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Canada's aid to West Bank and Gaza

$1,249,452,614 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 459 projects and 227 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.25B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$167M

2024-25

Projects

459

with money reported

Recipient organizations

227

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.25B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $659K in repayable loans and $214K already spent in Canada.

3,854

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

14,798

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

0.57

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

4,838

affordable homes built

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

56,098

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

58 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$32.0M
2006-07$31.6M
2007-08$36.8M
2008-09$56.7M
2009-10$62.8M
2010-11$67.7M
2011-12$57.6M
2012-13$25.0M
2013-14$62.9M
2014-15$28.7M
2015-16$66.1M
2016-17$50.9M
2017-18$60.4M
2018-19$46.4M
2019-20$58.3M
2020-21$65.6M
2021-22$65.5M
2022-23$56.4M
2023-24$151M
2024-25$167M

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$622M49.7%
Government & civil society$148M11.8%
Education$129M10.3%
Conflict, peace & security$61.1M4.9%
Reconstruction & relief$50.2M4.0%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$47.5M3.8%
Banking & finance$33.1M2.7%
Health$31.5M2.5%
Food aid$20.0M1.6%
Other social services$18.2M1.5%
Multisector$17.3M1.4%
Industry, mining & construction$11.4M0.9%
Transport$10.2M0.8%
Communications$10.1M0.8%
Business$10.1M0.8%
9 others$30.2M2.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.23B98.5%
Royal Canadian Mounted Police$11.0M0.9%
International Development Research Centre$7.6M0.6%
Manitoba$208K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$23K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$2940.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$466M37.3%
Project-type interventions$376M30.1%
Not recorded$224M18.0%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$137M11.0%
Canadian personnel$39.1M3.1%
Basket funds/pooled funding$2.2M0.2%
Other technical assistance$2.2M0.2%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$1.5M0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$214K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$183M14.7%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East$183M14.6%
UNRWA - United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees$118M9.4%
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations$60.1M4.8%
World Bank$44.5M3.6%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$43.8M3.5%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$37.6M3.0%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$36.4M2.9%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$33.0M2.6%
Oxfam-Québec$25.9M2.1%
UN Women$25.1M2.0%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$25.0M2.0%
UNDP-Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People$20.3M1.6%
UNDP/PAPP - United Nations Development Programme/Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People$20.1M1.6%
CARE Canada$18.6M1.5%
WHO - World Health Organization$17.6M1.4%
Canadian Red Cross Society$17.4M1.4%
UNICEF$15.5M1.2%
Humanitarian Coalition$13.8M1.1%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$13.0M1.0%
Classified$12.2M1.0%
UNRWA$11.8M0.9%
Development and Peace$11.0M0.9%
UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime$10.9M0.9%
Cowater International Inc.$10.9M0.9%
202 others$241M19.3%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	UNRWA - Institutional Support 2020-2022 P009434001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	$46.6M $46,629,411
2	(no title in the data) Z020917001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2015-16 Main recipient: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services	$30.5M $30,501,431
3	UNRWA - Institutional Support 2023-2026 P012248001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	$30.4M $30,365,257
4	Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls in West Bank and Gaza P001976001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2024-25 Main recipient: UN Women	$25.0M $25,000,000
5	UNRWA - Updated oPT Flash Appeal 2024 P014545001 · 2024-25 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	$25.0M $25,000,000
6	Providing Basic Education, Health, and Social Services to Palestinian Refugees - UNRWA 2018 P006217001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	$23.3M $23,334,624
7	Gaza World Food Programme - Interagency Flash Appeal - 2023 P013613001 ↗ · 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$22.0M $22,000,000
8	Courthouses Construction Project P000469001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: UNDP/PAPP - United Nations Development Programme/Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People	$20.6M $20,635,396
9	(no title in the data) D000838001 · 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.6M $20,570,000
10	(no title in the data) Z021028001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$19.0M $19,000,000
11	(no title in the data) D000525001 ↗ · 2013-14 to 2014-15 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$17.0M $17,000,000
12	Gaza United Nations Relief and Work Agency - Interagency Flash Appeal - 2023 P013612001 · 2023-24 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	$16.5M $16,500,000
13	Supporting Economic Growth through Value Chain Development in the West Bank P000873001 · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	$16.0M $15,980,000
14	(no title in the data) A032618001 ↗ · 2008-09 Main recipient: World Bank	$15.0M $15,000,000
15	(no title in the data) Z020944001 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$15.0M $15,000,000
16	(no title in the data) Z020971001 ↗ · 2010-11 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees	$15.0M $15,000,000
17	(no title in the data) Z020987001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees	$15.0M $15,000,000
18	(no title in the data) Z020929001 ↗ · 2009-10 to 2015-16 Main recipient: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services	$14.9M $14,944,839
19	Fonds de contrepartie de l'appel d'urgence pour Gaza - Coalition humanitaire 2023 P013738001 · 2023-24 Main recipient: Humanitarian Coalition	$13.8M $13,773,125
20	2022 and 2023 Humanitarian Response West Bank & Gaza: Providing Food Assistance for Palestinians P009528001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.2M $12,155,044
21	(no title in the data) Z020711001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2006-07 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees	$12.0M $12,000,000
22	(no title in the data) Z021027001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.0M $12,000,000
23	(no title in the data) D002592001 ↗ · 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$11.9M $11,900,000
24	UNRWA 2016: Providing Basic Education, Health and Social Services to Palestinian Refugees P001970001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: UNRWA	$11.8M $11,813,202
25	UNRWA 2017: Providing Basic Education, Health and Social Services to Palestinian Refugees P002789001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East	$11.7M $11,686,184