Canadian Bilateral Aid Flows from DAC Donors in Current US Dollars

Net bilateral aid flows from Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors to Canada, measured in current US dollars. The data covers disbursements of official development assistance (ODA) and official aid, representing net disbursements (grants and concessional loans minus principal repayments). It is published by the World Bank as part of the World Development Indicators.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in net aid disbursements to Canada over time using the annual time-series values.
• Compare Canada's received aid flows against other DAC recipient countries using the standardized 'current US$' metric.
• Model the relationship between economic indicators and received ODA using the net flow values as a dependent variable.
• Study the impact of the 2005 policy change, which abolished Part II of the DAC list, on reported 'official aid' flows.

Strengths

• Data is standardized in current U.S. dollars, enabling cross-country and temporal comparisons.
• Covers aid flows from all 30 DAC member countries and European Union Institutions.
• Includes both ODA to developing countries and historical official aid to advanced economies until 2004.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and update frequency are not provided in the input.
• Data on official aid flows to Part II countries (e.g., former Soviet states) was discontinued after 2004, creating a break in series.
• World and income group totals include aid not allocated by country or region, which may reduce precision for country-specific analysis.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators.

Collection Method

Compiled from reports by members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

Time Range

Includes data up to at least 2004 for official aid; ODA data likely continues to more recent years.

Geography

Primary focus is flows to Canada; regional and global aggregates are also included.