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Canada's aid to South America, regional

$968,633,369 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 595 projects and 337 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$969M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$204M

2024-25

Projects

595

with money reported

Recipient organizations

337

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $739M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $194M in repayable loans and $35.9M already spent in Canada.

2,280

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

8,754

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

0.34

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

2,862

affordable homes built

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

33,189

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

34 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$7.9M
2006-07$7.9M
2007-08$5.0M
2008-09$10.5M
2009-10$5.9M
2010-11$3.2M
2011-12$98.6M
2012-13$26.7M
2013-14$3.5M
2014-15$6.0M
2015-16$3.5M
2016-17$21.1M
2017-18$18.3M
2018-19$74.2M
2019-20$63.6M
2020-21$175M
2021-22$47.6M
2022-23$47.1M
2023-24$139M
2024-25$204M

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

Energy$343M35.4%
Environment$122M12.6%
Multisector$88.4M9.1%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$78.4M8.1%
Health$77.6M8.0%
Banking & finance$43.0M4.4%
Government & civil society$42.6M4.4%
Education$32.6M3.4%
Administrative costs$22.2M2.3%
Emergency response$22.2M2.3%
Industry, mining & construction$19.2M2.0%
Water & sanitation$16.6M1.7%
Conflict, peace & security$14.8M1.5%
Transport$13.9M1.4%
Business$13.2M1.4%
8 others$18.4M1.9%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$825M85.1%
International Development Research Centre$130M13.5%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$6.0M0.6%
Natural Resources Canada$5.7M0.6%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$1.4M0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$264K0.0%
Public Health Agency of Canada$183K0.0%
Quebec$45K0.0%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency$20K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$19K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$617M63.7%
Project-type interventions$169M17.4%
Canadian personnel$73.9M7.6%
Not recorded$37.2M3.8%
Administrative costs$22.2M2.3%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$13.6M1.4%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$13.6M1.4%
Other technical assistance$12.7M1.3%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$9.4M1.0%
Basket funds/pooled funding$207K0.0%
Development awareness$7K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Inter-American Development Bank$486M50.2%
International Development Research Centre$67.5M7.0%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$37.6M3.9%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$34.0M3.5%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$27.5M2.8%
Development Finance Institute CanadFinDev Canada$27.3M2.8%
IDRC - International Development Research Centre$26.6M2.7%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$19.8M2.0%
CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education$13.6M1.4%
responsAbility CSAFS Fund$11.9M1.2%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$10.9M1.1%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$10.9M1.1%
Emerging Markets Paris Aligned Debt fund$9.8M1.0%
Grand Challenges Canada$9.7M1.0%
Classified$9.6M1.0%
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank$9.0M0.9%
Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical$8.9M0.9%
Green Climate Fund$7.7M0.8%
World Bank$7.6M0.8%
Save the Children Canada$6.2M0.6%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$5.5M0.6%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$5.2M0.5%
Aequitas-D GP IncDesjardins$4.6M0.5%
DPO United Nations Department of Peace Operations$4.4M0.5%
OAS - Organization of American States$3.2M0.3%
312 others$104M10.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Canadian climate resilience accelerator for Latin America and the Caribbean P012183001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$246M $246,000,000
2	(no title in the data) M013705001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$120M $120,000,000
3	Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in the Americas II P002486001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$112M $111,750,000
4	2X Canada: Relance économique inclusive P009930001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Development Finance Institute CanadFinDev Canada	$26.6M $26,565,000
5	Equitable Access to Therapeutics P009897001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$23.0M $23,000,000
6	IDRC - Administration - Latin America and Caribbean OGDadm21LC · 2021-22 Main recipient: IDRC - International Development Research Centre	$21.0M $20,976,333
7	Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics for Populations in Situations of Vulnerability in the A P010068001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$20.0M $20,000,000
8	Additional Support to IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$19.0M $19,000,000
9	IFAD Climate Finance Loan 2019-2021 P006240001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$15.0M $15,000,000
10	Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) 2017-2018 P005065011 · 2018-19 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CBIE - Canadian Bureau for International Education	$13.2M $13,155,455
11	Sustainable and Inclusive Communities in Latin America P000608001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities	$12.8M $12,808,199
12	Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Systems Fund P011044001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: responsAbility CSAFS Fund	$10.6M $10,550,000
13	Emerging Markets Paris Aligned Debt fund (EMPAD) P012905001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Emerging Markets Paris Aligned Debt fund	$9.8M $9,800,000
14	IDRC - Development Research - Latin America and Caribbean OGDdev18LC · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$9.6M $9,624,625
15	Health Innovation Platform P008037001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$9.3M $9,308,379
16	IDRC - Development Research - Latin America and Caribbean OGDdev20LC · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$9.0M $8,977,916
17	(no title in the data) A031129001 · 2005-06 to 2011-12 Main recipient: CDB - Caribbean Development Bank	$9.0M $8,973,560
18	(no title in the data) A032413001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Centro Internacional De Agricultura Tropical	$8.9M $8,900,000
19	IDRC - Development Research - Latin America and Caribbean OGDdev19LC · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$8.1M $8,105,725
20	IDRC - Development Research - Latin America and Caribbean OGDdev242501LC · 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$8.1M $8,061,887
21	Land Degradation Neutrality Fund P007844001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Classified	$8.0M $7,959,060
22	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - COVID-19 Response Phase II P010788001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$7.8M $7,800,000
23	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$7.5M $7,513,279
24	Support to COVID-19 Response in Latin America and the Caribbean P009300001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$7.5M $7,500,000
25	IDRC - Development Research - Latin America and Caribbean dev15LC · 2016-17 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$6.6M $6,604,616