Global Affairs
How Global Affairs spent its budget in fiscal year 2014-15, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2014-15,
$6.3B
was spent by Global Affairs
In FY 2014-15,
2.2%
of federal spending was by Global Affairs
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $5.96B in FY 2014-15 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Global Affairs spend its budget in 2014-15?
Spending by entity, FY 2014-15
Foreign Affairs,Trade and Development Department
International Development Research Centre
National Capital Commission
Canadian Commercial Corporation
International Joint Commission (Canadian Section)
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
$6.01B
$190M
$84.2M
$14.2M
$6.8M
$2.6M
Global Affairs’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 1995–2025
Line items
Every transfer-payment (grant and contribution) program, in dollars. These are the named programs behind the transfer-payments object in the chart above. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Grants | Grants for Multilateral Programming: Grants in support of development assistance, humanitarian assistance or disaster preparedness, for global operations, programs, projects, activities and appeals for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition | $1,894,318,521 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Bilateral Programming: Contributions in support of development assistance, contributions for cooperation with countries in transition and contributions in support of regional or country specific development assistance programs, projects and activities for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition | $717,584,838 |
| Contributions | Payments of assessed contributions to International Organizations: United Nations peacekeeping operations (US$226,697,205) | $271,004,489 |
| Contributions | Payments to International Financial Institutions — Encashment of notes | $211,742,627 |
| Contributions | Contributions for Partnership with Canadians Programming: Contributions for development assistance programs, projects and activities intended to support development for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition or to enhance the awareness, understanding, and engagement of Canadians with respect to development | $188,712,276 |
| Contributions | United Nations Organization (US$96,000,000) | $109,756,252 |
| Contributions | Global Peace and Security Fund | $53,164,666 |
| Grants | Grants in support of the Global Peace and Security Fund and its sub‑programs | $29,946,583 |
| Contributions | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) — Civil administration (22,692,543 Euro) | $27,896,184 |
| Contributions | Payments to International Financial Institutions — Direct payments | $27,280,000 |
| Grants | Grants for Partnership with Canadians Programming: Grants for development assistance programs, projects and activities intended to support development for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition or to enhance the awareness, understanding, and engagement of Canadians with respect to development | $23,072,926 |
| Grants | Global Partnership Program for the destruction, disposal and securing of weapons and materials of mass destruction and related expertise | $19,982,998 |
| Contributions | Food and Agriculture Organization (US$7,743,821) (5,693,305 Euro) | $17,116,944 |
| Contributions | World Health Organization (US$6,930,802) (6,501,092 Swiss Francs) | $15,501,963 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Global Partnership Program for the destruction, disposal and securing of weapons and materials of mass destruction and related expertise | $14,973,760 |
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Global Affairs figures are net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II, and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
