M $10,497,674
19	Op PROTEUS OGDDND PROTEUS · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: DND	$9.4M $9,444,612
20	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2020-Common Services · 2019-20 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$9.3M $9,344,396
21	Common Services CommonServices · 2016-17 Main recipient: Donor Government	$9.2M $9,204,753
22	Administrative Costs-Common Services OGDADMIN-CS-2024 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$8.1M $8,088,192
23	Coordination of Humanitarian Responses in the Middle East OCHA 2019-2021 P007801001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	$7.5M $7,500,000
24	Health Innovation Platform P008037001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$7.4M $7,446,706
25	(no title in the data) A032192001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2013-14 Main recipient: McGill University The Royal Institution for	$7.3M $7,308,554