Countries · Africa

Canada's aid to Sub-Saharan Africa, regional

$920,511,406 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 790 projects and 347 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$921M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$97.6M

2024-25

Projects

790

with money reported

Recipient organizations

347

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $841M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $10.1M in repayable loans and $69.5M already spent in Canada.

2,595

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

9,966

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

0.39

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

3,258

affordable homes built

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

37,781

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

39 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$107M
2017-18$24.4M
2018-19$51.8M
2019-20$61.1M
2020-21$138M
2021-22$119M
2022-23$218M
2023-24$103M
2024-25$97.6M

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

Health$347M37.7%
Government & civil society$135M14.6%
Population & reproductive health$80.8M8.8%
Education$78.5M8.5%
Administrative costs$75.3M8.2%
Multisector$39.2M4.3%
Water & sanitation$33.1M3.6%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$27.2M3.0%
Environment$23.3M2.5%
Unallocated$22.0M2.4%
Emergency response$14.4M1.6%
Business$10.1M1.1%
Industry, mining & construction$8.7M1.0%
Banking & finance$8.1M0.9%
Conflict, peace & security$5.7M0.6%
7 others$12.9M1.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$824M89.5%
International Development Research Centre$85.9M9.3%
Finance Canada$4.3M0.5%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$3.9M0.4%
Quebec$1.3M0.1%
Natural Resources Canada$754K0.1%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$230K0.0%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$134K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$113K0.0%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$31K0.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$380M41.2%
Project-type interventions$238M25.8%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$190M20.6%
Administrative costs$74.5M8.1%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$25.1M2.7%
Other technical assistance$11.0M1.2%
Not recorded$2.1M0.2%
Canadian personnel$1.0M0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$65K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$116M12.6%
Grand Challenges Canada$116M12.6%
Donor Government$92.0M10.0%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$76.8M8.3%
Equality Fund$75.0M8.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$73.2M7.9%
Fondation Medicines Patent Pool$30.0M3.3%
WHO - World Health Organization$25.3M2.7%
Private Infrastructure Development$20.8M2.3%
MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL LTD.$20.0M2.2%
Nesta$19.4M2.1%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$18.8M2.0%
Classified$18.3M2.0%
IDRC - International Development Research Centre$14.5M1.6%
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE TROPICAL AGRICULTURE$13.6M1.5%
Green Climate Fund$11.2M1.2%
Alinea International Ltd$10.8M1.2%
CanWaCH Canadian Partnership for Women and Childrens Health$7.5M0.8%
African Women's Development Fund$6.8M0.7%
IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development$5.8M0.6%
Humanitarian Coalition$5.0M0.5%
Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education$4.6M0.5%
International Development Research Centre/Centre de recherches pour le développement international/Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo$4.4M0.5%
Canadian Network for MaternalNewborn and Child Health$4.3M0.5%
International Development Research Centre$4.3M0.5%
322 others$126M13.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Health Innovation Platform P008037001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Grand Challenges Canada	$112M $111,700,599
2	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: Donor Government	$80.2M $80,154,703
3	Partnership for Gender Equality - Equality Fund P008157001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Equality Fund	$75.0M $75,000,000
4	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	$72.4M $72,400,000
5	Support to COVID-19 Essential Health Services Grants P010771001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$42.5M $42,500,000
6	COVID-19 Response Mechanism P005247002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$42.2M $42,250,000
7	Support to COVID-19 Essential Health Services Grants P010771002 · 2022-23 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$34.0M $34,000,000
8	Education Cannot Wait Institutional Support 2022 to 2026 P009079001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$30.6M $30,600,000
9	COVID-19 mRNA technology transfer and manufacturing hub P011103002 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: Fondation Medicines Patent Pool	$30.0M $30,000,000
10	Education Cannot Wait - Institutional Support 2019-2021 P006576001 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$25.5M $25,500,000
11	Promoting gender responsive investments in infrastructure - program 2024 to 2039 P012479001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Private Infrastructure Development	$20.8M $20,845,000
12	Canada’s International Marine Plastics Challenge P006774001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Nesta	$19.4M $19,415,300
13	Common Services CommonServices · 2016-17 Main recipient: Donor Government	$17.5M $17,489,919
14	COVID-19 mRNA Technology Transfer and Manufacturing Hub P011103001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: Classified	$15.0M $15,000,000
15	Closing Persistant Gaps in Reproductive Health Service Delivery P002997001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL LTD.	$15.0M $15,000,000
16	Support to WHO SPRP P009937001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$12.0M $12,000,000
17	Advancing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights as health care P013015001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$10.7M $10,720,000
18	DRC Ebola Epidemic Development Response - Crisis Pool P008217001 · 2019-20 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$10.0M $10,000,000
19	Increasing Access to Family Planning and Contraceptives P003053002 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$10.0M $10,000,000
20	Scaling Care Innovations in Africa P011030001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: IDRC - International Development Research Centre	$8.6M $8,580,000
21	Improving Bean Markets in Africa P000734001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE TROPICAL AGRICULTURE	$8.5M $8,478,320
22	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$7.8M $7,817,851
23	Expert Deployment Mechanism for Climate Action in Africa P000714001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$7.6M $7,600,611
24	UNFPA humanitarian sexual and reproductive health assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa P013896001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$7.1M $7,060,000
25	Support to the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health (CanWaCH) 2016-2020 P001202001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2021-22 Main recipient: CanWaCH Canadian Partnership for Women and Childrens Health	$6.9M $6,914,288