Grant and contribution program
Payments of Assessed Contributions to International Organizations
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development · International affairs and development
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$586M
$19.55per tax filer$14.23per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2024–25. 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 | $325M | $10.85 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Brussels, Belgium | $45.7M | $1.53 |
| World Health Organization | Geneva, Switzerland | $21.5M | $0.72 |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | Paris, France | $19.7M | $0.66 |
| Pan American Health Organization | Washington, District of Columbia | $18.5M | $0.62 |
| Food and Agriculture Organization | Rome, Italy | $18.5M | $0.62 |
| Organization of American States | Washington, District of Columbia | $17.3M | $0.58 |
| International Atomic Energy Agency | Vienna, Austria | $16.4M | $0.55 |
| International Labour Organization | Geneva, Switzerland | $16.1M | $0.54 |
| Organisation internationale de la Francophonie | Paris, France | $16.0M | $0.53 |
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.