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Canada's aid to Syria

$1,240,604,304 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 357 projects and 165 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.24B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$113M

2024-25

Projects

357

with money reported

Recipient organizations

165

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.23B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $9.4M in repayable loans and $10K already spent in Canada.

3,800

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

14,592

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

0.57

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

4,771

affordable homes built

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

55,318

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

57 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$3.4M
2006-07$893K
2007-08$3.9M
2008-09$2.1M
2009-10$625K
2010-11$750K
2011-12$4.7M
2012-13$21.2M
2013-14$108M
2014-15$61.8M
2015-16$72.6M
2016-17$123M
2017-18$125M
2018-19$150M
2019-20$107M
2020-21$103M
2021-22$40.9M
2022-23$125M
2023-24$74.2M
2024-25$113M

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$1.10B88.4%
Conflict, peace & security$57.9M4.7%
Government & civil society$29.5M2.4%
Health$14.6M1.2%
Education$14.5M1.2%
Communications$7.1M0.6%
Multisector$6.1M0.5%
Water & sanitation$5.3M0.4%
Other social services$3.2M0.3%
Reconstruction & relief$1.8M0.1%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$1.3M0.1%
Business$943K0.1%
Unallocated$484K0.0%
Administrative costs$451K0.0%
Population & reproductive health$377K0.0%
5 others$558K0.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.24B99.8%
Quebec$1.1M0.1%
International Development Research Centre$913K0.1%
Manitoba$20K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$628M50.6%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$535M43.2%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$40.7M3.3%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$17.2M1.4%
Not recorded$12.0M1.0%
Basket funds/pooled funding$7.5M0.6%
Canadian personnel$170K0.0%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$10K0.0%
Other technical assistance$8K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$308M24.9%
Classified$185M14.9%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$140M11.3%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$105M8.4%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$65.3M5.3%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$62.7M5.1%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$60.0M4.8%
(not specified)$44.5M3.6%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East$43.8M3.5%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$19.7M1.6%
Aga Khan Foundation Canada$13.1M1.1%
Humanitarian Coalition$10.0M0.8%
United States Department of State$9.1M0.7%
Stichting Mayday Rescue Foundation$8.5M0.7%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$7.9M0.6%
WHO - World Health Organization$7.4M0.6%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees$7.2M0.6%
Foreign & Commonwealth Office$7.0M0.6%
IFRC Appeals via CRCS$7.0M0.6%
International Medical Corps UK$6.9M0.6%
LES CASQUES BLANCS$6.3M0.5%
Womens International Leaguefor Peace and Freedom$6.2M0.5%
International Rescue Committee$6.0M0.5%
WUSC - World University Service of Canada$5.6M0.5%
DT Institute$5.1M0.4%
140 others$93.8M7.6%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Syria Crisis - Food Assistance to Conflict-Affected People - WFP 2017-2019 P002101001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$60.0M $60,000,000
2	(no title in the data) D000568001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$45.0M $45,000,000
3	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance in the Middle East - WFP 2019-2021 P007796001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$40.6M $40,630,605
4	Middle East Countries Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2022-2023 P011394001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$33.0M $33,001,450
5	Syria Crisis - Improved Health, Livelihoods and Protection - ICRC Multi Year P002095001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$33.0M $33,000,000
6	(no title in the data) M013895001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2013-14 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$31.9M $31,950,000
7	Multi-Country - UNICEF Humanitarian Appeals for the Middle East 2019-2021 P007794001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$29.6M $29,594,565
8	Syria Crisis - Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Reproductive Health - UNFPA Multi Year P002097001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$28.0M $28,000,000
9	Syria Crisis - Support to the No Lost Generation Initiative in Syria - UNICEF 2017-2019 P002100001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$27.0M $27,000,000
10	Syria Crisis - Emergency Humanitarian Assistance - UNHCR 2017-2019 P002098001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$25.0M $25,000,000
11	Syria Crisis - Humanitarian Pooled Funds - OCHA 2018 P006263001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	$21.4M $21,400,000
12	Emergency Assistance - Country-Level Funding for the Middle East - UNHCR 2019-2021 P007798001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$21.1M $21,087,669
13	Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Middle East - UNFPA 2019-2021 P007799001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$19.7M $19,666,706
14	Syria Crisis - Comprehensive Health Services to Conflict-Affected Populations - 2017-2019 P002339001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: Classified	$18.0M $18,000,000
15	Middle East, North Africa and Ukraine Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2024 P013967001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$18.0M $17,994,900
16	Canadian Foodgrains Bank - Institutional Support 2021 to 2024 P006627001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$17.2M $17,250,000
17	WFP - Emergency Food Assistance to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen- 2025 P015773001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$16.0M $16,000,800
18	Syria Crisis - Strengthening Essential Health Services - 2017-2019 P002340001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Classified	$15.0M $15,000,000
19	The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Global Multi-Country CAP 2022 to 2023 P011382001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$14.0M $14,000,250
20	Comprehensive Health and Protection Services to Conflict-Affected Populations in Syria P008570001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Classified	$13.5M $13,500,000
21	(no title in the data) D000733002 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$13.2M $13,212,000
22	(no title in the data) D003095001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$13.0M $13,000,000
23	Syria Crisis - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Assistance for Conflict-Affected Regions - UNICEF P002099001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$12.0M $12,000,000
24	Syria Crisis - Emergency Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Syria and Lebanon - UNRWA 2020 P009401001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	$12.0M $12,000,000
25	Syria Crisis - Rehabilitation and Inclusive Access for Conflict-Affected Populations - 2017-2019 P002338001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Classified	$12.0M $12,000,000