Global Affairs
How Global Affairs spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Global Affairs Canada manages Canada's diplomatic relations, international trade, and development assistance efforts abroad. It operates Canada's network of embassies and consulates, negotiates trade agreements, and delivers international development assistance in partnership with multilateral institutions and other countries. The portfolio also includes related organizations such as Export Development Canada's Canada Account, the International Development Research Centre, and the Canadian Commercial Corporation.
Global Affairs spent $9.85B in the 2024–25 fiscal year, representing 1.8% of total federal spending. The large majority of that spending was recorded under the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, with further amounts attributed to Export Development Canada's Canada Account, the International Development Research Centre, the Invest in Canada Hub, and the Canadian Commercial Corporation.
Transfer payments made up a substantial part of the portfolio's spending, dominated by grants and contributions delivered through International Development Assistance programming. The largest transfer program was grants for multilateral programming, followed by contributions for multilateral programming, contributions for bilateral programming supporting regional and country-specific initiatives, contributions for partnerships with Canadians, and payments to international financial institutions.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$9.85B
was spent by Global Affairs
In FY 2024-25,
1.8%
of federal spending was by Global Affairs
How did Global Affairs spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Export Development Canada (Canada Account)
International Development Research Centre
Invest in Canada Hub
Canadian Commercial Corporation
International Joint Commission (Canadian Section)
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
$9.04B
$583.2M
$160.3M
$32.7M
$13.8M
$8.9M
$8.1M
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 | $2,769,617,584 |
| Contributions | Contributions from the International Development Assistance for Multilateral Programming | $776,747,134 |
| Contributions | Contributions from the International Development Assistance for Bilateral Programming to support regional or country specific | $717,249,360 |
| Contributions | Contributions from the International Development Assistance for Partnerships with Canadians Programming | $309,653,680 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments to International Financial Institutions—Direct payments (International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act) | $248,558,959 |
| Grants | Grants in support of the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program | $240,556,849 |
| Contributions | United Nations peacekeeping operations (US$165,662,790) | $184,544,447 |
| Contributions | United Nations Organization (US$84,096,000) | $126,605,719 |
| Grants | Grants from the International Development Assistance for Partnerships with Canadians Programming | $105,284,751 |
| Other transfer payments | Payments to the Development Finance Institute Canada— Crown Corporation | $101,000,000 |
| Contributions | Contributions in support of the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program | $96,398,631 |
| Contributions | North Atlantic Treaty Organization—Civil administration (30,967,820 Euro) | $45,712,454 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Weapons Threat Reduction Program | $43,071,687 |
| Grants | Grants in Support of the CanExport Program | $34,378,280 |
| Grants | Grants for Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program | $27,029,754 |
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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.
