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Canada's aid to Pakistan

$1,557,789,928 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 693 projects and 352 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.56B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$110M

2024-25

Projects

693

with money reported

Recipient organizations

352

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.52B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $36.9M in repayable loans and $108K already spent in Canada.

4,694

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

18,023

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

0.70

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

5,893

affordable homes built

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

68,328

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

71 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$89.5M
2006-07$43.4M
2007-08$56.4M
2008-09$47.8M
2009-10$68.6M
2010-11$120M
2011-12$57.2M
2012-13$52.9M
2013-14$47.5M
2014-15$43.7M
2015-16$44.5M
2016-17$91.1M
2017-18$71.7M
2018-19$63.6M
2019-20$64.5M
2020-21$101M
2021-22$127M
2022-23$153M
2023-24$104M
2024-25$110M

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$347M22.3%
Emergency response$306M19.6%
Government & civil society$199M12.8%
Education$176M11.3%
Other social services$79.0M5.1%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$64.8M4.2%
Population & reproductive health$58.2M3.7%
Multisector$53.3M3.4%
Energy$42.0M2.7%
Reconstruction & relief$40.4M2.6%
Banking & finance$39.4M2.5%
Water & sanitation$33.8M2.2%
Disaster prevention$27.2M1.7%
Industry, mining & construction$17.4M1.1%
Transport$14.7M0.9%
9 others$59.4M3.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.21B77.4%
Finance Canada$332M21.3%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$7.0M0.5%
International Development Research Centre$6.5M0.4%
Public Health Agency of Canada$3.4M0.2%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$1.3M0.1%
Quebec$641K0.0%
Alberta$118K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$58K0.0%
Manitoba$43K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$11K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$5K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$518M33.2%
Project-type interventions$338M21.7%
Not recorded$335M21.5%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$312M20.0%
Canadian personnel$44.0M2.8%
Other technical assistance$9.5M0.6%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$1.5M0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$108K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$262M16.8%
WFP - World Food Programme$121M7.8%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$108M6.9%
Aga Khan Foundation Canada$98.8M6.3%
Asian Development Bank$76.8M4.9%
WHO - World Health Organization$72.4M4.7%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$62.3M4.0%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$61.5M3.9%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$54.9M3.5%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$50.6M3.2%
IDA-CPL$46.8M3.0%
CARE Canada$25.9M1.7%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$25.5M1.6%
World Bank$24.4M1.6%
Oxfam Canada$22.4M1.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$20.8M1.3%
Cowater International Inc.$19.6M1.3%
KASHF Foundation$17.4M1.1%
World Vision Canada$17.4M1.1%
Agriteam Canada$17.1M1.1%
CDM Constructor's Inc.$16.5M1.1%
Save the Children Canada$16.0M1.0%
ILO - International Labour Organization$11.5M0.7%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$11.2M0.7%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$10.6M0.7%
327 others$286M18.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$93.6M $93,557,876
2	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$62.1M $62,079,365
3	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$52.7M $52,660,750
4	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$46.8M $46,784,088
5	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$36.3M $36,321,492
6	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$31.0M $31,044,106
7	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	$25.8M $25,766,391
8	(no title in the data) M011980001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$25.1M $25,086,702
9	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$22.8M $22,831,511
10	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$20.4M $20,412,468
11	(no title in the data) D000112001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$20.0M $20,000,000
12	(no title in the data) A034486001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$19.4M $19,400,000
13	(no title in the data) A033577001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: CDM Constructor's Inc.	$18.9M $18,939,265
14	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$18.6M $18,616,302
15	(no title in the data) A032943001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2011-12 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$18.0M $18,000,000
16	(no title in the data) M013324001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$18.0M $18,000,000
17	Healthy families in Pakistan P006434001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$17.0M $17,000,000
18	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$16.6M $16,625,963
19	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	$16.4M $16,362,299
20	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	$15.5M $15,497,029
21	Foundations for Health and Empowerment P007593001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Aga Khan Foundation Canada	$15.1M $15,086,400
22	(no title in the data) A034880001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Aga Khan Foundation Canada	$14.7M $14,652,128
23	Broadening Economic and Social Transformation for Womens Economic Empowerment and Recovery P005616001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Aga Khan Foundation Canada	$14.1M $14,121,747
24	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$14.0M $13,957,567
25	(no title in the data) M010987001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$13.7M $13,682,376