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Canada's aid to Sierra Leone

$286,293,646 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 403 projects and 253 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$286M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$18.5M

2024-25

Projects

403

with money reported

Recipient organizations

253

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $269M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $16.8M in repayable loans and $1.0M already spent in Canada.

829

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

3,182

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

0.12

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

1,040

affordable homes built

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

12,064

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

13 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$11.3M
2006-07$8.3M
2007-08$7.1M
2008-09$9.0M
2009-10$32.8M
2010-11$7.4M
2011-12$5.1M
2012-13$9.6M
2013-14$3.7M
2014-15$11.8M
2015-16$11.8M
2016-17$8.6M
2017-18$14.8M
2018-19$10.5M
2019-20$16.0M
2020-21$19.6M
2021-22$25.7M
2022-23$31.5M
2023-24$23.2M
2024-25$18.5M

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

Health$59.9M20.9%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$41.4M14.5%
Population & reproductive health$33.2M11.6%
Government & civil society$32.5M11.4%
Education$20.1M7.0%
Emergency response$20.0M7.0%
Conflict, peace & security$17.9M6.2%
Energy$16.8M5.9%
Multisector$5.9M2.1%
Other social services$4.9M1.7%
Industry, mining & construction$4.6M1.6%
Banking & finance$4.3M1.5%
Transport$4.2M1.5%
Water & sanitation$4.1M1.4%
Environment$4.0M1.4%
9 others$12.5M4.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$239M83.6%
Finance Canada$43.0M15.0%
International Development Research Centre$3.3M1.1%
Quebec$330K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$212K0.1%
Alberta$100K0.0%
Manitoba$91K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$5K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$98.7M34.5%
Not recorded$72.2M25.2%
Project-type interventions$60.6M21.2%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$50.8M17.7%
Canadian personnel$2.2M0.8%
Development awareness$1.0M0.3%
Other technical assistance$663K0.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$88K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$20K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

World Bank$33.1M11.5%
International Development Association$31.1M10.9%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$23.7M8.3%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$22.2M7.8%
African Development Bank Group$20.9M7.3%
WFP - World Food Programme$17.3M6.0%
Save the Children Canada$13.5M4.7%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$12.7M4.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$12.2M4.3%
CODE - Canadian Organization for Development Through Education$8.1M2.8%
Canadian Commercial Corporation$7.6M2.7%
IDA-CPL$7.0M2.5%
Partners In Health Canada$6.7M2.3%
WHO - World Health Organization$5.6M2.0%
Plan International Canada Inc. (Plan Canada)$5.2M1.8%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$3.6M1.3%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$3.3M1.2%
Canadian Red Cross Society$3.1M1.1%
World Vision Canada$2.9M1.0%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.4M0.8%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$2.3M0.8%
Energy Access Relief Fund (EARF)$2.2M0.8%
(not specified)$1.8M0.6%
Helen Keller International$1.7M0.6%
CAUSE Canada$1.6M0.6%
228 others$34.5M12.1%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) M013185002 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$28.4M $28,355,600
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$10.6M $10,563,148
3	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$8.5M $8,488,711
4	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	$8.1M $8,091,101
5	(no title in the data) M013402001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$8.0M $8,000,000
6	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	$8.0M $7,974,094
7	Foundations: Strengthening Adolescent Girls Sexual and Reproductive Health P008440001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Save the Children Canada	$7.5M $7,488,647
8	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$7.0M $7,028,507
9	No Woman Or Girl Left Behind P005649001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Partners In Health Canada	$6.7M $6,689,895
10	Reducing child, early and forced marriage in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone P005740001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Save the Children Canada	$6.0M $6,037,250
11	(no title in the data) M012898001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$6.0M $6,000,000
12	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	$6.0M $5,993,037
13	Transforming Girls Education in Sierra Leone P006886001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: CODE - Canadian Organization for Development Through Education	$5.9M $5,940,501
14	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$5.8M $5,837,187
15	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$5.1M $5,146,702
16	Enhanced Child Health Days P001152001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$5.0M $4,995,000
17	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$4.5M $4,519,050
18	(no title in the data) M012386001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2007-08 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$4.0M $4,000,000
19	Provision of a modular biological facility and biobank in Sierra Leone P005445001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$3.8M $3,823,257
20	(no title in the data) D002465001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$3.8M $3,800,000
21	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$3.6M $3,636,331
22	(no title in the data) D001615001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.5M $3,500,700
23	(no title in the data) M013346001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.5M $3,500,000
24	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$3.3M $3,339,788
25	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$3.2M $3,170,248