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Canada's aid to Paraguay

$43,619,762 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 239 projects and 179 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$43.6M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$2.0M

2024-25

Projects

239

with money reported

Recipient organizations

179

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $40.1M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $3.5M in repayable loans and $25 already spent in Canada.

124

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

475

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

155

affordable homes built

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

1,801

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

1.9 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$3.6M
2006-07$2.6M
2007-08$3.0M
2008-09$2.1M
2009-10$1.6M
2010-11$1.4M
2011-12$341K
2012-13$123K
2013-14$342K
2014-15$306K
2015-16$758K
2016-17$3.3M
2017-18$3.1M
2018-19$3.5M
2019-20$3.7M
2020-21$3.1M
2021-22$1.4M
2022-23$2.8M
2023-24$4.6M
2024-25$2.0M

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

Agriculture, forestry & fishing$7.4M17.0%
Health$6.9M15.8%
Government & civil society$5.5M12.7%
Population & reproductive health$3.8M8.6%
Conflict, peace & security$2.7M6.1%
Environment$2.6M5.9%
Other social services$2.2M5.1%
Multisector$2.2M5.1%
Transport$1.6M3.6%
Banking & finance$1.5M3.4%
Water & sanitation$1.4M3.1%
Education$1.1M2.4%
Industry, mining & construction$991K2.3%
Energy$966K2.2%
Business$755K1.7%
9 others$2.2M4.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$40.8M93.6%
International Development Research Centre$2.0M4.7%
Finance Canada$750K1.7%
Canadian Space Agency$14K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$15.1M34.6%
Not recorded$12.8M29.4%
Project-type interventions$12.1M27.8%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$3.2M7.4%
Canadian personnel$342K0.8%
Other technical assistance$56K0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$250.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$5.5M12.6%
Green Climate Fund$4.3M9.9%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.5M5.7%
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$2.4M5.6%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$2.0M4.6%
IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation$1.7M3.9%
Société de coopération pour le développement international$1.7M3.9%
FOS FEMINISTA$1.7M3.8%
Plan International Canada$1.3M3.1%
Inter-American Investment Corporation$1.3M2.9%
BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund$1.2M2.8%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$1.1M2.6%
Développement international Desjardins$1.0M2.4%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$1.0M2.3%
World Bank$973K2.2%
Centre for Nursing Studies$894K2.1%
Club 2/3$881K2.0%
Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger$789K1.8%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$750K1.7%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$735K1.7%
Classified$627K1.4%
Nature Canada$569K1.3%
Fundación Capital - FundaK$517K1.2%
ILO - International Labour Organization$420K1.0%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$395K0.9%
154 others$7.3M16.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A030833003 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2009-10 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$3.7M $3,705,540
2	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	$3.0M $2,978,509
3	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$2.3M $2,284,219
4	(no title in the data) A032347001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Société de coopération pour le développement international	$1.7M $1,712,120
5	Feminist Futures Free from Violence P009159001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: FOS FEMINISTA	$1.7M $1,650,330
6	Strengthening Organization, Agency & Rights of Women ECD Workers P012496001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Plan International Canada	$1.3M $1,333,334
7	IAEA Recovery of High-Activity DSRS in South America P002392001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$1.2M $1,191,107
8	BlueOrchard Latin America and Caribbean Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund P011285001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: BlueOrchard LAC GDI Fund	$1.2M $1,187,500
9	Integrated Health Systems in Latin America and the Caribbeans P000614001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$1.1M $1,121,261
10	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.1M $1,094,306
11	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$1.1M $1,081,930
12	(no title in the data) A020910017 · 2006-07 to 2009-10 Main recipient: Centre for Nursing Studies	$894K $894,212
13	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$850K $849,980
14	(no title in the data) M013440001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$848K $848,000
15	(no title in the data) S063452PRG · 2006-07 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace	$847K $847,341
16	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	$780K $779,521
17	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	$742K $742,296
18	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	$648K $647,721
19	(no title in the data) A020910011 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Développement international Desjardins	$636K $635,971
20	Support for regional Wildfire Response in South America and the Amazon P008257001 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: Classified	$600K $600,000
21	(no title in the data) S063317PRG ↗ · 2006-07 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger	$561K $561,001
22	(no title in the data) D000385001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$560K $560,388
23	Green Climate Fund - Initial Resource Mobilization Cushion Contribution P001249003 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$500K $500,330
24	Enhancing economic opportunities for the extreme poor: a gender transformative graduation approach OGD108981 · 2018-19 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Fundación Capital - FundaK	$498K $497,725
25	(no title in the data) S063930PRG · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Club 2/3	$497K $497,425