Global Affairs
How Global Affairs spent its budget in fiscal year 2020-21, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Department Spending
In FY 2020-21,
$9.78B
was spent by Global Affairs
In FY 2020-21,
1.5%
of federal spending was by Global Affairs
On the consolidated accrual basis (Volume I), this portfolio’s expenses were $24.79B in FY 2020-21 — see the overview and methodology.
How did Global Affairs spend its budget in 2020-21?
Spending by entity, FY 2020-21
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
International Development Research Centre
Invest in Canada Hub
International Joint Commission (Canadian Section)
$9.34B
$253M
$145.7M
$29.6M
$9M
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 from the International Development Assistance for Multilateral Programming | $3,774,914,547 |
| Contributions | Contributions from the International Development Assistance for Multilateral Programming | $922,352,125 |
| Contributions | Contributions from the International Development Assistance for Bilateral Programming to support regional or country specific | $619,660,044 |
| Contributions | Contributions from the International Development Assistance for Partnerships with Canadians Programming | $460,158,753 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments to International Financial Institutions—Direct payments (International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act) | $260,230,820 |
| Contributions | United Nations peacekeeping operations (US$184,446,695) | $235,550,461 |
| Contributions | United Nations Organization (US$82,020,000) | $103,453,405 |
| Grants | Grants in support of the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program | $93,244,953 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program | $54,825,018 |
| Grants | Grants from the International Development Assistance for Partnerships with Canadians Programming | $46,909,571 |
| Contributions | Canada Fund for Local Initiatives | $37,911,472 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Weapons Threat Reduction Program | $37,872,458 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the CanExport Program | $28,420,581 |
| Grants | Grants under the Weapons Threat Reduction Program | $25,531,690 |
| Contributions | North Atlantic Treaty Organization—Civil administration (16,498,525 Euro) | $25,129,128 |
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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.
