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Canada's aid to West Africa, regional

$205,693,023 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 114 projects and 102 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$206M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$6.3M

2024-25

Projects

114

with money reported

Recipient organizations

102

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $203M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $2.5M in repayable loans.

627

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

2,408

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

0.09

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

787

affordable homes built

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

9,129

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

9.5 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$6.6M
2006-07$8.7M
2007-08$7.2M
2008-09$9.8M
2009-10$12.4M
2010-11$13.9M
2011-12$9.3M
2012-13$9.5M
2013-14$10.4M
2014-15$32.7M
2015-16$10.9M
2016-17$6.0M
2017-18$23.1M
2018-19$6.7M
2019-20$4.7M
2020-21$9.2M
2021-22$5.2M
2022-23$7.7M
2023-24$5.5M
2024-25$6.3M

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

Health$59.1M28.7%
Emergency response$46.0M22.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$34.4M16.7%
Government & civil society$28.2M13.7%
Trade & tourism$5.5M2.7%
Banking & finance$4.9M2.4%
Energy$4.6M2.2%
Other social services$3.8M1.8%
Environment$3.4M1.7%
Population & reproductive health$2.7M1.3%
Education$2.6M1.3%
Conflict, peace & security$2.6M1.3%
Water & sanitation$2.3M1.1%
Multisector$2.0M1.0%
Business$1.2M0.6%
6 others$2.3M1.1%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$193M93.7%
Finance Canada$11.7M5.7%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$846K0.4%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$340K0.2%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$74.8M36.4%
Project-type interventions$63.0M30.6%
Not recorded$45.7M22.2%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$15.4M7.5%
Canadian personnel$6.3M3.1%
Other technical assistance$380K0.2%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$20.0M9.7%
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank$19.0M9.2%
World Bank$16.9M8.2%
Centre de coopération internationale en santé et$13.4M6.5%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$13.0M6.3%
WFP - World Food Programme$11.0M5.3%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$10.8M5.2%
International Development Association$8.8M4.3%
Parliamentary Centre$6.0M2.9%
Comité Permanent Inter-Etats de lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le$4.7M2.3%
Autorité du Bassin du Niger$4.3M2.1%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$4.0M1.9%
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économique$3.9M1.9%
Médecins sans frontières/ Doctors without Borders$3.5M1.7%
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE TROPICAL AGRICULTURE$3.5M1.7%
Save the Children Canada$3.4M1.7%
International Finance Corporation$3.2M1.6%
ECOWAS - Economic Community of West Africa States$3.0M1.5%
Université du Québec en Outaouais$3.0M1.4%
Africa Rice Center$2.9M1.4%
International Development Research Centre$2.8M1.4%
Partenariat pour le Développement Municipal$2.7M1.3%
IDA-CPL$2.6M1.3%
CECI - Centre for International Studies and Cooperation$2.4M1.2%
Acumen Fund Inc.$2.4M1.2%
77 others$34.6M16.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	INFUSE - Innovation for Uptake, Scale and Equity in Immunization in Francophone Africa P001396001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$20.0M $20,000,000
2	Strengthening Regional Disease Surveillance in West Africa P000987001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$14.0M $14,000,000
3	(no title in the data) A031544001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2011-12 Main recipient: Centre de coopération internationale en santé et	$13.8M $13,848,527
4	(no title in the data) D001611001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$10.0M $10,000,000
5	(no title in the data) D001614001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$9.5M $9,500,000
6	(no title in the data) A033531001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Parliamentary Centre	$6.0M $6,028,001
7	(no title in the data) A035187001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2011-12 Main recipient: World Bank	$6.0M $6,000,000
8	(no title in the data) D001801001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: World Bank	$6.0M $6,000,000
9	(no title in the data) A031974001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2012-13 Main recipient: ECOWAS - Economic Community of West Africa States	$5.4M $5,413,008
10	Strengthening Regional Disease Surveillance in West Africa P000987002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank	$5.0M $5,000,000
11	(no title in the data) A032225001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Comité Permanent Inter-Etats de lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le	$4.4M $4,443,216
12	(no title in the data) A032039001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Autorité du Bassin du Niger	$4.4M $4,429,251
13	(no title in the data) A035187005 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2013-14 Main recipient: World Bank	$4.0M $4,000,000
14	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$4.0M $3,980,360
15	(no title in the data) A033266001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économique	$3.8M $3,780,000
16	(no title in the data) A034968002 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Africa Rice Center	$3.6M $3,642,548
17	(no title in the data) A031531001 · 2005-06 to 2009-10 Main recipient: Save the Children Canada	$3.6M $3,580,134
18	(no title in the data) D001306001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: Médecins sans frontières/ Doctors without Borders	$3.5M $3,500,000
19	(no title in the data) A032162001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2014-15 Main recipient: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE TROPICAL AGRICULTURE	$3.5M $3,481,445
20	(no title in the data) A034030001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2015-16 Main recipient: International Finance Corporation	$3.2M $3,250,000
21	(no title in the data) A031973001 · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$3.2M $3,175,329
22	(no title in the data) A032668001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Université du Québec en Outaouais	$3.1M $3,098,325
23	(no title in the data) M013725001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$3.0M $3,000,000
24	(no title in the data) D002129001 ↗ · 2014-15 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$3.0M $3,000,000
25	(no title in the data) A032226001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Partenariat pour le Développement Municipal	$2.9M $2,900,744