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Canada's aid to Zimbabwe

$401,988,195 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 444 projects and 289 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$402M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$30.4M

2024-25

Projects

444

with money reported

Recipient organizations

289

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $400M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $2.3M in repayable loans and $154K already spent in Canada.

1,233

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

4,735

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

0.18

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

1,548

affordable homes built

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

17,952

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

19 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$22.3M
2006-07$10.3M
2007-08$11.8M
2008-09$34.8M
2009-10$21.4M
2010-11$16.8M
2011-12$20.9M
2012-13$13.7M
2013-14$7.3M
2014-15$6.3M
2015-16$2.6M
2016-17$18.9M
2017-18$12.3M
2018-19$21.1M
2019-20$25.0M
2020-21$28.2M
2021-22$40.8M
2022-23$23.3M
2023-24$33.6M
2024-25$30.4M

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

Population & reproductive health$133M33.1%
Emergency response$92.5M23.0%
Health$57.6M14.3%
Government & civil society$37.1M9.2%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$17.6M4.4%
Education$14.7M3.7%
Multisector$12.0M3.0%
Environment$7.0M1.7%
Other social services$5.2M1.3%
Trade & tourism$5.0M1.2%
Food aid$4.1M1.0%
Water & sanitation$3.3M0.8%
Reconstruction & relief$2.8M0.7%
Energy$2.7M0.7%
Industry, mining & construction$1.9M0.5%
11 others$5.6M1.4%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$394M98.1%
International Development Research Centre$4.4M1.1%
Finance Canada$2.8M0.7%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$250K0.1%
Manitoba$220K0.1%
Quebec$93K0.0%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$10K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$8K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$6K0.0%
Alberta$6K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$157M39.0%
Not recorded$101M25.1%
Project-type interventions$71.9M17.9%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$48.1M12.0%
Basket funds/pooled funding$12.1M3.0%
Canadian personnel$5.5M1.4%
Other technical assistance$4.4M1.1%
Core support to NGOs, PPPs & research institutes$2.2M0.5%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$154K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$111M27.6%
WFP - World Food Programme$59.9M14.9%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$21.0M5.2%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$20.5M5.1%
CARE Canada$17.6M4.4%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$15.3M3.8%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$11.1M2.8%
MCC - Mennonite Central Committee Canada$10.3M2.6%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$9.1M2.3%
African Development Bank Group$9.1M2.3%
WHO - World Health Organization$8.0M2.0%
Oxfam Canada$7.6M1.9%
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre$7.4M1.8%
Plan International Canada Inc. (Plan Canada)$6.4M1.6%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$6.1M1.5%
World Vision Canada$4.8M1.2%
Canadian Public Health Association$4.6M1.1%
Green Climate Fund$4.4M1.1%
Int'l Organization for Migration$3.5M0.9%
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health$3.4M0.8%
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation$3.3M0.8%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$2.8M0.7%
World Bank$2.5M0.6%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$2.4M0.6%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$1.9M0.5%
264 others$48.1M12.0%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	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	$36.2M $36,224,913
2	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	$34.2M $34,170,404
3	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	$31.7M $31,673,712
4	(no title in the data) M012813001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$20.0M $20,000,000
5	Supporting transition, retention, and training for young women and girls P007216001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: CARE Canada	$11.9M $11,927,412
6	Locally-led Indigenous Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Zimbabwe P011866001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: MCC - Mennonite Central Committee Canada	$10.3M $10,347,442
7	(no title in the data) A035170001 ↗ · 2011-12 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$9.0M $9,000,000
8	Institutional Support to Global Fund P000656 · 2016-17 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$8.7M $8,701,416
9	(no title in the data) M013402001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund	$8.0M $8,000,000
10	(no title in the data) A032822001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$7.5M $7,500,000
11	(no title in the data) M013053001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2009-10 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$7.0M $7,000,000
12	(no title in the data) M013430001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$6.7M $6,680,000
13	(no title in the data) M011708001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$5.0M $5,000,800
14	(no title in the data) A030139001 · 2005-06 to 2008-09 Main recipient: Canadian Public Health Association	$4.4M $4,354,141
15	World Food Programme - Long-Term Institutional Support 2016-2021 P001301001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.3M $4,275,218
16	(no title in the data) A032820001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$4.0M $4,050,000
17	World Food Programme - Global Emergency Famine Support - 2021 P010808001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.0M $4,000,010
18	(no title in the data) S065372001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: Plan International Canada Inc. (Plan Canada)	$4.0M $3,981,102
19	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$4.0M $3,953,817
20	Nature-Positive Food Systems for Climate Change Adaptation P011740001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Canadian Foodgrains Bank	$3.8M $3,840,900
21	(no title in the data) A034658001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade	$3.4M $3,368,158
22	(no title in the data) M012997001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health	$3.4M $3,350,000
23	(no title in the data) M013431001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2014-15 Main recipient: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation	$3.3M $3,333,000
24	East and Southern Africa Emergency Food Assistance - World Food Programme 2021 P010181001 ↗ · 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$3.0M $2,999,320
25	(no title in the data) A033105001 · 2006-07 to 2010-11 Main recipient: Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre	$2.9M $2,937,195