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Canada's aid to Poland

$4,166,900 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 20 projects and 24 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$4.2M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$100K

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $767K given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $3.4M in repayable loans.

2.4

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

9.1

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

3.0

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

0.04 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$221K
2006-07$89K
2007-08$42K
2008-09$4K
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14$400K
2014-15–
2015-16$11K
2016-17–
2017-18–
2018-19–
2019-20–
2020-21–
2021-22–
2022-23$3.3M
2023-24–
2024-25$100K

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

By department

Global Affairs Canada$4.2M100.0%

By aid type

Top 25 recipient organizations

Canadian Red Cross Society$2.5M60.0%
Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation$400K9.6%
HelpAge International$400K9.6%
SOS Children's Villages Canada$400K9.6%
Canadian Bureau for International Education$180K4.3%
JHR - Journalists for Human Rights$100K2.4%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$46K1.1%
CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION$41K1.0%
Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Le Centre Pearson pour le maintien$29K0.7%
(not specified)$14K0.3%
INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION$13K0.3%
International Visegrad Fund$11K0.3%
COMITÉ ORGANISATEUR DES JEUX - MONTRÉAL 2006$8K0.2%
International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists$7K0.2%
AIDS Infoshare$4K0.1%
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND HEALTH$3K0.1%
Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific$2K0.1%
ALLIED RAINBOW COMMUNITIES INTERNATIONAL$2K0.1%
Treasury Board Secretariat$1K0.0%
Apor International Inc.$9970.0%
All Continent Transport Ltd.$9690.0%
University of Toronto$7680.0%
PWGSC-Consulting & Audit Canada$6770.0%
UN-NGLS - United Nations Non- Governmental Liaison Service$3350.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Ukraine - Emergency Response - In-Kind Assistance - CRCS - 2022 P011594001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$2.5M $2,500,000
2	Ukraine and neighbouring countries - Emergency Assistance – HelpAge 2022 P011466001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: HelpAge International	$400K $400,000
3	Ukraine and neighbouring countries - Emergency Assistance – SOS Children’s Villages 2022 P011465001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: SOS Children's Villages Canada	$400K $400,000
4	(no title in the data) RFF2013-019 · 2013-14 Main recipient: Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation	$400K $400,000
5	(no title in the data) Z250004001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Canadian Bureau for International Education	$201K $201,009
6	Activating Russian and Belarussian independent journalists to combat information manipulation P013731001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: JHR - Journalists for Human Rights	$100K $100,000
7	(no title in the data) S062506PRG · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION	$41K $40,689
8	(no title in the data) Z020690001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$40K $39,871
9	(no title in the data) A030315001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Le Centre Pearson pour le maintien	$32K $32,356
10	(no title in the data) S063544001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION	$13K $13,164
11	(no title in the data) D002968001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: International Visegrad Fund	$11K $11,000
12	(no title in the data) S063651001 · 2006-07 Main recipient: COMITÉ ORGANISATEUR DES JEUX - MONTRÉAL 2006	$8K $8,000
13	(no title in the data) S064053001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists	$7K $7,037
14	(no title in the data) S063543001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: AIDS Infoshare	$4K $4,465
15	(no title in the data) S063270001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND HEALTH	$3K $3,358
16	(no title in the data) S064228001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific	$2K $2,473
17	(no title in the data) S063384001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: ALLIED RAINBOW COMMUNITIES INTERNATIONAL	$2K $2,352
18	(no title in the data) Z020590001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: University of Toronto	$768 $768
19	(no title in the data) M012951001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: UN-NGLS - United Nations Non- Governmental Liaison Service	$335 $335
20	(no title in the data) Z020440001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION	$23 $23