An overview of Canada’s investments in women and children’s health
Introducing an easy-to-use resource to view investments by the Government of Canada in women and children’s health and rights!
Since 2010, Canada has been a global leader in advancing the health and rights of the world’s most marginalized women and children. Such funding commitments have spanned across the Muskoka Initiative (2010-2014), the Muskoka Initiative II (2015-2020), Her Voice, Her Choice (2017-2020) and the current 10 Year Commitment to Global Health and Rights (2020-2030).
Explore this page to see how funding was disbursed, year-on-year comparisons and total health investments including additional COVID-19 response funding. The data is pulled from the Statistical Reports on International Assistance for the Fiscal Years of 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-2024.
Global health and rights investments: 2018-2024
Total investments in global health and rights
Disbursements in areas of general health and SRHR by the Government of Canada. For simplicity, each column is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Total investments in general health
Disbursements in areas of general health by the Goverment of Canada. For simplicity, each column is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Total investments in SRHR
Disbursements in areas of SRHR by the Government of Canada. For simplicity, each column is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Total health investments: 2018-2024
Total health investment (including COVID-19): 2023-2024
Total disbursements in areas of health and SRHR, including COVID-19, by the Government of Canada from 2023-2024. For simplicity, each pie is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Total health investment (including COVID-19): 2022-2023
Total disbursements in areas of health and SRHR, including COVID-19, by the Government of Canada from 2022-2023. For simplicity, each pie is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Total health investment (including COVID-19): 2021-2022
Total disbursements in areas of health and SRHR, including COVID-19, by the Government of Canada from 2021-2022. For simplicity, each pie is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
A focus on the neglected areas of SRHR
Sexual and reproductive rights
Investments in sexual and reproductive rights by the Government of Canada. For simplicity, each marker is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Safe abortion services and post-abortion care
Investments in safe abortion services and post-abortion care by the Government of Canada. For simplicity, each marker is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Comprehensive sexuality education
Investments in comprehensive sexuality education by the Government of Canada. For simplicity, each marker is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Family planning
Investments in family planning by the Government of Canada. For simplicity, each marker is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
A focus on nutrition
Investments in basic nutrition by the Government of Canada. For simplicity, each marker is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Areas of funding in general health and SRHR
Areas of funding in general health
Areas of investment in general health by the Government of Canada from 2023-2024. For simplicity, each column is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Areas of funding in SRHR
Areas of investment in SRHR by the Government of Canada from 2023-2024. For simplicity, each column is the “total” in millions of CAD dollars.
Related resources
Check out the following resources to learn more about Canada’s investments in women and children’s health
- Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy
- Canada’s 10-Year Commitment to Global Health and Rights
- Canada’s 10-Year Commitment to Global Health and Rights: Measuring the progress (Annual reports)
- Canada’s profile on the Global Fund
- UNFPA’s work with Canada
Methodological notes
- Data sources are the Statistical Reports on International Assistance for the Fiscal Years of 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. If it is of interest, data is readily available disaggregated in the Statistical Reports by multilateral and bilateral investments.
- Data sources for this page are the Statistical Reports on International Assistance for the Fiscal Years of 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. Within these reports, data is readily available disaggregated by multilateral and bilateral investments.
- This page applies the OECD DAC Sector codes under the categories of “Health” and “SRHR” as set out in the Accountability Framework for Canada’s 10 Year Commitment to Global Health and Rights.
- The Statistical Report on International Assistance compiles expenditures in international assistance across all funding sources including federal entities who report under the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act (e.g. Global Affairs Canada, Department of Finance Canada, International Development Research Centre) as well as provincial, territorial and municipal governments.
- As such, the funding depicted on this page provides a full and comprehensive snapshot of Canada’s overall investment in women and children’s health. This is intended to be complementary to the 10 Year Commitment (10YC) to Global Health and Rights Annual Reports published by Global Affairs Canada. Given that this data comprises the 10YC along with additional investments, the numbers by indicator may differ.
