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Canada's aid to São Tomé and Príncipe

$28,757,415 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 136 projects and 91 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$28.8M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$2.5M

2024-25

Projects

136

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $26.4M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $486K in repayable loans and $1.9M already spent in Canada.

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

313

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

102

affordable homes built

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

1,186

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

1.2 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$1.2M
2006-07$563K
2007-08$359K
2008-09$208K
2009-10$5K
2010-11$140K
2011-12$49K
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15$92K
2015-16$309K
2016-17$1.4M
2017-18$1.4M
2018-19$1.8M
2019-20$1.5M
2020-21$2.9M
2021-22$6.9M
2022-23$5.3M
2023-24$2.1M
2024-25$2.5M

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

Water & sanitation$4.7M16.2%
Health$3.9M13.4%
Education$3.4M11.9%
Multisector$3.4M11.8%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.8M9.6%
Debt relief$1.9M6.4%
Other social services$1.5M5.1%
Government & civil society$1.5M5.1%
Environment$1.2M4.3%
Disaster prevention$924K3.2%
Energy$790K2.7%
Banking & finance$730K2.5%
Transport$565K2.0%
Trade & tourism$390K1.4%
Population & reproductive health$347K1.2%
9 others$813K2.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$21.4M74.5%
Finance Canada$7.2M25.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$87K0.3%
International Development Research Centre$24K0.1%
Quebec$5K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$5320.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$22.8M79.2%
Not recorded$2.8M9.8%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.9M6.5%
Project-type interventions$1.2M4.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$89K0.3%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$5.1M17.6%
Least Developed Countries Fund$4.7M16.5%
African Development Bank Group$3.6M12.6%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$2.5M8.9%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.3M8.1%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$1.2M4.3%
African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$1.0M3.6%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$901K3.1%
IDA-CPL$837K2.9%
Universities Canada$460K1.6%
(not specified)$400K1.4%
Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)$377K1.3%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$367K1.3%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$361K1.3%
OIF - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie$331K1.1%
Colleges and Institutes Canada$307K1.1%
World Bank$275K1.0%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$260K0.9%
UNDP REPRESENTATIVE IN SAO TOME$249K0.9%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$224K0.8%
Canadian Bureau for International Education$209K0.7%
Uncoded$206K0.7%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$162K0.6%
WFP - World Food Programme$158K0.5%
CÉGEP SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU$153K0.5%
66 others$1.9M6.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P010872001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Fund	$4.5M $4,464,286
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.8M $1,783,903
3	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$1.1M $1,132,303
4	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$1.1M $1,107,348
5	African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative OGDFinance-2023-17 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: African Development Fund - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative	$1.0M $1,035,180
6	Francophonie scholarships 2014-2019 P000647001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education	$1.0M $1,031,883
7	IDA - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) OGDFinance-2023-16 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$982K $981,720
8	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$979K $978,670
9	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	$926K $925,846
10	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$880K $879,524
11	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	$862K $861,732
12	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$852K $851,506
13	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$837K $837,114
14	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	$730K $730,232
15	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$596K $595,663
16	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$573K $573,252
17	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2016-2020 P001916001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)	$566K $566,392
18	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	$560K $560,034
19	(no title in the data) S063007001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Universities Canada	$462K $462,324
20	Canadian International Development Scholarships Program 2030 P010034001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Colleges and Institutes Canada	$429K $429,124
21	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$409K $409,178
22	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$357K $356,855
23	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2022 P011991001 · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$294K $293,786
24	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$293K $293,190
25	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$275K $275,000