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Canada's aid to Trinidad and Tobago

$20,072,469 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 140 projects and 90 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$20.1M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$337K

2024-25

Projects

140

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $12.0M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $8.0M 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

143

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

541

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

0.56 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$1.4M
2006-07$1.4M
2007-08$826K
2008-09$599K
2009-10$296K
2010-11$1.2M
2011-12$1.4M
2012-13$788K
2013-14$785K
2014-15$965K
2015-16$1.8M
2016-17$1.3M
2017-18$1.2M
2018-19$175K
2019-20$373K
2020-21$472K
2021-22$1.9M
2022-23$1.9M
2023-24$942K
2024-25$337K

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$8.0M39.7%
Conflict, peace & security$3.7M18.7%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.5M12.7%
Health$1.2M5.8%
Multisector$916K4.6%
Other social services$889K4.4%
Population & reproductive health$739K3.7%
Industry, mining & construction$575K2.9%
Education$412K2.1%
Trade & tourism$301K1.5%
Banking & finance$274K1.4%
Environment$145K0.7%
Business$137K0.7%
Unallocated$135K0.7%
Communications$54K0.3%
3 others$64K0.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$20.0M99.8%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$48K0.2%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$12.0M59.7%
Not recorded$4.5M22.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$2.7M13.7%
Other technical assistance$476K2.4%
Canadian personnel$202K1.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$160K0.8%

Top 25 recipient organizations

UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$3.2M15.8%
International Development Research Centre$2.6M13.2%
World Bank$1.6M8.0%
Crown Prosecution Service$1.3M6.3%
OAS - Organization of American States$1.2M5.8%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M5.8%
Transparency International$998K5.0%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$795K4.0%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$589K2.9%
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament$531K2.6%
IDRC - International Development Research Centre$426K2.1%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$425K2.1%
Canadian Institute of Planners$405K2.0%
Caribbean Court of Justice$311K1.6%
Commonwealth Games Association of Canada$298K1.5%
Statistics Canada$276K1.4%
Caribbean Community Secretariat$252K1.3%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$245K1.2%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$245K1.2%
Inter-American Development Bank$240K1.2%
University of the West Indies$215K1.1%
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)$202K1.0%
GAMMA ENGINEERING LTD.$199K1.0%
Organization of American States$177K0.9%
Institute of Public Administration of Canada$175K0.9%
65 others$2.1M10.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) S064982001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2014-15 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$2.3M $2,342,076
2	(no title in the data) A033313001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2012-13 Main recipient: World Bank	$1.6M $1,599,360
3	TIP and Internet Tech P010324001 · 2021-22 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$1.0M $1,000,000
4	TIP and Internet Tech P010324002 · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$1.0M $1,000,000
5	Integrity, Mobilisation, Participation, Accountability, Anti-Corruption and Transparency (IMPACT) P001330001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Transparency International	$782K $782,004
6	Criminal Justice Advisor Project with UK CPS P001207001 · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: Crown Prosecution Service	$745K $745,480
7	(no title in the data) A033880001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities	$601K $600,608
8	Canadian International Food Security Research Fund - Phase II P000455001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: IDRC - International Development Research Centre	$426K $426,482
9	Enhancing Quality, Access and Logistics of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (EQUAL SRHR) P010858001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$425K $425,000
10	(no title in the data) D002324001 · 2014-15 Main recipient: Crown Prosecution Service	$372K $372,270
11	AIRCOP Phase II (UNODC) P013357001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$350K $349,534
12	Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening P000233001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Caribbean Court of Justice	$311K $311,463
13	Gender in the Criminal Justice System (Phase 2) P011935001 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: OAS - Organization of American States	$308K $307,772
14	(no title in the data) S065756001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$301K $301,029
15	Enhancing tactical, operational and legal responses to sea-borne migration in LAC P012283001 · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$300K $300,000
16	(no title in the data) M010939005 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
17	(no title in the data) M012646001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
18	(no title in the data) M013000001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$289K $288,600
19	(no title in the data) M010939006 · 2006-07 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$277K $276,900
20	Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC) P000683001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Statistics Canada	$276K $275,646
21	(no title in the data) A031066001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Caribbean Community Secretariat	$258K $258,457
22	(no title in the data) A021398001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: PAHO - Pan American Health Organization	$245K $245,000
23	(no title in the data) S062498001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Canadian Institute of Planners	$241K $241,133
24	Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility P002807001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Inter-American Development Bank	$240K $240,000
25	(no title in the data) D002934001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament	$234K $233,722