Canada's Aid Ledger
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Canada's aid to South Africa

$570,099,446 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 624 projects and 447 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years
$570M
2005-06 to 2024-25
Latest year
$73.0M
Projects
624
with money reported
Recipient organizations
447
all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $420M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $149M in repayable loans and $934K already spent in Canada.

1,296
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
4,978
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
0.19
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
1,628
affordable homes built
Rapid Housing Initiative: $4 billion for more than 15,500 permanent affordable homes, about $258,000 each. CMHC, Rapid Housing Initiative
18,872
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
20 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

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.

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By department

By aid type

Top 25 recipient organizations

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount
#ProjectAmount
1
P010807001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25
Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
$126M
$126,000,000
2
P012278001 · 2023-24
Main recipient: Government of South Africa - National Treasury - International Development Cooperation
$120M
$120,000,000
3
P005247001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23
Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
$31.1M
$31,093,163
4
P012277001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25
Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
$25.1M
$25,145,519
5
P002028001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20
Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
$20.2M
$20,244,311
6
A032506001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2015-16
Main recipient: South Africa National Treasury IDC
$15.8M
$15,759,341
7
A033520001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2015-16
Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
$11.8M
$11,788,284
8
A035417001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2015-16
Main recipient: South Africa National Treasury IDC
$9.5M
$9,533,318
9
A032031002 · 2005-06 to 2007-08
Main recipient: Industry Canada
$7.1M
$7,065,000
10
P011906001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25
Main recipient: IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development
$6.8M
$6,822,824
11
M010846003 · 2005-06
Main recipient: World Bank
$6.7M
$6,700,000
12
A033750001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2015-16
Main recipient: South Africa National Treasury IDC
$5.1M
$5,111,713
13
P009035001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24
Main recipient: GIZ - German Society for International Cooperation
$5.0M
$5,000,000
14
P002052001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22
Main recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
$4.9M
$4,903,062
15
A032419001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2011-12
Main recipient: Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa
$4.9M
$4,856,603
16
P001284001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2024-25
Main recipient: Cowater International Inc.
$4.8M
$4,761,322
17
P002846001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22
Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
$4.5M
$4,500,000
18
P001010001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21
Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada
$4.5M
$4,478,162
19
A032417001 · 2005-06 to 2009-10
Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
$4.3M
$4,313,727
20
P000656 · 2016-17
Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
$4.1M
$4,103,624
21
P002781001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2023-24
Main recipient: Gender Links
$4.0M
$3,967,970
22
A032095001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2015-16
Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
$3.9M
$3,940,061
23
A032507001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2013-14
Main recipient: South Africa National Treasury IDC
$3.9M
$3,866,364
24
P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23
Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility
$3.3M
$3,287,388
25
A033746001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2014-15
Main recipient: South Africa National Treasury IDC
$3.0M
$2,978,840