Countries · Oceania

Canada's aid to Oceania, regional

$440,111,128 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 536 projects and 285 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$440M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$50.3M

2024-25

Projects

536

with money reported

Recipient organizations

285

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $336M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $60.2M in repayable loans and $43.6M already spent in Canada.

1,038

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

3,986

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

0.15

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

1,303

affordable homes built

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

15,111

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

16 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$1.5M
2006-07$4.0M
2007-08$4K
2008-09$4K
2009-10$105K
2010-11$422K
2011-12$710K
2012-13$845
2013-14$68K
2014-15$47K
2015-16$748K
2016-17$11.4M
2017-18$11.7M
2018-19$27.2M
2019-20$31.7M
2020-21$96.7M
2021-22$71.3M
2022-23$69.4M
2023-24$62.8M
2024-25$50.3M

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$97.7M22.2%
Conflict, peace & security$83.0M18.9%
Administrative costs$43.9M10.0%
Environment$36.2M8.2%
Energy$33.1M7.5%
Government & civil society$29.8M6.8%
Education$28.0M6.4%
Emergency response$27.5M6.3%
Multisector$14.9M3.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$14.0M3.2%
Population & reproductive health$8.6M2.0%
Unallocated$5.2M1.2%
Banking & finance$4.9M1.1%
Water & sanitation$2.8M0.6%
Other social services$2.4M0.5%
7 others$8.2M1.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$438M99.6%
International Development Research Centre$1.1M0.2%
Finance Canada$762K0.2%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$72K0.0%
Imputed foreign student subsidies$36K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$19K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$161M36.7%
Project-type interventions$155M35.2%
Administrative costs$43.9M10.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$43.6M9.9%
Basket funds/pooled funding$15.1M3.4%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$14.9M3.4%
Not recorded$5.9M1.3%
Other technical assistance$465K0.1%
Canadian personnel$126K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$19K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Affairs Canada$42.1M9.6%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$31.9M7.2%
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness$31.4M7.1%
Asian Development Bank$30.5M6.9%
WHO - World Health Organization$28.8M6.5%
UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office$21.5M4.9%
Global Partnership for Education c/o World Bank$18.0M4.1%
Agence Française de Développement$16.0M3.6%
Green Climate Fund$15.9M3.6%
Rocky Mountain Institute$9.5M2.2%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$8.6M2.0%
Foundation for Innovative New Diagn$8.0M1.8%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$7.5M1.7%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$7.5M1.7%
Action Against Hunger$7.4M1.7%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$6.3M1.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$6.2M1.4%
OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights$5.9M1.3%
ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific$4.6M1.1%
World Organization for Animal Health$4.4M1.0%
World Bank$4.4M1.0%
Canadian Red Cross Society$4.1M0.9%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$4.0M0.9%
Grand Challenges Canada$3.9M0.9%
Women Deliver$3.7M0.8%
260 others$108M24.5%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Canadian climate and nature fund for the private sector in Asia P012801001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$27.5M $27,500,000
2	Investing in Peace - the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund P012252001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP Multi Donor Trust Fund office	$14.0M $14,000,000
3	COVAX Advance Market Commitment P009862002 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$11.0M $11,000,000
4	Green Climate Fund Replenishment Loan P008176002 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$11.0M $11,000,000
5	Global Partnership for Education Institutional support 2022-2026 P006692001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Global Partnership for Education c/o World Bank	$10.2M $10,250,000
6	Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations Institutional Support 2023 P012334001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness	$10.0M $10,000,000
7	Kiwa Initiative – Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience P006828001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Agence Française de Développement	$10.0M $10,000,000
8	Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in Asia - II P002162001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$10.0M $10,000,000
9	Support to the Climate Finance Access Network P009609001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Rocky Mountain Institute	$9.5M $9,500,000
10	COVAX vaccine delivery and dose sharing mechanism P010206004 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$8.5M $8,500,000
11	COVID-19 Vaccine Research and Development P009527001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness	$8.0M $8,000,000
12	Global biodiversity framework fund P012759001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$7.5M $7,500,000
13	Global Partnership for Education - Institutional Support 2018-2021 P002030001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Global Partnership for Education c/o World Bank	$7.5M $7,500,000
14	Administrative Costs-Common Services OGDADMIN-2023 · 2023-24 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$7.3M $7,317,095
15	Global Emergency Nutrition Program - Action Against Hunger 2021-2023 P009730001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Action Against Hunger	$7.2M $7,200,000
16	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$6.9M $6,851,340
17	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2021-Admin · 2020-21 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$6.8M $6,812,450
18	(no title in the data) OGDADMIN-2022 · 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Affairs Canada	$6.0M $6,014,870
19	COVID-19 Vaccine Research and Development P009527003 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness	$6.0M $6,000,000
20	Kiwa Initiative nature-based solutions for climate resilience P006828002 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Agence Française de Développement	$6.0M $6,000,000
21	COVAX Advance Market Commitment for COVIS-19 vaccine P009862003 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$5.0M $5,000,000
22	Support to the Polio Eradication Endgame Strategic Plan with WHO 2020-2023 P009806001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$5.0M $5,000,000
23	Support to COVID-19 Medical Oxygen Response P011798001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$5.0M $5,000,000
24	CPA incremental expenses P007613001 · 2018-19 to 2021-22 Main recipient: RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police	$4.9M $4,864,001
25	Catalyzing Women’s Entrepreneurship - Creating a Gender-Responsive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem P002972001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific	$4.6M $4,634,260