Countries · Oceania

Canada's aid to Solomon Islands

$27,272,325 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 114 projects and 103 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$27.3M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$3.9M

2024-25

Projects

114

with money reported

Recipient organizations

103

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $26.3M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $994K 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

311

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

1,181

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$612K
2006-07$847K
2007-08$897K
2008-09$746K
2009-10$195K
2010-11$106K
2011-12$571K
2012-13$74K
2013-14$70K
2014-15$91K
2015-16$79K
2016-17$2.0M
2017-18$1.5M
2018-19$1.3M
2019-20$2.2M
2020-21$2.0M
2021-22$4.1M
2022-23$3.1M
2023-24$2.9M
2024-25$3.9M

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

Government & civil society$4.8M17.5%
Multisector$3.4M12.3%
Environment$3.3M12.0%
Health$3.0M11.0%
Transport$2.6M9.7%
Energy$2.3M8.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.1M7.7%
Water & sanitation$870K3.2%
Banking & finance$807K3.0%
Business$760K2.8%
Disaster prevention$759K2.8%
Trade & tourism$657K2.4%
Education$436K1.6%
Conflict, peace & security$384K1.4%
Industry, mining & construction$286K1.1%
10 others$850K3.1%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$19.9M72.8%
Finance Canada$6.4M23.3%
International Development Research Centre$693K2.5%
Quebec$219K0.8%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$154K0.6%
Canadian Space Agency$2660.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$18.1M66.3%
Project-type interventions$4.1M15.1%
Not recorded$4.0M14.8%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$1.0M3.8%
Other technical assistance$12K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$5.0M18.4%
Least Developed Countries Fund$2.7M10.1%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.7M6.1%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$1.5M5.6%
UN Women$1.2M4.3%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M4.2%
IDA-CPL$1.2M4.2%
Green Climate Fund$1.1M4.0%
CUSO$1.0M3.7%
Asian Development Bank$985K3.6%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$777K2.8%
The Nature Conservancy$756K2.8%
Alinea International Ltd$750K2.8%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$731K2.7%
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Inc.$684K2.5%
Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)$666K2.4%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$541K2.0%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$495K1.8%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$465K1.7%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$445K1.6%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$350K1.3%
COL - Commonwealth of Learning$333K1.2%
AsDB Special Funds$303K1.1%
Commonwealth Secretariat$289K1.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$230K0.8%
78 others$1.9M7.0%

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	$2.2M $2,232,523
2	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P010872001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Fund	$2.2M $2,232,142
3	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.2M $1,192,672
4	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$1.2M $1,150,186
5	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.1M $1,101,423
6	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2016-2020 P001916001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Fund	$1.0M $1,027,219
7	(no title in the data) S062456PRG · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: CUSO	$1.0M $1,013,139
8	Markets for Change: Empowerment of Women in the Pacific Islands P003094001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UN Women	$1.0M $1,005,000
9	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)	$917K $916,764
10	Twelfth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2022-2024 P009571001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$777K $777,118
11	EmpowerHER P013765001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$750K $750,000
12	Empowering stewardship in the Coral Triangle P014005001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: The Nature Conservancy	$750K $750,000
13	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$695K $694,608
14	Climate-adaptive, inclusive, nature-based aquaculture (CAINA) in Malaysia and Solomon Islands / Aquaculture adaptée au climat, inclusive et fondée sur la nature en Malaisie et dans les Îles Salomon OGD110226-001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Inc.	$684K $684,240
15	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$670K $669,844
16	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$589K $588,639
17	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	$540K $540,059
18	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$505K $504,919
19	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$460K $459,835
20	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	$440K $439,824
21	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$398K $398,072
22	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
23	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	$340K $339,814
24	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$305K $305,440
25	Asian Development Bank - 10th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2015-2016 P000357002 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: AsDB Special Funds	$303K $303,212