Grant and contribution program
Payments of Assessed Contributions to International Organizations:
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development · International affairs and development
In fiscal year 2023–24, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development paid out $572 million under Payments of Assessed Contributions to International Organizations:. That is $19.08 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2023–24
$572M
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023); per person uses a population of 40,022,704 (2023). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2023–24. Location is the recipient's address, which is not always where the money is spent. Recipient payments can differ slightly from the program total above because the Public Accounts report them separately.
| Recipient | Location | Paid | Per tax filer |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations | Geneva, Switzerland | $328M | $10.95 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Brussels, Belgium | $39.6M | $1.32 |
| World Health Organization | Geneva, Switzerland | $20.7M | $0.69 |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Paris, France | $18.9M | $0.63 |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | Rome, Italy | $17.9M | $0.60 |
| Pan American Health Organization | Washington, District of Columbia | $17.6M | $0.59 |
| Organization of American States | Washington, District of Columbia | $16.7M | $0.56 |
| International Labour Organization | Geneva, Switzerland | $16.1M | $0.54 |
| International Atomic Energy Agency | Vienna, Austria | $16.0M | $0.53 |
| International Organisation of La Francophonie | Paris, France | $14.5M | $0.49 |
Source and basis
- Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Recipients: Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada.
- Net expenditures of this transfer payment program in the Public Accounts. It overlaps with program spending, so do not add the two.
← All international affairs and development spendingHow the figures are calculated