Countries · Middle East

Canada's aid to United Arab Emirates

$143,933 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 4 projects and 4 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$144K

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $144K given abroad as grants on this page.

0.44

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

1.7

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

0.00

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

0.56

affordable homes built

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

6.5

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

0.01 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$19K
2006-07–
2007-08$75K
2008-09–
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15$50K
2015-16–
2016-17–
2017-18–
2018-19–
2019-20–
2020-21–
2021-22–
2022-23–
2023-24–
2024-25–

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$75K52.1%
Conflict, peace & security$50K34.8%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$19K13.1%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$144K100.0%

By aid type

Not recorded$94K65.2%
Project-type interventions$50K34.8%

Top 25 recipient organizations

UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$75K52.1%
Hedayah Centre$50K34.8%
CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research$15K10.5%
GLOBAL FORUM ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SECRETARIAT$4K2.6%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) M012768001 ↗ · 2007-08 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$75K $75,000
2	(no title in the data) D002369001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: Hedayah Centre	$50K $50,063
3	(no title in the data) M011561004 · 2005-06 Main recipient: CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research	$15K $15,170
4	(no title in the data) M011672001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: GLOBAL FORUM ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SECRETARIAT	$4K $3,700