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Canada's aid to Nicaragua

$293,741,512 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 468 projects and 299 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$294M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$4.0M

2024-25

Projects

468

with money reported

Recipient organizations

299

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $292M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $2.2M in repayable loans and $2K already spent in Canada.

900

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

3,456

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

0.13

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

1,130

affordable homes built

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

13,101

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

14 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$16.2M
2006-07$8.6M
2007-08$19.4M
2008-09$14.7M
2009-10$16.9M
2010-11$14.7M
2011-12$16.3M
2012-13$9.8M
2013-14$17.5M
2014-15$14.4M
2015-16$16.6M
2016-17$16.1M
2017-18$19.9M
2018-19$10.4M
2019-20$13.6M
2020-21$20.8M
2021-22$18.2M
2022-23$17.1M
2023-24$8.7M
2024-25$4.0M

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$50.6M17.2%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$45.9M15.6%
Energy$31.4M10.7%
Health$28.0M9.5%
Education$25.8M8.8%
Multisector$23.4M8.0%
Population & reproductive health$12.9M4.4%
Industry, mining & construction$10.4M3.5%
Emergency response$9.9M3.4%
Banking & finance$9.7M3.3%
Transport$9.2M3.1%
Water & sanitation$6.6M2.3%
Environment$6.2M2.1%
Business$6.0M2.0%
Other social services$5.0M1.7%
8 others$12.7M4.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$268M91.2%
Finance Canada$20.2M6.9%
Public Health Agency of Canada$2.7M0.9%
International Development Research Centre$1.2M0.4%
Quebec$1.1M0.4%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$309K0.1%
Alberta$100K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$98K0.0%
Manitoba$78K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$89.0M30.3%
Not recorded$77.7M26.5%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$42.4M14.4%
Canadian personnel$38.5M13.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$36.9M12.6%
Basket funds/pooled funding$7.7M2.6%
Sector budget support$642K0.2%
Other technical assistance$473K0.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$344K0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$26.7M9.1%
Government of Nicaragua Ministry of Energy and Mines$18.2M6.2%
International Development Association$16.3M5.6%
Government of Nicaragua - Ministry of Education$15.4M5.2%
SUCO-Solidarité Union Coopération$13.6M4.6%
Government of Nicaragua$8.9M3.0%
CARE Canada$8.7M2.9%
National Company for Electrical Transmission ENATREL$8.4M2.9%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$7.8M2.7%
ENATREL - Empresa Nacional de Transmisión Eléctrica$7.8M2.6%
Canadian Red Cross Society$7.7M2.6%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$7.7M2.6%
World Bank$7.6M2.6%
Jeunesse Canada Monde / Canada World Youth$7.0M2.4%
MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates$6.8M2.3%
POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN$6.6M2.3%
Inter-American Investment Corporation$6.3M2.1%
Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$6.3M2.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$6.2M2.1%
Cuso International$5.7M1.9%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$5.7M1.9%
Change for Children Association$5.5M1.9%
CCFC - Christian Children's Fund of Canada$5.1M1.7%
Oxfam Canada$4.6M1.6%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$4.5M1.5%
274 others$68.5M23.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A033339001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Government of Nicaragua Ministry of Energy and Mines	$18.6M $18,576,295
2	(no title in the data) A032110001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Government of Nicaragua - Ministry of Education	$16.4M $16,443,734
3	Support to the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) - IDB Invest 2016-2025 P003010001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Inter-American Investment Corporation	$10.2M $10,159,632
4	Technolinks+: Advancing Inclusive Prosperity in Nicaragua's Agri-food Export Sector P001278001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates	$9.2M $9,184,491
5	(no title in the data) A021860001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2015-16 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$8.8M $8,775,511
6	(no title in the data) A034385001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: SUCO-Solidarité Union Coopération	$8.5M $8,520,606
7	(no title in the data) A035411001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: National Company for Electrical Transmission ENATREL	$8.4M $8,450,000
8	Rural Electrification Project - Phase II P000252001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: ENATREL - Empresa Nacional de Transmisión Eléctrica	$8.1M $8,110,078
9	(no title in the data) A035479001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$8.0M $8,000,000
10	(no title in the data) A032314001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN	$8.0M $7,981,880
11	(no title in the data) A035181001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Government of Nicaragua	$7.7M $7,735,252
12	Youth Employability: Closing the Gender Gap in Youth Employment in Nicaragua P001942001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CCFC - Christian Children's Fund of Canada	$6.7M $6,702,366
13	Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy: Sexual and Reproductive Health for Adolescent Development P001938002 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$6.7M $6,700,000
14	(no title in the data) S064528PRG ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Jeunesse Canada Monde / Canada World Youth	$5.6M $5,619,327
15	(no title in the data) A032350001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$4.8M $4,790,428
16	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$4.4M $4,396,198
17	(no title in the data) A033019001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$4.2M $4,213,727
18	Technology for Sustainable Water Resource Governance P001472001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Change for Children Association	$4.0M $4,005,250
19	(no title in the data) A033967001 ↗ · 2007-08 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.0M $4,000,000
20	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$3.6M $3,638,291
21	Cuso International - Volunteer Cooperation 2015-2020 P000809001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Cuso International	$3.3M $3,347,308
22	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$3.3M $3,273,643
23	Supporting Smallholder Farmers : A Women’s Economic Empowerment Approach - Nicaragua P006667001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.0M $3,000,000
24	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$2.8M $2,812,256
25	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - AstraZeneca - 200,000 vaccines shipped from Canada OGD-HC-Vaccines-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$2.7M $2,749,437