Countries · Oceania

Canada's aid to Samoa

$21,208,663 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 108 projects and 98 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$21.2M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$2.9M

2024-25

Projects

108

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $19.9M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.3M in repayable loans.

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

236

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

0.01

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

affordable homes built

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

894

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

0.93 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$436K
2006-07$427K
2007-08$475K
2008-09$434K
2009-10$410K
2010-11$106K
2011-12$571K
2012-13$74K
2013-14$76K
2014-15$93K
2015-16$79K
2016-17$1.5M
2017-18$2.1M
2018-19$1.4M
2019-20$1.5M
2020-21$1.7M
2021-22$549K
2022-23$3.0M
2023-24$3.3M
2024-25$2.9M

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

Disaster prevention$4.5M21.4%
Environment$2.6M12.3%
Government & civil society$2.6M12.2%
Transport$2.3M11.0%
Multisector$2.0M9.6%
Communications$1.2M5.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$985K4.6%
Business$783K3.7%
Trade & tourism$625K2.9%
Banking & finance$588K2.8%
Energy$584K2.8%
Health$541K2.5%
Other social services$510K2.4%
Emergency response$388K1.8%
Conflict, peace & security$375K1.8%
9 others$590K2.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$13.2M62.3%
Finance Canada$7.1M33.5%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$583K2.8%
International Development Research Centre$165K0.8%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$134K0.6%
Canadian Space Agency$2940.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$15.4M72.6%
Project-type interventions$3.1M14.7%
Not recorded$2.3M10.7%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$411K1.9%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$6.1M28.7%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.9M13.6%
Green Climate Fund$1.9M9.1%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M5.4%
Alinea International Ltd$1.1M5.1%
Asian Development Bank$818K3.9%
IDA-CPL$667K3.1%
Center for Clean Air Policy$583K2.8%
Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)$580K2.7%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$547K2.6%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$450K2.1%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$445K2.1%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$391K1.8%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$350K1.7%
COL - Commonwealth of Learning$333K1.6%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$300K1.4%
Commonwealth Secretariat$289K1.4%
(not specified)$216K1.0%
IFRC Appeals via CRCS$200K0.9%
Uncoded$187K0.9%
AsDB Special Funds$162K0.8%
University of the Sunshine Coast$153K0.7%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$148K0.7%
Joint Office for Commonwealth Permanent Missions to the United$122K0.6%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$94K0.4%
73 others$1.0M4.9%

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	$2.1M $2,054,239
2	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.1M $1,130,253
3	Pacific Women Entrepreneurs as Island Guardians P013607001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$1.1M $1,089,664
4	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.1M $1,087,828
5	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$943K $943,406
6	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$854K $853,942
7	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$850K $849,541
8	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$782K $782,341
9	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$777K $777,186
10	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)	$684K $683,515
11	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$682K $681,769
12	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$667K $667,414
13	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$628K $627,990
14	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$520K $520,359
15	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2016-2020 P001916001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)	$446K $446,160
16	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$392K $391,733
17	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$389K $388,800
18	Nuclear Regulatory Infrastructure Development Program in the Indo-Pacific Region P013837001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund	$350K $350,265
19	Support for Nationally Determined Contribution Implementation in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands Region through Methane Reductions OGDECCC-GCXE23I018 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Center for Clean Air Policy	$333K $333,333
20	(no title in the data) M012646001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
21	(no title in the data) M010939005 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
22	(no title in the data) M013574001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: Commonwealth Secretariat	$289K $288,600
23	(no title in the data) M013000001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$289K $288,600
24	(no title in the data) M010939006 · 2006-07 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$277K $276,900
25	Support for Nationally Determined Contribution Implementation in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands Region through Methane Reductions*/Soutien à la mise en uvre de contributions déterminées au niveau national dans les petits États insulaires en développement de la région des Caraïbes et des îles du Pacifique grâce à la réduction des émissions de méthane OGDGCXE23I018 · 2023-24 Main recipient: Center for Clean Air Policy	$250K $250,000