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Canada's aid to Zambia

$434,105,051 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 513 projects and 326 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$434M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$39.3M

2024-25

Projects

513

with money reported

Recipient organizations

326

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $423M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $10.6M in repayable loans and $30K already spent in Canada.

1,307

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

5,019

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

0.19

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

1,641

affordable homes built

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

19,027

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

20 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$36.2M
2006-07$21.6M
2007-08$14.5M
2008-09$21.6M
2009-10$10.9M
2010-11$11.2M
2011-12$7.2M
2012-13$6.8M
2013-14$11.3M
2014-15$3.6M
2015-16$1.7M
2016-17$14.3M
2017-18$19.3M
2018-19$23.2M
2019-20$21.9M
2020-21$23.9M
2021-22$30.0M
2022-23$77.2M
2023-24$38.2M
2024-25$39.3M

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$144M33.1%
Population & reproductive health$81.4M18.8%
Government & civil society$33.5M7.7%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$24.1M5.6%
Multisector$17.6M4.0%
Other social services$17.5M4.0%
Emergency response$16.7M3.9%
Energy$16.5M3.8%
Education$14.5M3.3%
Transport$11.7M2.7%
Water & sanitation$9.5M2.2%
Industry, mining & construction$7.7M1.8%
Banking & finance$6.7M1.5%
Trade & tourism$6.3M1.4%
Environment$6.2M1.4%
10 others$20.5M4.7%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$319M73.6%
Finance Canada$93.5M21.5%
Public Health Agency of Canada$16.1M3.7%
International Development Research Centre$4.2M1.0%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$433K0.1%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$221K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$159K0.0%
Manitoba$38K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$14K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$14K0.0%
Alberta$6K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$203M46.7%
Not recorded$108M24.8%
Project-type interventions$76.6M17.6%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$26.6M6.1%
Canadian personnel$14.9M3.4%
Other technical assistance$5.3M1.2%
Basket funds/pooled funding$342K0.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$30K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$72.2M16.6%
International Development Association$70.5M16.2%
CARE Canada$33.0M7.6%
Government of Zambia - Ministry of Health$24.5M5.6%
African Development Bank Group$19.0M4.4%
Public Health Agency of Canada$16.2M3.7%
IDA-CPL$14.1M3.2%
World Bank$14.1M3.2%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$11.3M2.6%
WFP - World Food Programme$11.2M2.6%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$11.0M2.5%
Oxfam Canada$7.8M1.8%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$7.1M1.6%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$6.6M1.5%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$5.8M1.3%
International Monetary Fund - Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust$4.8M1.1%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$4.6M1.1%
Canadian Commercial Corporation$4.3M1.0%
Federation of Canadian Municipalities$4.1M0.9%
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health$3.4M0.8%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$3.3M0.8%
Canadian Lutheran World Relief$3.3M0.7%
UNDP - Zambia$3.0M0.7%
St. Francis Xavier University - Coady International Institute$2.9M0.7%
Canadian Public Health Association$2.8M0.6%
301 others$73.4M16.9%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$37.0M $37,044,025
2	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	$26.5M $26,494,201
3	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional Support 2017-2019 P002028001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$22.4M $22,371,620
4	(no title in the data) A032823001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2012-13 Main recipient: Government of Zambia - Ministry of Health	$19.8M $19,813,757
5	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional support 2023 to 2025 P012277001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$18.1M $18,094,439
6	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - Janssen - 28,800 vaccines shipped from Manufacturer OGDHC-Vaccine-2022-1 · 2022-23 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$16.1M $16,144,445
7	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$14.1M $14,110,349
8	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$13.2M $13,175,000
9	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$12.8M $12,808,193
10	(no title in the data) A033139001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2013-14 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$12.5M $12,506,225
11	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: International Development Association	$8.2M $8,199,344
12	(no title in the data) M013402001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$8.0M $8,000,000
13	Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Out-of-School Adolescent Girls (SHE SOARS) P008422001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$7.8M $7,815,099
14	Southern African Nutrition Initiative P001040001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$6.3M $6,281,085
15	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$5.7M $5,726,944
16	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$5.2M $5,205,573
17	(no title in the data) A033994001 ↗ · 2008-09 Main recipient: Government of Zambia - Ministry of Health	$5.0M $5,000,000
18	(no title in the data) M012117001 · 2005-06 to 2007-08 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$5.0M $4,984,266
19	(no title in the data) A031734001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Canadian Commercial Corporation	$5.0M $4,953,996
20	PRGT Reserve account OGDFinance-2023-4 · 2023-24 Main recipient: International Monetary Fund - Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust	$4.8M $4,754,767
21	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$4.6M $4,634,839
22	Partnerships for Municipal Innovation - Women in Local Leadership P006489001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Federation of Canadian Municipalities	$4.1M $4,093,453
23	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$4.0M $4,007,889
24	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$4.0M $4,001,877
25	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$3.8M $3,789,417