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Canada's aid to Western Sahara

$2,836,473 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 12 projects and 3 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$2.8M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$374K

2024-25

Projects

with money reported

Recipient organizations

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $2.7M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $122K in repayable loans.

8.4

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

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

affordable homes built

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

122

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

0.13 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$348
2006-07$259
2007-08$408
2008-09$42K
2009-10–
2010-11–
2011-12–
2012-13–
2013-14–
2014-15–
2015-16–
2016-17$229K
2017-18$287K
2018-19$292K
2019-20$358K
2020-21$321K
2021-22$289K
2022-23$301K
2023-24$344K
2024-25$374K

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

By department

Global Affairs Canada$2.8M100.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$2.8M98.5%
Not recorded$43K1.5%

Top 25 recipient organizations

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara$2.8M98.5%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$42K1.5%
Partnership Africa Canada$1K0.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) P005014006 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$1.0M $1,018,648
2	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) P005014003 · 2019-20 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$358K $357,764
3	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) P005014004 · 2020-21 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$321K $320,688
4	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) P005014002 · 2018-19 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$292K $291,777
5	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) P005014005 · 2021-22 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$289K $288,716
6	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) P005013001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$153K $153,268
7	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) P005014001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$134K $134,109
8	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) D003633001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$122K $121,978
9	Canadas assessed contribution to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) D003716001 · 2016-17 Main recipient: United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara	$107K $106,731
10	(no title in the data) M013022001 ↗ · 2008-09 Main recipient: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	$42K $41,650
11	(no title in the data) S063185PRG · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Partnership Africa Canada	$880 $880
12	(no title in the data) S062502PRG · 2005-06 Main recipient: Partnership Africa Canada	$264 $264