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Canada’s assistance to Syria · 2024–25

See bilateral and imputed multilateral assistance, financial instruments and project allocations for Syria.

Canada recorded C$112.7M in international assistance allocated to Syria in fiscal year 2024–25. This page separates bilateral flows from imputed multilateral allocations and shows the largest project and organization examples in the official historical data.

CANADA → SYRIA · 2024–25

Syria

C$112.7M

Annual international assistance, including bilateral flows and imputed multilateral allocations. This is not all overseas or military spending. Country allocations are not necessarily payments to the recipient country’s government.

Bilateral assistanceC$105.89M
Imputed multilateralC$6.81M

Financial instruments

  • Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief: C$112.7M

Rounded for display; totals use the source’s allocated amounts. “Bilateral” can include delivery through multilateral organizations.

Largest reported sectors

Emergency responseC$99.04M
Conflict prevention and resolution, peace and securityC$8.16M
Government and civil society generalC$2.06M
Basic healthC$1.5M
Basic educationC$0.89M

Read the Syria funding breakdown →

Where the figures come from

The snapshot uses Global Affairs Canada’s historical project dataset for 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Amounts are already allocated by sector and destination in the original file. We sum those allocations without applying the country percentage again. Reflows from earlier loans are a separate information field and are not added to the expenditure total.

Annual international assistance, including bilateral flows and imputed multilateral allocations. This is not all overseas or military spending. Country allocations are not necessarily payments to the recipient country’s government. A programme’s annual allocation is different from its approved lifetime budget. The examples below are part of this destination’s total; adding them on top would double count.

Who received funding, and for what?

These are the ten largest project/organization allocations in this destination’s snapshot. The source sector labels describe recorded purpose. The figures do not demonstrate project success or independently establish the final recipient’s use of every dollar.

Middle East, North Africa and Ukraine Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2024

C$17.99M

Recipient organization: World Food Programme

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P013967001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

Open official project profile · Annual expenditure dataset

WFP - Emergency Food Assistance to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen- 2025

C$16M

Recipient organization: World Food Programme

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P015773001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

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UNHCR – Multi-Country – 2025 Crisis Pool

C$10M

Recipient organization: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P015771001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

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Supporting Coordinated Hum. Responses through the Country-Based Pooled Funds – OCHA 2025 Crisis Pool

C$8M

Recipient organization: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P015769001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

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UNHCR Multi-Country CAP 2024-2025

C$6.5M

Recipient organization: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P013971001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

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Multi-country – crisis pool – International Committee of the Red Cross - 2025

C$6.01M

Recipient organization: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P015770001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

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Coordination of Humanitarian Responses by the Country-Based Pooled Funds - OCHA 2023-2025

C$5M

Recipient organization: OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P012216001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

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Multi-Country Humanitarian Appeals - UNICEF 2024

C$4M

Recipient organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P014237001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

Open official project profile · Annual expenditure dataset

Mine Action in Northwest Syria – II

C$3M

Recipient organization: LES CASQUES BLANCS

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Conflict prevention and resolution, peace and security.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P013459002 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

Open official project profile · Annual expenditure dataset

International Committee of the Red Cross – Middle East and North Africa - 2023 to 2024

C$3M

Recipient organization: ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Global Affairs Canada · Grants and contributions - excluding debt relief · Bilateral assistance

Purpose, accounting and original record

Source sector labels: Emergency response.

The amount is this destination’s allocated expenditure in 2024–25, summed across the source’s sector rows for project P012220001 and this organization. It is not the project’s lifetime budget. An imputed multilateral allocation estimates a share of institutional funding; it is not an individually traced transfer.

Download original annual data (CSV)

What these records do not establish

This dataset does not provide a complete account of every form of Canadian overseas or military support. Imputed multilateral funding estimates a destination’s share of institutional assistance; it is not a traceable direct payment to that destination. A loan’s face value is different from the ultimate fiscal cost or grant-equivalent measure. We do not convert this total into a personal taxpayer share.

Figures are rounded for display and may be revised by the publisher. Snapshot checked 2026-10-31.