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Canada's aid to South Sudan

$1,495,994,978 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 467 projects and 197 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.50B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$114M

2024-25

Projects

467

with money reported

Recipient organizations

197

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.49B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $2.8M in repayable loans and $154K already spent in Canada.

4,608

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

17,695

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

0.69

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

5,785

affordable homes built

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

67,081

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

70 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$18.6M
2008-09$3.2M
2009-10$16.0M
2010-11$39.6M
2011-12$47.5M
2012-13$75.5M
2013-14$49.9M
2014-15$122M
2015-16$91.0M
2016-17$115M
2017-18$101M
2018-19$92.7M
2019-20$98.0M
2020-21$129M
2021-22$137M
2022-23$136M
2023-24$108M
2024-25$114M

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

Emergency response$495M33.1%
Health$252M16.9%
Population & reproductive health$244M16.3%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$140M9.4%
Government & civil society$86.1M5.8%
Conflict, peace & security$83.6M5.6%
Education$66.5M4.4%
Food aid$46.8M3.1%
Transport$18.8M1.3%
Other social services$13.3M0.9%
Multisector$9.7M0.6%
Disaster prevention$7.7M0.5%
Water & sanitation$6.8M0.5%
Reconstruction & relief$5.7M0.4%
Industry, mining & construction$5.0M0.3%
8 others$15.2M1.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.46B97.7%
Finance Canada$31.7M2.1%
International Development Research Centre$2.3M0.2%
Ontario$1.0M0.1%
Manitoba$104K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$17K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$620M41.5%
Project-type interventions$479M32.0%
Basket funds/pooled funding$165M11.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$157M10.5%
Not recorded$57.1M3.8%
Canadian personnel$13.0M0.9%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$4.2M0.3%
Other technical assistance$211K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$154K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$325M21.7%
Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Development$210M14.0%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$137M9.1%
World Vision Canada$84.6M5.7%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$60.4M4.0%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$47.6M3.2%
UN Mission in South Sudan$44.6M3.0%
World Bank$34.5M2.3%
Canadian Red Cross Society$33.6M2.2%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$31.5M2.1%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$28.1M1.9%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$26.8M1.8%
UK Department for International Development$24.4M1.6%
WHO - World Health Organization$22.7M1.5%
International Development Association$21.5M1.4%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$21.1M1.4%
CARE Canada$19.8M1.3%
African Development Bank Group$17.1M1.1%
Concern Worldwide$15.1M1.0%
Government of the Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs$13.7M0.9%
Int'l Organization for Migration$13.5M0.9%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$12.7M0.8%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$12.6M0.8%
World Relief Canada$11.7M0.8%
UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization$11.5M0.8%
172 others$216M14.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Support to the Health Pooled Fund P006842001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Development	$68.5M $68,500,000
2	Health Pooled Fund in South Sudan - 2016-2019 P001193001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Development	$64.2M $64,170,000
3	My Health, My Choice - Support to the Health Pooled Fund in South Sudan P007169001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Development	$49.5M $49,500,000
4	Building Resilience Through Safety Nets in South Sudan P006741001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$41.0M $41,000,000
5	Fortifying Equality and Economic Diversity (FEED) for Resilience in South Sudan P006730001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: World Vision Canada	$38.0M $38,000,001
6	Strengthening Midwifery Services in South Sudan P001197001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$36.5M $36,500,000
7	Human Resources for SRHR and Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan P007519001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$34.7M $34,700,000
8	Emergency Food Assistance in Africa - World Food Programme 2016 P001623001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$22.0M $22,014,960
9	(no title in the data) D002134001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$21.5M $21,521,500
10	(no title in the data) A035520001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
11	(no title in the data) A035358001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$19.5M $19,484,700
12	(no title in the data) A035360001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UK Department for International Development	$19.4M $19,400,000
13	(no title in the data) A035244001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$19.4M $19,400,000
14	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) P005047006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UN Mission in South Sudan	$18.8M $18,820,109
15	Multi-Country - Food Assistance and Humanitarian Air Services - World Food Programme 2018 P006124001 · 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$18.2M $18,199,982
16	(no title in the data) A035519001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$18.0M $18,000,000
17	Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2017 P002656001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$18.0M $17,999,528
18	Health sector support in South Sudan P012539001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: World Bank	$17.4M $17,367,000
19	Girls' Education South Sudan P006982001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Government of the United Kingdom - DFID - Department for International Development	$17.0M $17,000,000
20	(no title in the data) A033344001 ↗ · 2007-08 Main recipient: World Bank	$15.6M $15,600,000
21	(no title in the data) A035042001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2012-13 Main recipient: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	$15.4M $15,375,000
22	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Program 2019 P007070001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$14.8M $14,799,983
23	East and Southern Africa Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2022-2023 P011393001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$14.5M $14,534,445
24	Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival in Warrap State P000511001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Canadian Red Cross Society	$13.9M $13,873,428
25	(no title in the data) A035518001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2015-16 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$13.7M $13,716,000