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Canada's aid to Yemen

$775,858,088 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 342 projects and 109 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$776M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$77.2M

2024-25

Projects

342

with money reported

Recipient organizations

109

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $767M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $8.8M in repayable loans and $22K already spent in Canada.

2,367

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

9,091

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

0.35

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

2,972

affordable homes built

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

34,462

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

36 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$4.0M
2006-07$1.9M
2007-08$559K
2008-09$1.1M
2009-10$3.2M
2010-11$4.3M
2011-12$13.2M
2012-13$15.6M
2013-14$17.4M
2014-15$10.0M
2015-16$25.9M
2016-17$38.6M
2017-18$74.5M
2018-19$72.9M
2019-20$92.3M
2020-21$62.5M
2021-22$94.6M
2022-23$120M
2023-24$46.5M
2024-25$77.2M

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$597M76.9%
Health$51.3M6.6%
Energy$29.6M3.8%
Other social services$26.6M3.4%
Conflict, peace & security$25.1M3.2%
Government & civil society$9.2M1.2%
Disaster prevention$7.2M0.9%
Population & reproductive health$5.8M0.8%
Water & sanitation$5.5M0.7%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$3.8M0.5%
Multisector$3.6M0.5%
Transport$2.8M0.4%
Education$2.2M0.3%
Industry, mining & construction$2.1M0.3%
Environment$1.6M0.2%
9 others$2.5M0.3%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$661M85.2%
Finance Canada$113M14.5%
Public Health Agency of Canada$874K0.1%
Ontario$500K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$162K0.0%
International Development Research Centre$117K0.0%
Quebec$62K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$2660.0%

By aid type

Earmarked funds via implementing partners$414M53.4%
Project-type interventions$177M22.8%
Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$154M19.9%
Not recorded$18.5M2.4%
Basket funds/pooled funding$10.0M1.3%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$2.5M0.3%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$22K0.0%
Other technical assistance$17K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$240M31.0%
International Development Association$90.9M11.7%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$77.7M10.0%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$57.9M7.5%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$48.8M6.3%
Save the Children Canada$26.9M3.5%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$24.0M3.1%
CARE Canada$22.9M2.9%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$16.3M2.1%
IDA-CPL$15.7M2.0%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$14.0M1.8%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$13.9M1.8%
ADRA - Adventist Development and Relief Agency Canada$10.5M1.4%
International Medical Corps UK$9.5M1.2%
Islamic Relief Canada$8.5M1.1%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$8.5M1.1%
Action Against Hunger$7.7M1.0%
Mercy Corps$7.6M1.0%
Oxfam-Québec$7.0M0.9%
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services$6.6M0.8%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$5.6M0.7%
Action Against Hunger (ACF) - France$5.5M0.7%
SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND$5.0M0.6%
IOM International Organization for Migration$4.0M0.5%
Classified$3.4M0.4%
84 others$37.1M4.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	Global Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2022-2023 P011384001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2023-24 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$36.0M $36,000,273
2	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$26.9M $26,859,602
3	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	$25.2M $25,194,688
4	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$17.3M $17,312,256
5	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Program 2019 P007070001 ↗ · 2018-19 to 2019-20 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$16.5M $16,499,999
6	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$15.7M $15,722,840
7	Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2021 P010171001 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$15.0M $15,000,595
8	World Food Programme - Global Multi Country CAP 2021 P010171002 ↗ · 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$15.0M $14,999,040
9	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$13.8M $13,766,082
10	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$12.9M $12,913,965
11	World Food Programme - Famine Response 2023 P012092001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.5M $12,540,000
12	World Food Program - Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance - CAP 2020 P008798002 ↗ · 2019-20 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.5M $12,501,065
13	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$11.8M $11,813,168
14	WFP - Emergency Food Assistance to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen- 2025 P015773001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$10.5M $10,499,050
15	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	$10.3M $10,327,560
16	World Food Programme - Famine Response 2022 P012091001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$10.3M $10,296,600
17	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	$10.0M $9,999,485
18	International Committee of the Red Cross Middle East and North Africa - 2023 to 2024 P012220001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross	$10.0M $9,998,950
19	Central Emergency Response Fund 2016-2020 - OCHA P001148001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Central Emergency Response FundCERF	$8.7M $8,712,740
20	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$8.7M $8,676,851
21	Multi-country Emergency Food Assistance World Food Programme (WFP) 2017 P005291001 ↗ · 2017-18 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$8.5M $8,499,998
22	Middle East, North Africa and Ukraine Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2024 P013967001 ↗ · 2024-25 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$8.0M $8,007,300
23	Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2017 P002656001 ↗ · 2016-17 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$8.0M $8,000,802
24	(no title in the data) M013861001 ↗ · 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$8.0M $7,999,200
25	World Food Programme - Global Emergency Famine Support - 2021 P010808001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$7.5M $7,500,010