Countries · Oceania

Canada's aid to Tuvalu

$18,569,806 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 86 projects and 87 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$18.6M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$2.1M

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $14.9M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $3.7M 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

176

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

669

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

0.69 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$303K
2006-07$374K
2007-08$318K
2008-09$330K
2009-10$124K
2010-11$106K
2011-12$571K
2012-13$74K
2013-14$64K
2014-15$93K
2015-16$79K
2016-17$661K
2017-18$609K
2018-19$507K
2019-20$923K
2020-21$760K
2021-22$803K
2022-23$691K
2023-24$9.1M
2024-25$2.1M

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

Multisector$9.9M53.4%
Government & civil society$1.5M8.3%
Transport$1.5M8.0%
Environment$978K5.3%
Trade & tourism$647K3.5%
Business$634K3.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$631K3.4%
Education$584K3.1%
Health$444K2.4%
Disaster prevention$420K2.3%
Conflict, peace & security$350K1.9%
Energy$320K1.7%
Banking & finance$302K1.6%
Water & sanitation$104K0.6%
Other social services$96K0.5%
8 others$129K0.7%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$15.1M81.2%
Finance Canada$3.4M18.5%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$46K0.2%
International Development Research Centre$12K0.1%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$14.1M76.1%
Project-type interventions$2.5M13.3%
Not recorded$1.6M8.4%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$411K2.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Green Climate Fund$8.8M47.3%
International Development Association$3.0M16.0%
CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation$1.2M6.2%
Alinea International Ltd$1.1M5.9%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$480K2.6%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$445K2.4%
International Atomic Energy AgencyNuclear Security Fund$350K1.9%
COL - Commonwealth of Learning$333K1.8%
IDA-CPL$294K1.6%
Asian Development Bank$292K1.6%
Commonwealth Secretariat$289K1.6%
(not specified)$214K1.2%
Least Developed Countries Fund$198K1.1%
Least Developed Countries Trust Fund (LDCF)$198K1.1%
Uncoded$187K1.0%
Joint Office for Commonwealth Permanent Missions to the United$122K0.7%
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)$119K0.6%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$107K0.6%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$102K0.5%
GEF$67K0.4%
Oxfam Canada$62K0.3%
IDA-MDRI$58K0.3%
CAAF Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation$50K0.3%
GOVERNMENT OF KIRIBATI$46K0.2%
Ministry of Agriculture$38K0.2%
62 others$515K2.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385002 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$5.8M $5,784,090
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$1.4M $1,370,979
3	Support to the Second Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385003 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.2M $1,156,818
4	Pacific Women Entrepreneurs as Island Guardians P013607001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$1.1M $1,089,664
5	Support to the second replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P012385001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$1.0M $1,012,216
6	Support to the First Replenishment of the Green Climate Fund P008176001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2021-22 Main recipient: Green Climate Fund	$800K $799,602
7	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$651K $650,933
8	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$458K $457,535
9	Seventh Replenishment (2018-2022) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) P002441001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2022-23 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$375K $375,301
10	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
11	Least Developed Countries Fund - Institutional Support 2016-2020 P001916001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2017-18 Main recipient: Least Developed Countries Fund	$350K $350,023
12	(no title in the data) M012646001 · 2007-08 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
13	(no title in the data) M010939005 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$295K $295,100
14	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$294K $293,574
15	(no title in the data) M013574001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: Commonwealth Secretariat	$289K $288,600
16	(no title in the data) M013000001 · 2008-09 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$289K $288,600
17	(no title in the data) M010939006 · 2006-07 Main recipient: CFTC - Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation	$277K $276,900
18	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$259K $259,497
19	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WLGTN - 2020/2021 P009106071 · 2020-21 Main recipient: GOVERNMENT OF KIRIBATI	$243K $242,961
20	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$203K $202,758
21	Asian Development Bank - 11th Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund 2017-2020 P002426001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Asian Development Bank	$200K $199,817
22	Asian Development Bank - 12th replenishment development fund 2021 to 2024 P009026001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AsDB)	$186K $186,191
23	(no title in the data) M013670001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2014-15 Main recipient: COL - Commonwealth of Learning	$173K $173,160
24	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WLGTN - 2023/2024 P012680070 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Uncoded	$156K $155,969
25	Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) - WLGTN - 2024 to 2025 P014221071 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: (not specified)	$149K $149,045