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Canada's aid to South Asia, regional

$62,726,125 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 250 projects and 116 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$62.7M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$9.9M

2024-25

Projects

250

with money reported

Recipient organizations

116

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $51.9M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $10.8M in repayable loans and $49K already spent in Canada.

160

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

615

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

0.02

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

201

affordable homes built

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

2,331

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

2.4 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–
2015-16–
2016-17$2.3M
2017-18$3.5M
2018-19$3.0M
2019-20$1.6M
2020-21$7.0M
2021-22$4.0M
2022-23$4.7M
2023-24$26.8M
2024-25$9.9M

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

Energy$18.4M29.4%
Health$9.0M14.4%
Multisector$7.8M12.4%
Population & reproductive health$7.1M11.3%
Government & civil society$4.9M7.7%
Business$3.2M5.1%
Conflict, peace & security$2.5M3.9%
Environment$2.2M3.6%
Banking & finance$1.9M3.0%
Communications$1.3M2.0%
Water & sanitation$1.2M1.9%
Disaster prevention$629K1.0%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$577K0.9%
Industry, mining & construction$570K0.9%
Other social services$565K0.9%
5 others$1.0M1.6%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$50.5M80.6%
International Development Research Centre$11.3M18.0%
Finance Canada$645K1.0%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$240K0.4%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$34.8M55.5%
Project-type interventions$26.7M42.6%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$516K0.8%
Other technical assistance$512K0.8%
Canadian personnel$98K0.2%
Not recorded$51K0.1%
Development awareness$49K0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Green Climate Fund$22.7M36.2%
WHO - World Health Organization$13.6M21.7%
ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific$4.6M7.4%
SecondMuse$1.8M2.9%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$1.4M2.3%
TFO Canada$1.2M1.9%
International Development Research Centre/Centre de recherches pour le développement international/Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo$1.1M1.7%
Group of Analysis for Development$1.1M1.7%
POTI Peace Operations Training Institute$1.0M1.6%
LirneAsia$1.0M1.6%
SouthSouthNorth Projects (Africa) NPC$752K1.2%
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica$600K1.0%
World Health Organisation$578K0.9%
International Development Research Centre$540K0.9%
International Development Association$506K0.8%
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)$500K0.8%
Sustainable Development Policy Institute$492K0.8%
Geneva Centre for the DemocraticControl of the Armed Forces$465K0.7%
CGIAR system organization$425K0.7%
WHO - World Health Organization Assessed contributions$408K0.7%
Cyber Law International$381K0.6%
Stiftelsen The Stockholm Environment Institute$349K0.6%
United States Department of State$325K0.5%
CGIAR$325K0.5%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$300K0.5%
91 others$6.2M9.9%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$15.9M $15,938,828
2	Advancing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights as health care P013015001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$5.3M $5,280,000
3	Catalyzing Women’s Entrepreneurship - Creating a Gender-Responsive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem P002972001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: ESCAP - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific	$4.6M $4,632,870
4	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) P005028004 · 2020-21 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$4.3M $4,328,305
5	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$3.6M $3,604,905
6	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385003 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$3.2M $3,187,765
7	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) P005028006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$2.5M $2,500,351
8	Developing Inclusive Waste Management Economies in Asia P006736001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2022-23 Main recipient: SecondMuse	$1.8M $1,798,048
9	Women in Trade for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Growth P006355001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: TFO Canada	$1.2M $1,167,316
10	Care economy partnerships for change (CEP4C) OGD109991-001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Group of Analysis for Development	$976K $976,185
11	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) P005028005 · 2021-22 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$787K $787,197
12	Generating rigorous evidence on how and which interventions lead to equitable and sustainable food systems in Africa, South and Southeast Asia OGD109431 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: CGIAR system organization	$750K $750,000
13	CDKN knowledge accelerator for climate compatible development OGD108754 · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: SouthSouthNorth Projects (Africa) NPC	$613K $613,090
14	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) D003642001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: World Health Organisation	$578K $577,772
15	E-Learning for Peacekeepers P008097001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: POTI Peace Operations Training Institute	$566K $565,780
16	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	$556K $555,749
17	Improving medical capacities in peace operations P015615001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)	$500K $499,797
18	Transforming Women's Peacekeeping at Home and in Mission P012535001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Geneva Centre for the DemocraticControl of the Armed Forces	$465K $465,088
19	Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions OGD107640 · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: Indian Institute for Human Settlements	$448K $448,415
20	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) P005028001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization Assessed contributions	$408K $407,790
21	Strengthening cyber policy research centres in the Global South (Asia) OGD108605 · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: LirneAsia	$394K $393,946
22	Canadas assessed contribution to the World Health Organization (WHO) P005028002 · 2018-19 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$389K $389,270
23	Cyber Law International - Training P009577001 · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Cyber Law International	$381K $380,574
24	Innovating for equity in nature-based climate solutions in aquaculture food systems in Asia-Pacific / Innover pour léquité dans les solutions climatiques fondées sur la nature dans les systèmes alimentaires aquacoles en Asie-Pacifique OGD110215-001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Stiftelsen The Stockholm Environment Institute	$349K $348,800
25	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	$346K $346,374