Countries · Asia

Canada's aid to North Korea

$60,102,497 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 85 projects and 34 recipient organizations.

Explore every line in the dashboard →

Total, all years

$60.1M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$497K

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $53.3M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $6.8M in repayable loans.

165

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

632

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

207

affordable homes built

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

2,395

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

2.5 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$2.7M
2006-07$74K
2007-08$2.4M
2008-09$6.1M
2009-10–
2010-11$2.5M
2011-12$4.6M
2012-13$4.4M
2013-14$4.0M
2014-15$2.8M
2015-16$2.0M
2016-17$2.9M
2017-18$5.0M
2018-19$8.0M
2019-20$6.4M
2020-21$4.4M
2021-22$635K
2022-23$337K
2023-24$380K
2024-25$497K

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$43.1M71.7%
Conflict, peace & security$6.8M11.4%
Health$6.5M10.8%
Government & civil society$798K1.3%
Disaster prevention$762K1.3%
Energy$626K1.0%
Reconstruction & relief$495K0.8%
Food aid$271K0.5%
Population & reproductive health$258K0.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$248K0.4%
Other social services$86K0.1%
Multisector$38K0.1%
Education$33K0.1%
Water & sanitation$28K0.0%
Trade & tourism$14K0.0%
4 others$36K0.1%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$60.1M100.0%
Canadian Space Agency$15K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$25.6M42.6%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$12.1M20.1%
Not recorded$11.3M18.7%
Project-type interventions$11.1M18.5%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$33.2M55.2%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$8.4M14.0%
Verification ResearchTraining and Information Centre$3.3M5.6%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$2.9M4.8%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$2.6M4.3%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$2.0M3.3%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$2.0M3.3%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$1.6M2.7%
The Royal United Services Institute$1.1M1.9%
Red Cross Int'l Aid Trust of Canada C/O Int'l Federation of Red Cross$450K0.7%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$429K0.7%
Middlebury Institute of Internation James Martin Centre for Nonprolifer$335K0.6%
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization$325K0.5%
UNDP$312K0.5%
WHO - World Health Organization$242K0.4%
WFP$193K0.3%
University for Peace$160K0.3%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$116K0.2%
World Health Organisation$94K0.2%
NOBEL WOMEN'S INITIATIVE$65K0.1%
CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research$62K0.1%
WHO - World Health Organization Assessed contributions$50K0.1%
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économique$40K0.1%
UNICEF$29K0.0%
GLOBAL FORUM ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SECRETARIAT$15K0.0%
9 others$58K0.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) M012909001 ↗ · 2008-09 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$6.1M $6,100,000
2	(no title in the data) M013689001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.0M $4,000,000
3	Open source research on North Koreas production capacity for weapons of mass destruction P006422001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Verification ResearchTraining and Information Centre	$3.3M $3,349,257
4	(no title in the data) D000630001 · 2013-14 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.0M $3,000,600
5	(no title in the data) M013765001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.0M $3,000,000
6	(no title in the data) M013436001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.5M $2,500,000
7	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$2.0M $2,040,556
8	(no title in the data) D002136001 · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.0M $2,030,000
9	Support for the International Atomic Energy Agencys North Korea Team P006742001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$2.0M $2,000,000
10	Central Emergency Response Fund 2016-2020 - OCHA P001148001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Central Emergency Response FundCERF	$2.0M $1,957,067
11	(no title in the data) M012090001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.6M $1,600,000
12	Multi-Country - Food Assistance and Humanitarian Air Services - World Food Programme 2018 P006124001 · 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.5M $1,499,998
13	Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2017 P002656001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.5M $1,499,995
14	(no title in the data) D003250001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.3M $1,313,987
15	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.3M $1,252,103
16	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.2M $1,189,766
17	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	$1.2M $1,179,718
18	Open source intelligence and analysis to disrupt illicit shipping by North Korea P006494001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: The Royal United Services Institute	$1.1M $1,118,872
19	World Food Program - Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - CAP 2020 P008798001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.1M $1,068,653
20	(no title in the data) D000624001 · 2013-14 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$1.0M $1,000,500
21	(no title in the data) M012674001 ↗ · 2007-08 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.0M $1,000,000
22	(no title in the data) M013841001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$1000K $999,960
23	(no title in the data) M013666001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$999K $999,375
24	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional Support 2017-2019 P002028001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$900K $899,811
25	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$851K $851,395