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Canada's aid to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

$57,271,058 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 171 projects and 128 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$57.3M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$6.5M

2024-25

Projects

171

with money reported

Recipient organizations

128

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $55.8M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.4M in repayable loans and $50 already spent in Canada.

172

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

662

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

0.03

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

216

affordable homes built

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

2,508

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

2.6 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$1.4M
2006-07$1.8M
2007-08$1.2M
2008-09$749K
2009-10$516K
2010-11$951K
2011-12$915K
2012-13$376K
2013-14$1.8M
2014-15$1.4M
2015-16$1.5M
2016-17$1.5M
2017-18$635K
2018-19$3.4M
2019-20$3.6M
2020-21$3.6M
2021-22$15.2M
2022-23$5.0M
2023-24$5.2M
2024-25$6.5M

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$11.9M20.7%
Reconstruction & relief$6.8M11.8%
Disaster prevention$5.5M9.6%
Transport$5.2M9.1%
Other social services$4.7M8.1%
Environment$4.5M7.9%
Education$3.4M6.0%
Multisector$2.8M4.9%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.6M4.6%
Health$2.6M4.6%
Water & sanitation$1.4M2.4%
Emergency response$1.0M1.7%
Population & reproductive health$928K1.6%
Budget support$905K1.6%
Business$501K0.9%
8 others$2.5M4.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$47.3M82.7%
Finance Canada$8.4M14.6%
International Development Research Centre$1.4M2.4%
Public Health Agency of Canada$168K0.3%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$29.7M51.9%
Project-type interventions$13.3M23.2%
Not recorded$7.2M12.6%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$5.9M10.3%
Other technical assistance$922K1.6%
Canadian personnel$247K0.4%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$500.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$21.9M38.2%
International Development Association$6.0M10.5%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$3.4M5.9%
UN Women$2.5M4.4%
WFP - World Food Programme$2.3M4.0%
IDA-CPL$1.8M3.1%
Canadian Red Cross Society$1.6M2.8%
World Bank$1.6M2.8%
The University of the West Indies$1.4M2.4%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M2.0%
IBRD/World Bank Institute$1.1M1.8%
CRC Sogema Inc.$934K1.6%
Caribbean Community Climate Change$727K1.3%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$667K1.2%
Cuso International$646K1.1%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$603K1.1%
CCAF-FCVI Inc.$582K1.0%
FOOD & AGR ORG OF THE UNITED NATION$568K1.0%
Statistics Canada$536K0.9%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$503K0.9%
University of the West Indies$403K0.7%
Justice Education Society of British Columbia$381K0.7%
Inter-American Development Bank$358K0.6%
St. Francis Xavier University - Coady International Institute$344K0.6%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$317K0.6%
103 others$5.1M8.9%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Replenishment of the SDF-10 at the Caribbean Development Bank - institutional support 2021 to 2024 P009028001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$10.7M $10,681,970
2	Ninth Replenishment - Special Development Fund - Caribbean Development Bank P002152001 · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$5.7M $5,669,231
3	(no title in the data) M013798001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$2.7M $2,706,208
4	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.7M $2,671,232
5	Build Back Equal P010393001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UN Women	$2.5M $2,500,000
6	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.0M $1,959,652
7	Resilience and Enhanced Adaptability to Disasters in the Caribbean P011997001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$1.9M $1,920,000
8	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$1.8M $1,801,323
9	Community Resilience Building P002743001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$1.6M $1,600,662
10	(no title in the data) A033313001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2012-13 Main recipient: World Bank	$1.6M $1,599,360
11	Caribbean Development Bank Special Development Fund's 8th Replenishment 2015/2017 P000372002 · 2016-17 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$1.4M $1,353,104
12	(no title in the data) M013798002 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$1.4M $1,353,103
13	Strengthening Resilient Water Resource Management in the Eastern Caribbean P010377001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.3M $1,335,684
14	Improving household nutrition security and public health in the CARICOM OGD108690 · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: The University of the West Indies	$1.3M $1,319,999
15	Climate Change Action for Gender-Sensitive Resilience P002810001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$1.1M $1,096,850
16	Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility P006224001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: IBRD/World Bank Institute	$1.1M $1,050,000
17	(no title in the data) A030945001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: CRC Sogema Inc.	$949K $949,154
18	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$932K $931,903
19	(no title in the data) A032589001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$892K $892,060
20	Gender-responsive climate smart agriculture food systems in the Caribbean P012863001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: FOOD & AGR ORG OF THE UNITED NATION	$812K $812,500
21	Enhancing Ecosystem and Coastal Protection in the Caribbean P011284001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Caribbean Community Climate Change	$727K $727,322
22	(no title in the data) A033803PRG ↗ · 2007-08 to 2012-13 Main recipient: CCAF-FCVI Inc.	$585K $585,136
23	Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC) P000683001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Statistics Canada	$536K $536,070
24	Blueprints for Gender Equality P010478001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Cuso International	$500K $500,000
25	Judicial Strengthening Program for the Eastern Caribbean P011397001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Justice Education Society of British Columbia	$381K $381,108