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Canada's aid to Rwanda

$500,617,723 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 562 projects and 383 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$501M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$37.2M

2024-25

Projects

562

with money reported

Recipient organizations

383

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $488M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $9.4M in repayable loans and $3.1M already spent in Canada.

1,506

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

5,784

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

0.22

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

1,891

affordable homes built

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

21,929

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

23 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$21.6M
2006-07$12.6M
2007-08$14.5M
2008-09$14.2M
2009-10$40.4M
2010-11$12.6M
2011-12$13.6M
2012-13$12.1M
2013-14$5.8M
2014-15$4.5M
2015-16$5.3M
2016-17$24.9M
2017-18$28.4M
2018-19$36.2M
2019-20$34.7M
2020-21$38.8M
2021-22$56.3M
2022-23$44.8M
2023-24$42.0M
2024-25$37.2M

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$75.7M15.1%
Health$75.5M15.1%
Education$61.2M12.2%
Population & reproductive health$55.9M11.2%
Government & civil society$55.9M11.2%
Energy$30.7M6.1%
Multisector$21.9M4.4%
Emergency response$21.4M4.3%
Transport$21.1M4.2%
Other social services$16.8M3.4%
Banking & finance$11.4M2.3%
Water & sanitation$9.9M2.0%
Business$9.7M1.9%
Environment$6.6M1.3%
Industry, mining & construction$5.7M1.1%
10 others$21.3M4.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$365M72.9%
Finance Canada$110M21.9%
Public Health Agency of Canada$17.5M3.5%
International Development Research Centre$7.2M1.4%
Quebec$1.2M0.2%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$228K0.0%
Alberta$25K0.0%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$20K0.0%
Manitoba$9K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$2660.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$220M44.0%
Project-type interventions$124M24.7%
Not recorded$109M21.9%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$25.8M5.2%
Canadian personnel$14.8M3.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$3.1M0.6%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$2.6M0.5%
Other technical assistance$614K0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$88.9M17.8%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$51.6M10.3%
World Bank$48.0M9.6%
African Development Bank Group$42.9M8.6%
Public Health Agency of Canada$17.5M3.5%
WFP - World Food Programme$15.1M3.0%
Consortium: Centre d'étude et de coopération internationale$14.1M2.8%
IDA-CPL$12.5M2.5%
Right To Play International$8.9M1.8%
Green Climate Fund$8.9M1.8%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$7.9M1.6%
Government of the Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs$7.1M1.4%
Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie$7.1M1.4%
IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development$6.8M1.4%
DOT - Digital Opportunity Trust$6.5M1.3%
Right To Play$6.3M1.3%
Western University$6.3M1.3%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$4.9M1.0%
CAAF Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation$4.8M1.0%
CARE Canada$4.6M0.9%
Primate's World Relief and Development Fund$4.6M0.9%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$4.5M0.9%
UK Department for International Development$4.5M0.9%
ADRA - Adventist Development and Relief Agency Canada$4.4M0.9%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$4.4M0.9%
358 others$107M21.4%

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	$31.1M $31,128,243
2	(no title in the data) M013185002 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$28.4M $28,355,600
3	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	$17.6M $17,646,503
4	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - AstraZeneca - 200,000 vaccines shipped from Canada OGD-HC-Vaccines-2021 · 2021-22 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$17.5M $17,519,574
5	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$17.2M $17,167,752
6	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	$16.6M $16,607,246
7	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$16.0M $15,971,998
8	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	$13.1M $13,077,629
9	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$12.5M $12,471,533
10	(no title in the data) A032197001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Consortium: Centre d'étude et de coopération internationale	$12.2M $12,157,632
11	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$11.7M $11,705,054
12	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$10.5M $10,528,257
13	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$9.4M $9,356,539
14	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$9.1M $9,090,729
15	(no title in the data) A034700001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2012-13 Main recipient: World Bank	$9.0M $9,000,000
16	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$7.6M $7,575,000
17	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.4M $7,421,174
18	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$7.2M $7,170,345
19	Scaling Urban NbS for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUNCASA) P011906001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development	$6.8M $6,843,947
20	(no title in the data) A032487001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Government of the Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs	$6.8M $6,819,592
21	Gender-Responsive Education and Transformation P002808001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Right To Play	$6.5M $6,456,558
22	Maternal Newborn and Child Health Training Support and Access Model P001048001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Western University	$6.3M $6,285,129
23	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$6.0M $5,991,095
24	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$5.5M $5,533,953
25	Girls' Education for a Better Future in the Great Lakes Region P007260001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie	$5.0M $4,999,956