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Canada's aid to Sudan

$1,285,306,747 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 576 projects and 239 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.29B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$110M

2024-25

Projects

576

with money reported

Recipient organizations

239

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.26B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $20.5M in repayable loans.

3,904

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

14,990

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

0.58

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

4,901

affordable homes built

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

56,828

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

59 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$124M
2006-07$135M
2007-08$49.3M
2008-09$96.8M
2009-10$84.8M
2010-11$51.1M
2011-12$49.4M
2012-13$20.2M
2013-14$19.6M
2014-15$23.5M
2015-16$17.0M
2016-17$36.6M
2017-18$25.8M
2018-19$38.9M
2019-20$32.9M
2020-21$68.1M
2021-22$183M
2022-23$64.5M
2023-24$54.3M
2024-25$110M

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$592M46.1%
Conflict, peace & security$193M15.0%
Government & civil society$99.6M7.8%
Health$89.3M6.9%
Education$53.1M4.1%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$45.2M3.5%
Budget support$36.1M2.8%
Other social services$33.5M2.6%
Population & reproductive health$29.5M2.3%
Reconstruction & relief$22.5M1.8%
Water & sanitation$15.2M1.2%
Energy$13.7M1.1%
Trade & tourism$13.2M1.0%
Unallocated$13.0M1.0%
Business$9.4M0.7%
9 others$27.3M2.1%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.21B93.8%
Finance Canada$78.3M6.1%
International Development Research Centre$1.3M0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$168K0.0%
Quebec$137K0.0%
Manitoba$39K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$18K0.0%

By aid type

Not recorded$513M39.9%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$327M25.5%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$251M19.5%
Project-type interventions$182M14.2%
Basket funds/pooled funding$10.0M0.8%
Canadian personnel$2.1M0.2%
Other technical assistance$53K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$299M23.2%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$105M8.2%
Canadian Commercial Corporation$92.4M7.2%
World Bank$80.5M6.3%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$60.2M4.7%
African Development Bank Group$48.8M3.8%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$37.7M2.9%
International Development Association$33.1M2.6%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$30.8M2.4%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$26.3M2.0%
UNMAS - United Nations Mine Action Service$24.0M1.9%
IDA-CPL$23.4M1.8%
African Union$22.6M1.8%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$21.6M1.7%
United Nations Hybrid Operations inDarfur - African Union$20.5M1.6%
World Vision Canada$19.9M1.5%
Save the Children Canada$19.1M1.5%
CARE Canada$18.4M1.4%
UN Mission in South Sudan$17.4M1.4%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$17.4M1.4%
(not specified)$16.7M1.3%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$16.6M1.3%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$15.4M1.2%
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei$15.1M1.2%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$14.0M1.1%
214 others$189M14.7%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) A032947001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$69.3M $69,327,221
2	(no title in the data) A033093001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$40.0M $40,000,000
3	(no title in the data) M012525001 · 2006-07 to 2007-08 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$40.0M $40,000,000
4	(no title in the data) A033344002 · 2008-09 Main recipient: World Bank	$30.0M $30,000,000
5	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$29.0M $28,987,506
6	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$23.4M $23,434,103
7	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$23.0M $22,978,656
8	(no title in the data) A033045001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Union	$22.9M $22,874,501
9	(no title in the data) M013181001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2010-11 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$22.4M $22,450,000
10	(no title in the data) M013502001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$21.5M $21,500,000
11	(no title in the data) M012965001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$21.1M $21,050,000
12	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$20.1M $20,121,399
13	(no title in the data) M012819001 ↗ · 2008-09 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
14	Strong Girls, Strong Communities P009666001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$19.2M $19,183,918
15	IMF-PRGT Subsidy resources contribution OGD2010050008 · 2021-22 Main recipient: (not specified)	$15.5M $15,503,343
16	(no title in the data) M012275002 · 2006-07 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$15.5M $15,500,000
17	East and Southern Africa Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2022-2023 P011393001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$13.9M $13,932,505
18	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	$13.8M $13,787,242
19	Sub-Saharan Africa Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2024 P013966001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$13.5M $13,499,054
20	(no title in the data) A032541001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$13.0M $13,036,521
21	(no title in the data) M013722001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$11.9M $11,925,000
22	(no title in the data) A034993001 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$11.0M $10,999,500
23	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$10.4M $10,395,906
24	(no title in the data) A034994001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2013-14 Main recipient: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	$10.2M $10,250,000
25	(no title in the data) A036007001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$10.0M $10,006,754