Global Affairs
How Global Affairs spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$9.91B
was spent by Global Affairs
In FY 2024-25,
1.8%
of federal spending was by Global Affairs
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 $9.91B 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.
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
$9.1B
$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
Complete appropriation (vote/allotment) and transfer-payment lines, in dollars. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Vote | Description | Total available | Used ▼ | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 10 | Grants and contributions | $6,148,343,954 | $5,879,804,313 | $268,539,641 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $2,441,236,544 | $2,386,779,665 | $54,456,879 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $583,163,743 | $583,163,743 | $0 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $537,249,408 | $536,576,435 | $672,973 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $212,926,205 | $187,984,765 | $24,941,440 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Centre | $160,270,169 | $160,270,169 | $0 |
| Vote 15 | Payments, in respect of pension, insurance and social security programs or other arrangements for employees locally engaged outside of Canada, or in respect of the administration of such programs or arrangements | $112,971,000 | $112,668,640 | $302,360 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $34,261,536 | $32,743,554 | $1,517,982 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Corporation | $13,792,138 | $13,792,138 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $10,793,920 | $8,217,765 | $2,576,155 |
| Vote 1 | Program expenditures | $7,615,487 | $7,546,071 | $69,416 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $657,139 | $657,139 | $0 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $578,838 | $578,838 | $0 |
| Vote 20 | Pursuant to subsection 12(2) of the International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act, payments to international financial institutions—Direct payments | $1 | $0 | $1 |
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Global Affairs figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
