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Canada's aid to Southern Africa, regional

$25,675,350 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 40 projects and 56 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$25.7M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$1.5M

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $23.5M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $2.2M 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

279

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

affordable homes built

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

1,056

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

1.1 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$496K
2006-07$610K
2007-08$3.2M
2008-09$3.4M
2009-10$2.1M
2010-11$2.7M
2011-12$2.2M
2012-13$3.1M
2013-14$2.1M
2014-15$119K
2015-16$120K
2016-17$88K
2017-18$448K
2018-19–
2019-20–
2020-21$176K
2021-22$142K
2022-23$838K
2023-24$2.3M
2024-25$1.5M

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$8.0M31.1%
Population & reproductive health$5.2M20.1%
Health$2.4M9.5%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.4M9.4%
Conflict, peace & security$2.2M8.5%
Education$1.2M4.8%
Banking & finance$1.2M4.7%
Reconstruction & relief$700K2.7%
Multisector$559K2.2%
Other social services$506K2.0%
Emergency response$375K1.5%
Trade & tourism$261K1.0%
Energy$235K0.9%
Food aid$158K0.6%
Environment$111K0.4%
3 others$165K0.6%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$25.7M99.9%
Finance Canada$21K0.1%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$10.0M38.8%
Not recorded$9.8M38.3%
Basket funds/pooled funding$2.3M8.9%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$2.0M7.8%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$858K3.3%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$731K2.8%
Other technical assistance$11K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

South Africa National Treasury IDC$3.4M13.4%
Regional AIDS Training Network$3.3M12.7%
UK Department for International Development$2.6M10.2%
BANKING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA$2.3M8.8%
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE TROPICAL AGRICULTURE$2.1M8.3%
Southern African AIDS Trust$1.8M7.1%
Queen's University$1.6M6.2%
African Medical and Research Foundation$1.5M5.8%
National Institute forCommunicable Diseases (NICD)Division of the NHLS$1.5M5.7%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$858K3.3%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$743K2.9%
Canadian Commercial Corporation$714K2.8%
The Other Foundation$700K2.7%
African Development Bank Group$361K1.4%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$250K1.0%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$217K0.8%
UN Women$207K0.8%
NGOs$200K0.8%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$200K0.8%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$157K0.6%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$144K0.6%
(not specified)$129K0.5%
ILO - International Labour Organization$113K0.4%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$89K0.3%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$73K0.3%
31 others$441K1.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A033747001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2014-15 Main recipient: South Africa National Treasury IDC	$3.5M $3,498,344
2	(no title in the data) A033589001 · 2007-08 to 2008-09 Main recipient: UK Department for International Development	$2.6M $2,611,320
3	(no title in the data) A021754001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: BANKING COUNCIL OF SOUTH AFRICA	$2.4M $2,381,870
4	(no title in the data) A032162001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2014-15 Main recipient: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE TROPICAL AGRICULTURE	$2.1M $2,141,967
5	(no title in the data) A033271002 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Regional AIDS Training Network	$2.0M $1,984,588
6	(no title in the data) A033585001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Southern African AIDS Trust	$1.8M $1,823,556
7	(no title in the data) S063441001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Queen's University	$1.6M $1,584,187
8	(no title in the data) A033090001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2015-16 Main recipient: African Medical and Research Foundation	$1.5M $1,512,412
9	Establishment of a Regional Centre of Excellence for Biosafety and Biosecurity in Southern Africa P012103001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: National Institute forCommunicable Diseases (NICD)Division of the NHLS	$1.5M $1,455,300
10	(no title in the data) A033271001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Regional AIDS Training Network	$1.3M $1,319,474
11	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional support 2023 to 2025 P012277001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$743K $742,689
12	Support for LGBTQ+ in Southern Africa P013865001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: The Other Foundation	$700K $700,000
13	(no title in the data) M013443001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$700K $700,000
14	Establishment of a Regional Centre of Excellence for Biosafety and Biosecurity in Southern Africa P012103002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$684K $684,483
15	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - PRET - 2016/2017 P005068053 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: NGOs	$398K $398,060
16	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$216K $216,113
17	UN Women - Institutional Support 2022-2025 P011293001 · 2022-23 Main recipient: UN Women	$207K $207,440
18	(no title in the data) M012835001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$200K $200,000
19	(no title in the data) A031826001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: (not specified)	$176K $175,820
20	(no title in the data) D000647001 · 2013-14 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$158K $158,000
21	UNHCR - Institutional Support - 2020 - 2023 P007836001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$144K $143,936
22	Teachers Unions Take Action to Stop School Related Gender Based Violence P001282001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$138K $137,500
23	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$127K $126,764
24	African Development Bank - 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund 2023 to 2025 P012750001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$126K $126,179
25	(no title in the data) D002487001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$112K $112,500