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Canada's aid to Uruguay

$11,885,872 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 126 projects and 109 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$11.9M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$887K

2024-25

Projects

126

with money reported

Recipient organizations

109

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $7.3M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $4.6M in repayable loans and $12K already spent in Canada.

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

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

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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

328

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

0.34 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$1.6M
2006-07$1.1M
2007-08$797K
2008-09$632K
2009-10$421K
2010-11$1.2M
2011-12$199K
2012-13$57K
2013-14$42K
2014-15$66K
2015-16$110K
2016-17$2.1M
2017-18$1.1M
2018-19$124K
2019-20$359K
2020-21$38K
2021-22$71K
2022-23$215K
2023-24$878K
2024-25$887K

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

Conflict, peace & security$3.4M28.8%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$2.0M17.1%
Government & civil society$1.3M11.2%
Education$1.0M8.6%
Multisector$919K7.7%
Environment$711K6.0%
Other social services$697K5.9%
Health$487K4.1%
Unallocated$366K3.1%
Banking & finance$327K2.7%
Population & reproductive health$154K1.3%
Trade & tourism$129K1.1%
Communications$60K0.5%
Business$56K0.5%
Water & sanitation$51K0.4%
9 others$115K1.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$11.7M98.1%
International Development Research Centre$206K1.7%
Canadian Space Agency$15K0.1%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$5.3M44.9%
Not recorded$4.5M38.1%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$902K7.6%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$777K6.5%
Canadian personnel$288K2.4%
Other technical assistance$31K0.3%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$12K0.1%

Top 25 recipient organizations

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency$2.3M19.2%
Jeunesse Canada Monde / Canada World Youth$1.3M10.9%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$852K7.1%
World Bank$848K7.1%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$702K5.9%
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)$673K5.6%
OAS - Organization of American States$625K5.2%
Société de coopération pour le développement international$558K4.7%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$441K3.7%
Universities Canada$435K3.6%
Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger$353K3.0%
Statistics Canada$232K1.9%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$183K1.5%
Terre sans frontières$165K1.4%
GEF$156K1.3%
(not specified)$149K1.3%
Inter-American Investment Corporation$147K1.2%
NB Research & Productivity Council$145K1.2%
INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization$125K1.0%
Développement international Desjardins$120K1.0%
Toronto Centre$106K0.9%
UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN$94K0.8%
Uncoded$89K0.7%
Fundación para la Educación Superior y el Desarrollo$77K0.6%
Université de Sherbrooke$76K0.6%
84 others$945K7.9%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	(no title in the data) S062451PRG · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Jeunesse Canada Monde / Canada World Youth	$1.3M $1,305,000
2	IAEA Recovery of High-Activity DSRS in South America P002392001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$1.2M $1,191,107
3	(no title in the data) M013440001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: World Bank	$848K $848,000
4	Supporting uniformed womens participation in United Nations peace operations P014235001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)	$673K $672,657
5	Parliaments Delivering More Accountable, Inclusive and Effective Governance P013897001 · 2023-24 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$600K $600,000
6	(no title in the data) A020910013 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Société de coopération pour le développement international	$558K $557,744
7	(no title in the data) S064801PRG ↗ · 2009-10 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Universities Canada	$435K $434,795
8	Gender in the Criminal Justice System (Phase 2) P011935001 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: OAS - Organization of American States	$306K $305,622
9	Nuclear Regulatory Infrastructure Development in Latin America - phase 2 P007384001 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$302K $302,263
10	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - I P000553001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$262K $261,973
11	IAEA nuclear regulatory capacity building in Latin America P005258001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$235K $234,870
12	(no title in the data) A032290001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: Statistics Canada	$232K $232,047
13	Renovation of the IAEA's Nuclear Applications Laboratories (ReNuAL) P002156001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$230K $230,000
14	Increasing technical capabilities of laboratory buildings in Austria. P002156002 · 2016-17 Main recipient: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency	$230K $230,000
15	(no title in the data) S063317PRG ↗ · 2006-07 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger	$201K $200,752
16	(no title in the data) S063336PRG · 2005-06 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Terre sans frontières	$165K $164,780
17	Sixth Replenishment (2014-2018) - Global Environment Facility (GEF) - II P000553002 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: GEF	$156K $155,756
18	(no title in the data) S061181PRG · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: Fondation Jules et Paul-Émile Léger	$152K $152,071
19	Support to the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) - IDB Invest 2016-2025 P003010001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: Inter-American Investment Corporation	$147K $146,558
20	(no title in the data) A020910008 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: NB Research & Productivity Council	$145K $145,429
21	TURQUESA-Countering migrant smuggling and human trafficking in the Americas P012262002 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	$144K $143,750
22	(no title in the data) M011442001 · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: GEF - Global Environment Facility	$135K $135,099
23	(no title in the data) A032750001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$134K $134,168
24	TURQUESA-Countering migrant smuggling and human trafficking in the Americas P012262001 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: INTERPOL-International Criminal Police Organization	$125K $125,000
25	(no title in the data) A033242006 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$120K $120,000