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Canada's aid to Singapore

$1,224,714 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 8 projects and 6 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.2M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$256K

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $674K given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $551K in repayable loans.

2.1

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

8.0

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

0.00

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

2.6

affordable homes built

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

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

0.03 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–
2006-07–
2007-08–
2008-09–
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15$520K
2015-16$153K
2016-17$144K
2017-18–
2018-19–
2019-20–
2020-21–
2021-22–
2022-23$30K
2023-24$121K
2024-25$256K

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

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.2M100.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$1.2M97.5%
Other technical assistance$30K2.5%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Canadian Commercial Corporation$560K45.7%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$350K28.6%
HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE$153K12.5%
INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization$71K5.8%
U.S. Civilian Researchand Development Foundation$57K4.6%
(not specified)$33K2.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) D002215001 · 2014-15 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$487K $486,625
2	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
3	(no title in the data) D003084001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE	$153K $153,438
4	Physical Proctection Security Upgrades at Phillipine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) P001137001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$73K $73,150
5	INTERPOL Bioterrorism Evidence Exploitation Workshop and Operation P002287001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization	$71K $71,229
6	(no title in the data) D001919044 · 2014-15 Main recipient: (not specified)	$33K $33,447
7	Regional capacity building for North Korea sanctions implementation P010673001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: U.S. Civilian Researchand Development Foundation	$30K $30,187
8	Further capacity-building to counter North Korean sanctions evasion P015253001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: U.S. Civilian Researchand Development Foundation	$26K $26,373