Foreign aidWestern HemisphereFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Canada
The US gave Canada $214,608 in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.01 per person, 150th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $214,608 in foreign assistance for Canada and disbursed $3,608, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Canada ranks 150th of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were down 17.2% from $259,253 in FY2024, and compare with an average of $16.0 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2020, at $35.1 million. In total, $160.2 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Canada in FY2025 was the Department of Energy ($211,000, 98.3% of the total). By sector, the largest was Economic Development ($214,608, 100.0%). That sector includes: Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth; Agriculture; Infrastructure; Private Sector Competitiveness. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $0 (0.0%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, $600 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Canada itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Western Hemisphere page).
US aid to Canada by year
Canada: $215K in FY2025, against a peak of $35M in FY2020
Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.
- Other agencies
- Defense Department
- State Department
- USAID
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | USAID | State Department | Defense Department | Other agencies | Total obligated | Disbursed | Per person | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | $0 | $0 | $28,397 | $10.0M | $10.0M | $47.0M | $0.28 | 110 |
| FY2016 | $0 | $0 | $1,269 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $21.0M | $0.09 | 130 |
| FY2017 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $32.0M | $32.0M | $5.8M | $0.87 | 87 |
| FY2018 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $23.6M | $23.6M | -$24.3M | $0.64 | 100 |
| FY2019 | $0 | $0 | $1,361 | $30.9M | $30.9M | -$14.1M | $0.82 | 99 |
| FY2020 | $0 | $0 | $6,772 | $35.1M | $35.1M | -$1.5M | $0.92 | 95 |
| FY2021 | $0 | -$19,283 | $0 | $24.6M | $24.6M | -$14.7M | $0.64 | 97 |
| FY2022 | $0 | -$32,686 | $0 | $68,000 | $35,314 | $23,697 | $0.00 | 174 |
| FY2023 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $158,732 | $158,732 | $43,954 | $0.00 | 168 |
| FY2024 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $259,253 | $259,253 | $259,253 | $0.01 | 166 |
| FY2025 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $214,608 | $214,608 | $3,608 | $0.01 | 150 |
| FY2026* | $0 | $0 | $0 | $600 | $600 | $600 | $0.00 | 103 |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025
By managing agency
| Managing agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Energy | $211,000 | 98.3% |
| Department of Transportation | $3,608 | 1.7% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Economic Development | $214,608 | 100.0% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trade and Investment | $211,000 | 98.3% |
| Infrastructure | $3,608 | 1.7% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment | $24.5M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Economic Development | $54,000 | $68,000 | $158,732 | $259,253 | $214,608 |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $0 | -$151 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Program Support | -$19,283 | -$32,535 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Who carried out the work, FY2025
Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.
| Partner type | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Government | $214,608 | 100.0% |
How Canada compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| Congo | $611,225 |
| Czechia | $314,074 |
| Canada (this page) | $214,608 |
| Slovenia | $200,150 |
| Russia | $0 |
Other countries in the Western Hemisphere
- Colombia$390M
- Haiti$337M
- Honduras$142M
- El Salvador$139M
- Guatemala$101M
- Peru$82M
- Costa Rica$81M
- Mexico$64M
More on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Canada?
- $214,608 was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $3,608 disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $160.2 million.
- How much US aid does Canada get per person?
- About $0.01 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 41,651,653.
- How much USAID funding goes to Canada?
- USAID managed $0 of the FY2025 total (0.0%). The Department of Energy managed the most ($211,000).
- What is US aid to Canada spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Economic Development $214,608 (100.0%).
- Has US aid to Canada gone up or down?
- FY2025: $214,608; FY2024: $259,253 (down 17.2%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2020 ($35.1 million).
- Does the US give military aid to Canada?
- In FY2025, $0 (0.0%) of obligations for Canada was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.
Sources and notes
- ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
- Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
- Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.