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Canada's aid to Senegal

$1,479,216,985 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 1,072 projects and 579 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.48B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$93.0M

2024-25

Projects

1,072

with money reported

Recipient organizations

579

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.46B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $16.1M in repayable loans and $2.7M already spent in Canada.

4,507

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

17,308

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

0.67

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

5,659

affordable homes built

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

65,615

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

68 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$27.7M
2006-07$41.5M
2007-08$44.9M
2008-09$75.7M
2009-10$43.4M
2010-11$80.9M
2011-12$57.7M
2012-13$64.6M
2013-14$73.7M
2014-15$65.4M
2015-16$71.4M
2016-17$72.5M
2017-18$87.8M
2018-19$68.5M
2019-20$78.0M
2020-21$95.9M
2021-22$95.4M
2022-23$139M
2023-24$102M
2024-25$93.0M

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

Education$501M33.8%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$272M18.4%
Government & civil society$182M12.3%
Health$149M10.0%
Population & reproductive health$72.8M4.9%
Industry, mining & construction$42.2M2.9%
Environment$36.8M2.5%
Other social services$32.2M2.2%
Multisector$32.0M2.2%
Energy$31.2M2.1%
Banking & finance$26.1M1.8%
Business$18.2M1.2%
Emergency response$17.2M1.2%
Transport$12.6M0.9%
Water & sanitation$11.6M0.8%
10 others$43.3M2.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.33B90.0%
Finance Canada$114M7.7%
International Development Research Centre$17.5M1.2%
Quebec$14.8M1.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$1.5M0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$700K0.0%
New Brunswick$189K0.0%
Manitoba$80K0.0%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency$38K0.0%
Statistics Canada$1K0.0%
Transport Canada$5550.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$435M29.4%
Sector budget support$248M16.7%
Not recorded$245M16.6%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$178M12.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$141M9.5%
Canadian personnel$101M6.8%
General budget support$99.1M6.7%
Other technical assistance$25.9M1.7%
Basket funds/pooled funding$3.2M0.2%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.7M0.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$681K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal$306M20.7%
Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance$161M10.9%
International Development Association$88.9M6.0%
WFP - World Food Programme$79.7M5.4%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$55.0M3.7%
MI - Micronutrient Initiative$32.9M2.2%
CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation$31.6M2.1%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$30.7M2.1%
SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development$28.9M2.0%
World Bank$26.5M1.8%
Ministère de l'Éducation chargé de l'Enseignement Prescolaire, de$24.3M1.6%
Colleges and Institutes Canada$23.4M1.6%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$23.4M1.6%
African Development Bank Group$19.9M1.3%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$18.5M1.3%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$18.3M1.2%
IDA-CPL$15.5M1.0%
Frannan International Limited$15.1M1.0%
Plan International Canada$15.0M1.0%
Canadian Crossroads International$14.9M1.0%
Consortium WUSC-CECI$13.6M0.9%
Green Climate Fund$13.5M0.9%
Cowater International Inc.$12.9M0.9%
Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie$12.4M0.8%
Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$11.4M0.8%
554 others$386M26.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A032121001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal	$103M $103,024,927
2	(no title in the data) A035369003 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal	$70.0M $70,000,000
3	Public School Investment Program II P000245003 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance	$50.0M $50,000,000
4	Budgetary Support to the Plan Sénégal Émergent P000933001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance	$39.2M $39,212,659
5	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$30.9M $30,877,765
6	General Budget Support for the implementation of the PAP2A of the Plan for an Emerging Senegal P009646001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance	$30.0M $30,000,000
7	(no title in the data) A035463001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2013-14 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
8	Providing Food and Nutritional Assistance in Senegal - Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) P009465001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
9	Multisectoral support for recovery after COVID-19 in Senegal P009464001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$20.0M $19,982,048
10	Improving the Health and Well-Being of Women and Adolescents in Southern Senegal P002690001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$19.9M $19,950,000
11	(no title in the data) A034379001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal	$19.9M $19,895,439
12	(no title in the data) A034052001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal	$19.9M $19,889,336
13	(no title in the data) A033553001 · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal	$19.6M $19,564,570
14	Support to the Great Green Wall in Senegal for the resilience of communities and ecosystems P011581001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	$18.8M $18,750,000
15	(no title in the data) A033360001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2011-12 Main recipient: World Bank	$18.2M $18,250,000
16	(no title in the data) A035412001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal	$18.1M $18,120,000
17	Women, Agriculture and Resilience in Senegal P005393001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation	$18.0M $17,990,060
18	(no title in the data) A035369001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal	$17.5M $17,500,000
19	Adaptation and Valorization of Entrepreneurship in Irrigated Agriculture P005390001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada	$16.6M $16,594,501
20	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$15.5M $15,475,071
21	Field Support Services - Senegal 2018-2023 P000603001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Frannan International Limited	$15.1M $15,090,897
22	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$15.0M $15,040,345
23	(no title in the data) D000905001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: MI - Micronutrient Initiative	$15.0M $15,000,000
24	SUCCEED Support to Senegal's National Education Program (PAQUET-EF 2018-2030) P006597001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance	$14.9M $14,870,000
25	(no title in the data) A032792001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances - Sénégal	$14.6M $14,620,240