Canada’s international co-operation sector reported $3.4 billion in revenue in 2023: ATLAS

Canada’s international co-operation sector generated $3.4 billion in revenue in 2023, with nearly one-third from government sources and another third from donations. 

Data collected by Co-operation Canada as part of a new dashboard called ATLAS shows that the next highest source of revenue for the country’s international co-operation sector was revenue from outside Canada. 

There are 408 organizations in this category, according to the dashboard, which combines T3010 filings with data from Global Affairs Canada’s Historical Projects Dataset from 2015 to 2023. Of those, more than half are categorized as “very small”, with under $1 million in annual revenue. 

More than $1.1 billion in disbursements has flowed to Sub-Saharan Africa, with Ethiopia, Mali, Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia and Tanzania the biggest recipients. 

Outside of the region, Ukraine has been the largest recipient, with a $57.6 million investment. 

Your job. Your mission. Your news.

With your support, the sector you're building gets the journalism it deserves, and you get a tax receipt. 

Author

Sharlene has been reporting on responsible business, environmental sustainability and technology in the UK and Canada since 2018. She has worked with various organizations during this time, including the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business at Lancaster University, AIGA Eye on Design, Social Enterprise UK and Nature is a Human Right. Sharlene moved to Toronto in early 2023 to join the Future of Good team, where she has been reporting at the intersections of technology, data and social purpose work. Her reporting has spanned several subject areas, including AI policy, cybersecurity, ethical data collection, and technology partnerships between the private, public and third sectors.

NO PAYWALLS HERE

Future of Good’s journalism is free. But we need your support to keep it that way. Sign up for our free newsletter to help!

Grab Your Copy Now

SIGN UP NOW

* indicates required
Close the CTA