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Multilateral International Assistance

Program code
BVD04 (EA)
Core responsibility
Development, Peace and Security Programming
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

The Program contributes to the achievement of GAC’s thematic expected outcomes as described in the Action Area Results Frameworks, which replaced Thematic PIPs (#s 11-17) in January 2020, and to the departmental results under corporate responsibility 3 through the management of multilateral and global programming in the form of: • Support of the regular budget and planned activities of a multilateral or global organization through Long-term Institutional Support, OR • International development assistance delivered using a multilateral or global organization as the implementer The program manages grants and contributions to trusted multilateral and global partners whose’ mandates and work support the achievement of the department’s thematic results for: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women & Girls; Human Dignity (Health and Nutrition, Education, Gender-Responsive Humanitarian Action); Growth that Works for Everyone; Environment and Climate Action; Inclusive Governance. The program undertakes due diligence in order to ensure adequate organizational capacity of multilateral and global partners and continues to engage throughout implementation, often through donor representation on executive bodies, including a role in decision making, management and oversight. Projects and programs are monitoring during implementation by implementers and by program staff, and an analysis of progress on or toward the achievement of results is completed annually for each project.

Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Multilateral International Assistance 2018-19: $1.46BMultilateral International Assistance 2019-20: $1.55BMultilateral International Assistance 2020-21: $2.94BMultilateral International Assistance 2021-22: $2.44BMultilateral International Assistance 2022-23: $3BMultilateral International Assistance 2023-24: $2.4BMultilateral International Assistance 2024-25: $2.39BMultilateral International Assistance 2025-26: $2.06BMultilateral International Assistance 2026-27: $1.58BMultilateral International Assistance
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Multilateral International AssistanceThis program2018-19 – 2026-27$16.2B

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Employees (FTEs) 76, against 47 in 2018-19 (+62%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Spending $2.94B, against $1.55B in 2019-20 (+90%).Actual spending (GC InfoBase)
2022-23Employees (FTEs) 114, against 89 in 2021-22 (+28%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned employees (FTEs) 140, against 104 in 2024-25 (+35%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Percentage of organizations of which Canada is a member, which receive a positive performance rating on any independent evaluation.
Expected result: Canada helps build strong international institutions and respect for international law.
100%2019-20– no result100%2020-21✓ met100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met86%2023-24✓ met80%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20—2020100%
New target has been determined for the 2020-21 reporting period.
No result reported
2020-21≥ 100%2021100%Met
2021-22≥ 100%2022100%Met
2022-23≥ 75%2023100%Met
2023-24≥ 75%202486%Met
2024-25≥ 75%202580%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $1.21B2018-19: $1.46B2018-192019-20: $1.11B2019-20: $1.55B2019-202020-21: $1.6B2020-21: $2.94B2020-212021-22: $1.28B2021-22: $2.44B2021-222022-23: $1.76B2022-23: $3B2022-232023-24: $1.49B2023-24: $2.4B2023-242024-25: $2.6B2024-25: $2.39B2024-252025-26: $2.06B2025-262026-27: $1.58B2026-27
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$1.21B$1.46B
2019-20$1.11B$1.55B
2020-21$1.6B$2.94B
2021-22$1.28B$2.44B
2022-23$1.76B$3B
2023-24$1.49B$2.4B
2024-25$2.6B$2.39B
2025-26$2.06B*—
2026-27$1.58B*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 512018-19: 472018-192019-20: 592019-20: 762019-202020-21: 832020-21: 852020-212021-22: 902021-22: 892021-222022-23: 1232022-23: 1142022-232023-24: 1312023-24: 1162023-242024-25: 1392024-25: 1042024-252025-26: 1402025-262026-27: 1352026-27
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-195147
2019-205976
2020-218385
2021-229089
2022-23123114
2023-24131116
2024-25139104
2025-26140*—
2026-27135*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.