Countries · Oceania

Canada's aid to Tonga

$21,704,244 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 82 projects and 90 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$21.7M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$3.8M

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $19.9M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.8M 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

236

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

894

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

0.93 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$336K
2006-07$373K
2007-08$443K
2008-09$401K
2009-10$109K
2010-11–
2011-12$289K
2012-13$58K
2013-14$58K
2014-15$93K
2015-16$79K
2016-17$964K
2017-18$662K
2018-19$887K
2019-20$4.2M
2020-21$1.6M
2021-22$1.8M
2022-23$2.7M
2023-24$2.8M
2024-25$3.8M

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

Energy$6.6M30.3%
Government & civil society$3.0M13.9%
Multisector$2.6M11.9%
Disaster prevention$1.5M6.9%
Environment$1.5M6.7%
Transport$1.4M6.2%
Health$938K4.3%
Education$906K4.2%
Other social services$839K3.9%
Banking & finance$540K2.5%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$489K2.3%
Trade & tourism$392K1.8%
Conflict, peace & security$350K1.6%
Business$202K0.9%
Communications$150K0.7%
6 others$401K1.8%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$13.8M63.7%
Finance Canada$7.9M36.2%
International Development Research Centre$12K0.1%
Canadian Space Agency$5320.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$17.3M79.8%
Not recorded$2.4M11.0%
Project-type interventions$2.0M9.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Green Climate Fund$6.9M31.8%
International Development Association$6.4M29.3%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M5.3%
IDA-CPL$1.0M4.8%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$918K4.2%
Asian Development Bank$769K3.5%
Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada)Inc.$450K2.1%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$428K2.0%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$350K1.6%
COL - Commonwealth of Learning$333K1.5%
(not specified)$322K1.5%
Commonwealth Secretariat$289K1.3%
IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development$278K1.3%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$257K1.2%
AsDB Special Funds$249K1.1%
Uncoded$187K0.9%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$125K0.6%
Alinea International Ltd$120K0.6%
GEF$94K0.4%
IDA-MDRI$89K0.4%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$67K0.3%
SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND FIJI$51K0.2%
GOVERNMENT OF KIRIBATI$46K0.2%
WHO - World Health Organization$44K0.2%
TONG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST$42K0.2%
65 others$729K3.4%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$3.5M $3,458,012
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$2.5M $2,456,854
3	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.6M $1,587,051
4	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.5M $1,485,412
5	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.2M $1,222,015
6	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.0M $1,043,549
7	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$1.0M $1,038,718
8	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$649K $649,376
9	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$539K $539,078
10	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$471K $471,357
11	The Indigenous climate action partnership P014060001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada)Inc.	$450K $450,000
12	Eighth Replenishment (2022-2026) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P010870001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$441K $441,377
13	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$383K $382,935
14	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$382K $382,338
15	Nuclear Regulatory Infrastructure Development Program in the Indo-Pacific Region P013837001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund	$350K $350,265
16	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385003 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$317K $317,410
17	Green Climate Fund - Initial Resource Mobilization Cushion Contribution P001249003 ↗ · 2018-19 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$307K $307,475
18	(no title in the data) M010939005 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
19	(no title in the data) M012646001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
20	(no title in the data) M013000001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$289K $288,600
21	(no title in the data) M013574001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: Commonwealth Secretariat	$289K $288,600
22	Effective, gender-responsive & inclusive National Adaptation Plan processes P011298001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development	$278K $277,500
23	(no title in the data) M010939006 · 2006-07 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$277K $276,900
24	Asian Development Bank - 10th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2015-2016 P000357002 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: AsDB Special Funds	$249K $248,533
25	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WLGTN - 2020/2021 P009106071 · 2020-21 Main recipient: GOVERNMENT OF KIRIBATI	$243K $242,961