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Canada's aid to Panama

$44,251,408 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 239 projects and 162 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$44.3M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$4.8M

2024-25

Projects

239

with money reported

Recipient organizations

162

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $35.5M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $8.8M in repayable loans and $2K already spent in Canada.

109

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

420

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

137

affordable homes built

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

1,593

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

1.7 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$1.3M
2006-07$1.2M
2007-08$850K
2008-09$721K
2009-10$911K
2010-11$1.7M
2011-12$830K
2012-13$759K
2013-14$932K
2014-15$707K
2015-16$1.4M
2016-17$2.0M
2017-18$2.8M
2018-19$5.0M
2019-20$2.5M
2020-21$2.1M
2021-22$2.1M
2022-23$6.4M
2023-24$5.2M
2024-25$4.8M

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$10.1M22.7%
Banking & finance$6.8M15.4%
Environment$6.5M14.7%
Conflict, peace & security$5.6M12.7%
Multisector$2.7M6.1%
Industry, mining & construction$2.2M4.9%
Other social services$1.9M4.3%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$1.8M4.1%
Emergency response$1.7M3.9%
Health$1.3M3.0%
Water & sanitation$722K1.6%
Unallocated$542K1.2%
Education$495K1.1%
Disaster prevention$373K0.8%
Population & reproductive health$345K0.8%
7 others$1.2M2.6%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$40.0M90.3%
Finance Canada$1.5M3.5%
International Development Research Centre$1.1M2.5%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$731K1.7%
Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program$463K1.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$339K0.8%
Quebec$90K0.2%
Canadian Space Agency$2510.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$24.6M55.6%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$10.2M23.2%
Not recorded$5.0M11.3%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$3.4M7.6%
Canadian personnel$639K1.4%
Other technical assistance$420K0.9%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Justice Education Society of British Columbia$5.1M11.4%
BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund$3.6M8.0%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.9M6.6%
Développement international Desjardins$2.7M6.1%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$2.1M4.8%
IMF - International Monetary Fund$1.8M4.0%
The Special Climate Change Fund$1.7M3.8%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$1.5M3.5%
DID - Développement international Desjardins$1.3M2.8%
IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation$969K2.2%
WFP - World Food Programme$949K2.1%
World Bank$904K2.0%
Bird Studies Canada$879K2.0%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$850K1.9%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$831K1.9%
OAS - Organization of American States$752K1.7%
IUCN, International Union forConservation of Nature and$750K1.7%
Horizons of Friendship$636K1.4%
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION$606K1.4%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$602K1.4%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$600K1.4%
(not specified)$563K1.3%
El Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe$517K1.2%
Société de coopération pour le développement international$457K1.0%
Inter-American Development Bank$455K1.0%
137 others$10.3M23.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	BlueOrchard Latin America and Caribbean Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund P011285001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund	$3.5M $3,515,000
2	Strengthening Anti-Crime Capacity in Panama P005494001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Justice Education Society of British Columbia	$2.4M $2,364,262
3	(no title in the data) S065205001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Développement international Desjardins	$1.8M $1,798,465
4	Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Combat Human Trafficking P009710001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Justice Education Society of British Columbia	$1.7M $1,738,582
5	SCCF 2023 - SPECIAL CLIMATE CHANGE FUND P012737001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: The Special Climate Change Fund	$1.7M $1,664,610
6	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$1.6M $1,635,222
7	Improving Access to Credit for Microbusinesses and Small Enterprises P000684001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: DID - Développement international Desjardins	$1.2M $1,233,684
8	Support to the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) - IDB Invest 2016-2025 P003010001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation	$1.1M $1,102,770
9	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$939K $939,076
10	Conserva Aves P012709001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Bird Studies Canada	$881K $881,398
11	(no title in the data) M010431001 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$878K $877,923
12	(no title in the data) M013440001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$848K $848,000
13	Central America, Panama, Dominican Republic Regional Technial Assistance Centre (CAPTAC-DR) II P000741001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: IMF - International Monetary Fund	$840K $840,000
14	Podong Indigenous Peoples Initiative P014080001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: IUCN, International Union forConservation of Nature and	$750K $750,000
15	(no title in the data) S063682PRG ↗ · 2007-08 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Développement international Desjardins	$708K $707,816
16	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$707K $706,512
17	(no title in the data) A034687001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2012-13 Main recipient: IMF - International Monetary Fund	$700K $700,000
18	World Food Programme - Long Term Institutional Support - 2021 à 2022 et de 2024 à 2025 P005248001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$641K $640,859
19	Improving the health and well-being of LGBTI+ populations P014782001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$600K $600,000
20	(no title in the data) D000916001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: IMF - International Monetary Fund	$560K $560,000
21	Strengthening Anti-Crime Capacity in Panama P001434001 · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: Justice Education Society of British Columbia	$553K $553,113
22	A Safe and Healthy World of Work for Everyone in Panama / Un monde du travail sûr et sain pour tous au Panama. OGDLabour-020045381 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION	$463K $463,112
23	(no title in the data) S063681PRG ↗ · 2007-08 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Société de coopération pour le développement international	$461K $461,055
24	Water Resource Resilience in Two Cities of the Dry Arch of Panama 108213 · 2016-17 Main recipient: El Centro del Agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe	$460K $459,680
25	DISRUPTION Strengthening Financial and Anti-Corruption Responses to TIP in the Andean P013343001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$459K $459,292