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Canada's aid to Venezuela

$123,343,986 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 223 projects and 130 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$123M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$22.6M

2024-25

Projects

223

with money reported

Recipient organizations

130

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $123M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $313 in repayable loans and $51K already spent in Canada.

381

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

1,461

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

0.06

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

478

affordable homes built

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

5,540

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

5.7 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$1.7M
2006-07$1.2M
2007-08$718K
2008-09$352K
2009-10$285K
2010-11$359K
2011-12$177K
2012-13$139K
2013-14$125K
2014-15-$32K
2015-16$215K
2016-17$858K
2017-18$1.6M
2018-19$4.1M
2019-20$2.4M
2020-21$14.0M
2021-22$25.1M
2022-23$20.1M
2023-24$27.5M
2024-25$22.6M

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$56.2M45.6%
Population & reproductive health$17.8M14.4%
Government & civil society$12.2M9.9%
Education$10.6M8.6%
Health$10.0M8.1%
Water & sanitation$3.7M3.0%
Multisector$3.5M2.8%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$3.4M2.7%
Food aid$1.4M1.2%
Environment$1.4M1.2%
Disaster prevention$935K0.8%
Conflict, peace & security$683K0.6%
Other social services$495K0.4%
Industry, mining & construction$477K0.4%
Unallocated$190K0.2%
8 others$317K0.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$123M99.5%
International Development Research Centre$481K0.4%
Quebec$49K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$32K0.0%

By aid type

Project-type interventions$51.5M41.8%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$50.6M41.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$10.9M8.8%
Not recorded$4.3M3.5%
Basket funds/pooled funding$4.0M3.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$2.0M1.6%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$51K0.0%
Other technical assistance$3K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$14.1M11.4%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$11.7M9.5%
Classified$10.3M8.4%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$9.0M7.3%
Action Against Hunger$8.6M7.0%
WFP - World Food Programme$8.4M6.8%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$8.3M6.7%
Save the Children Canada$6.2M5.0%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$4.6M3.7%
UNICEF$3.7M3.0%
International Rescue Committee$3.7M3.0%
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization$3.0M2.4%
OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights$3.0M2.4%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$2.8M2.3%
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy$2.2M1.8%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$2.2M1.8%
Oxfam QC$2.1M1.7%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.1M1.7%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$2.0M1.6%
Oxfam-Québec$1.9M1.6%
IOM International Organization for Migration$1.3M1.1%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$1.2M1.0%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$1.2M0.9%
Plan International Canada$928K0.8%
Transparency International$894K0.7%
105 others$8.0M6.5%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Coordination of Humanitarian Responses by the Country-Based Pooled Funds OCHA 2021 P010189001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	$5.4M $5,398,762
2	Empowered adolescents for a promising future in Venezuela (Empower) P009974001 · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$5.0M $4,999,670
3	School Feeding in Venezuela: Zulia State P009639001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$5.0M $4,950,000
4	Improved Empowerment, Food Security and Health of Youth and Indigenous Women in Venezuela P009946001 · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Action Against Hunger	$4.9M $4,858,800
5	Women and girls empowerment and resiliency in Venezuela P010361001 · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Save the Children Canada	$4.8M $4,850,000
6	International Committee of the Red Cross - Multi-Country - CAP 2023 to 2024 P012523001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$4.0M $4,000,300
7	School Feeding in Venezuela: Caracas and Miranda P010485001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$4.0M $4,000,000
8	Coordination of Humanitarian Responses by the Country-Based Pooled Funds - OCHA 2023-2025 P012216001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	$4.0M $3,997,730
9	Improving learning outcomes in child friendly schools P011578001 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNICEF	$3.7M $3,700,000
10	Improving access to Sexual and Reproductive Health & Nutrition in Zulia and Falcón states, Venzuela P012117001 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Rescue Committee	$3.7M $3,679,321
11	The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Global Multi-Country CAP 2022 to 2023 P011382001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$3.5M $3,501,060
12	Advancing SRHR in Venezuela P010486001 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$3.5M $3,500,000
13	Venezuela Crisis - World Food Programme 2021-2022 P010689001 · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.0M $3,000,000
14	Country Level, Regional and Global Funding - International Committee of the Red Cross Appeals 2021 P010188001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$2.7M $2,710,050
15	Improved health and nutrition security of youth and women in Venezuela. P011577001 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Action Against Hunger	$2.6M $2,567,647
16	Creating a more Impactful Civil Society P010804001 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: The Westminster Foundation for Democracy	$2.2M $2,226,625
17	Strengthening food security and livelihoods of vulnerable communities P014355001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.1M $2,108,367
18	Fostering womens dignity and empowerment in migration-affected Venezuela P009945001 · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Oxfam-Québec	$2.0M $2,000,000
19	Prevention, Protection and Accountability for Human Rights P011579001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights	$2.0M $2,000,000
20	Canadian Foodgrains Bank - Institutional Support 2021 to 2024 P006627001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$2.0M $2,000,000
21	Venezuela Crisis - WASH and protection services - Oxfam Quebec 2024 P015025001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: Oxfam QC	$2.0M $2,000,000
22	Coordination of Humanitarian Responses by the Country-Based Pooled Funds OCHA 2021 P010189002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs	$2.0M $1,999,550
23	Global Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2022-2023 P011384001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.0M $1,999,396
24	Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme-Appui Institutionnel 2020-2022 P005247001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$1.7M $1,718,035
25	RESPOND - Resilient, Empowered, Healthy and Determined AYW in Venezuela P012985001 · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Plan International Canada	$1.7M $1,700,000