Out of Your Pocket: The amount of money granted by Carney govt to overseas /non-Canadian entities in 2025/2026

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• For fiscal 2025–26, Global Affairs Canada planned approximately C$4.23 billion in grants and contributions for international-development programming.
• This is the most defensible government-wide starting figure for funding delivered through multilateral, bilateral and Canadian-partner programs—not the full cost of operating embassies or Global Affairs Canada.
• Separately, major foreign commitments publicly announced by the Carney government during the fiscal year total at least C$3.81 billion.
• That C$3.81-billion figure includes multi-year commitments; it does not mean the entire amount was paid during fiscal 2025–26.
• Canada also disbursed a C$2.3-billion loan to Ukraine and announced up to C$544 million in development-bank guarantees. These are financing instruments, not grants.

Major publicly announced commitments

Amounts are Canadian dollars.

Destination/program	Announced commitment	Classification
Ukraine—military assistance	C$2.000B	Military support allocated over one year
Ukraine—humanitarian, cyber and democracy programs	More than C$31M	Grants/contributions
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria	C$1.020B	Three-year pledge for 2026–2028
G7 international-development financing initiatives	C$391.3M	Multi-year international assistance
Children’s nutrition, climate and biodiversity	C$207M	International assistance announced at UNGA
Haiti stabilization and regional security	C$60M	C$40M conditional security support plus C$20M regional initiative
West Bank and Gaza—governance and resilience	More than C$47M	International assistance
Gaza and West Bank—July humanitarian package	C$40M	C$30M humanitarian plus C$10M through the World Bank
Afghanistan earthquake response	C$3M	Humanitarian assistance
Caribbean hurricane response	C$7M	Humanitarian assistance
Minimum documented commitments	Approximately C$3.81B	Includes multi-year amounts

Sources: Prime Minister’s UN General Assembly announcement, Ukraine allocation, Global Fund pledge, Afghanistan assistance, Caribbean assistance.

Government-wide funding envelope

Global Affairs Canada’s fiscal 2025–26 plan identified:

Category	Planned 2025–26 spending
Multilateral development programming	C$3.351B
Partnership with Canadians programming	C$430.96M
Bilateral development programming	C$447.95M
Total development grants and contributions	C$4.230B
Entire “Development, Peace and Security Programming” responsibility	C$4.980B
Total Global Affairs Canada budget	C$8.437B

The C$4.23-billion figure includes money administered through Canadian organizations as well as money paid directly to foreign governments, UN agencies and international organizations. It therefore cannot be described entirely as “money given to foreign entities.” Global Affairs Canada 2025–26 Departmental Plan, transfer-payment tables.

Loans and guarantees—not grants

Instrument	Amount	Treatment
Ukraine G7 ERA loan—second tranche	C$2.3B	Confirmed disbursement; repayable through revenue from immobilized Russian assets
Development-bank portfolio guarantees	Up to C$544M	Contingent exposure, not an immediate cash grant
Total financing exposure	Up to C$2.844B	Must not be added to grants as ordinary spending

The government confirmed the C$2.3-billion Ukraine loan was part of a C$5-billion commitment originally announced before Carney became prime minister. G7 backgrounder.

Important data gap

The final Public Accounts of Canada for fiscal 2025–26 are needed to establish precisely how much cash was paid to every non-Canadian recipient. Until those recipient-level accounts are available and reconciled:

• C$4.23 billion is the planned international-development transfer-payment envelope.
• C$3.81 billion is a minimum of major Carney-government commitments identified above.
• Neither figure represents a verified, exhaustive total of cash transferred exclusively to overseas entities.