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Canada's aid to Namibia

$37,333,424 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 214 projects and 196 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$37.3M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$3.8M

2024-25

Projects

214

with money reported

Recipient organizations

196

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $35.9M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.4M in repayable loans.

111

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

426

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

0.02

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

139

affordable homes built

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

1,614

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

1.7 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$4.5M
2006-07$1.3M
2007-08$1.0M
2008-09$915K
2009-10$506K
2010-11$514K
2011-12$264K
2012-13$209K
2013-14$655K
2014-15$97K
2015-16$438K
2016-17$2.3M
2017-18$3.8M
2018-19$2.5M
2019-20$3.1M
2020-21$1.9M
2021-22$2.1M
2022-23$3.8M
2023-24$3.5M
2024-25$3.8M

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

Health$12.1M32.5%
Population & reproductive health$6.1M16.3%
Environment$4.1M11.1%
Multisector$3.0M8.0%
Government & civil society$2.9M7.8%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.6M7.0%
Emergency response$1.5M4.0%
Education$1.1M2.9%
Conflict, peace & security$744K2.0%
Other social services$730K2.0%
Water & sanitation$569K1.5%
Unallocated$434K1.2%
Reconstruction & relief$373K1.0%
Trade & tourism$264K0.7%
Disaster prevention$252K0.7%
8 others$517K1.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$35.8M96.0%
International Development Research Centre$1.0M2.8%
Quebec$429K1.1%
Correctional Service Canada$6K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$6K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$22.8M61.1%
Not recorded$8.7M23.3%
Project-type interventions$4.1M10.9%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$1.5M4.0%
Canadian personnel$241K0.6%
Other technical assistance$12K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$12.3M33.0%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$4.6M12.3%
Green Climate Fund$3.1M8.2%
World Bank$2.5M6.6%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M3.1%
Institute of Public Administration of Canada$1.1M2.9%
WHO - World Health Organization$786K2.1%
Commonwealth Games Association of Canada$764K2.0%
Oxfam Canada$755K2.0%
WFP - World Food Programme$735K2.0%
UNICEF CANADA$728K1.9%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$661K1.8%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$616K1.6%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$494K1.3%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$439K1.2%
Fonds pour l'adaptation$429K1.1%
Colleges and Institutes Canada$419K1.1%
Uncoded$312K0.8%
Canadian Unicef Committee$302K0.8%
University of Cape Town$272K0.7%
ILO - International Labour Organization$263K0.7%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$257K0.7%
Canadian Bar Association$212K0.6%
GEF$203K0.5%
Red Cross Int'l Aid Trust of Canada C/O Int'l Federation of Red Cross$191K0.5%
171 others$3.8M10.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	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	$5.4M $5,350,393
2	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	$3.2M $3,155,424
3	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$2.5M $2,450,000
4	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$2.3M $2,346,615
5	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	$2.3M $2,340,766
6	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$1.5M $1,496,426
7	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$1.4M $1,362,110
8	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.3M $1,328,428
9	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.1M $1,149,128
10	(no title in the data) S064954001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Institute of Public Administration of Canada	$728K $728,109
11	Saving Childrens Lives by Addressing MNCH Gaps P001370001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: UNICEF CANADA	$728K $728,045
12	Health Security Partnership to Strengthen Disease Surveillance in Africa (HSPA) Phase II P015247001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$571K $571,200
13	(no title in the data) S063362PRG · 2006-07 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Commonwealth Games Association of Canada	$535K $534,624
14	(no title in the data) M011442001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$429K $429,138
15	(no title in the data) S061266PRG ↗ · 2005-06 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Colleges and Institutes Canada	$419K $419,158
16	Contribution au Fonds pour ladaptation de la CCNUCC OGDQC-AdaptationFund · 2021-22 Main recipient: Fonds pour l'adaptation	$390K $389,570
17	World Food Programme - Long Term Institutional Support - 2021 à 2022 et de 2024 à 2025 P005248001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$375K $375,346
18	(no title in the data) D000384001 · 2013-14 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$350K $350,025
19	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$315K $314,927
20	(no title in the data) S061986PRG · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Oxfam Canada	$312K $311,844
21	(no title in the data) S062998PRG · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Oxfam Canada	$308K $307,800
22	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF	$305K $304,508
23	(no title in the data) D002726001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: Canadian Unicef Committee	$298K $297,955
24	(no title in the data) M012646001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
25	(no title in the data) M010939005 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100