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Canada's aid to Palau

$2,359,236 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 49 projects and 57 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$2.4M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$486K

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $2.0M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $350K in repayable loans.

6.2

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

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

0.00

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

7.8

affordable homes built

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

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

0.09 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–
2006-07$76K
2007-08–
2008-09$9K
2009-10$21K
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14$4K
2014-15$34K
2015-16$22K
2016-17$167K
2017-18$55K
2018-19$65K
2019-20$90K
2020-21$345K
2021-22$462K
2022-23$67K
2023-24$456K
2024-25$486K

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

Multisector$761K32.2%
Environment$410K17.4%
Conflict, peace & security$357K15.1%
Government & civil society$292K12.4%
Communications$110K4.7%
Energy$102K4.3%
Other social services$67K2.8%
Budget support$64K2.7%
Water & sanitation$45K1.9%
Health$44K1.9%
Population & reproductive health$41K1.7%
Unallocated$27K1.1%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$20K0.9%
Disaster prevention$17K0.7%
Trade & tourism$3K0.1%
3 others$2250.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$2.4M100.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$1.3M53.2%
Project-type interventions$999K42.4%
Not recorded$106K4.5%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Asian Development Bank$523K22.2%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$365K15.5%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$350K14.8%
(not specified)$200K8.5%
Uncoded$158K6.7%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$105K4.5%
GEF$98K4.2%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$64K2.7%
AsDB Special Funds$59K2.5%
International Atomic Energy Agency$50K2.1%
ILO - International Labour Organization$31K1.3%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$29K1.2%
MOTIVATION AUSTRALIA DEVELOPMENT$24K1.0%
Mamma's Laef Charitable Trust$19K0.8%
MICRONESIAN PRODUCTIONS$18K0.8%
CORAL REEF RESEARCH FOUNDATION$17K0.7%
EBIIL SOCIETY$14K0.6%
ACTIV Association$12K0.5%
Green Climate Fund$12K0.5%
Majuro local government$11K0.5%
RESEARCH EDUCATION COMMUNITY$11K0.5%
KOKODA TRACK FOUNDATION$11K0.5%
PACIFIC COMMUNITY$11K0.5%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$10K0.4%
STAGES OF CHANGE WOMENS THEATRE$10K0.4%
32 others$148K6.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$355K $354,516
2	Nuclear Regulatory Infrastructure Development Program in the Indo-Pacific Region P013837001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund	$350K $350,265
3	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$232K $231,817
4	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$222K $221,686
5	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - CNBRA - 2020/2021 P009106025 · 2020-21 Main recipient: Uncoded	$169K $168,718
6	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - CNBRA - 2024 to 2025 P014221025 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: (not specified)	$143K $142,864
7	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2021-22 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$132K $132,202
8	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - CNBRA - 2023 to 2024 P012680025 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Uncoded	$116K $116,491
9	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF	$109K $109,020
10	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - CNBRA - 2021/2022 P010465025 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Uncoded	$99K $99,340
11	(no title in the data) A033262001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$76K $75,987
12	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - CNBRA - 2018/2019 P007592026 · 2019-20 Main recipient: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR	$61K $61,050
13	Asian Development Bank - 10th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2015-2016 P000357002 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: AsDB Special Funds	$59K $59,281
14	(no title in the data) D001919039 · 2014-15 Main recipient: (not specified)	$34K $34,489
15	(no title in the data) D002609023 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: (not specified)	$22K $22,499
16	(no title in the data) A034831001 · 2009-10 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$21K $20,998
17	Canadas assessed contribution to the International Labour Organization (ILO) P005012006 · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: ILO - International Labour Organization	$18K $17,547
18	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$12K $11,601
19	Payment of assessed contribution to International Atomic Energy Agency regular budget 2022 P011117002 · 2021-22 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy Agency	$11K $11,001
20	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$10K $9,892
21	Payment of assessed contribution to International Atomic Energy Agency regular budget 2025 P015348001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy Agency	$9K $9,223
22	(no title in the data) A034384001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$8K $8,397
23	Institutional Support to International Atomic Energy Agency P002408 · 2016-17 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy Agency	$8K $8,358
24	Payment of assessed contribution to International Atomic Energy Agency regular budget 2020 P008504003 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy Agency	$8K $8,118
25	International Atomic Energy Agency Technical Cooperation Fund 2022 P011118001 · 2021-22 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$8K $7,653