Global Affairs Canada - Publish What You Fund

Canada-GAC – Historical performance

The methodology for the Aid Transparency Index continues to evolve. Changes to the methodology made after 2016 means that results are not directly comparable before this time.

Score: 63.6

Position: 14/33

2026 Good

Overview

Global Affairs Canada is the largest provider of Canadian official development assistance and leads Canada’s international development and humanitarian assistance, as well as its peace and security programming. It became an IATI member in November 2011 and first published quarterly IATI data in October 2012. A Global Affairs Canada representative chaired the IATI Governing Board and Members’ Assembly until April 2018.

Organisational planning and commitments 10 / 15

Finance and budgets 12.6 / 25

Project attributes 12.6 / 20

Joining-up development data 18.4 / 20

Performance 10 / 20

This agency chose not to participate in the 2026 Aid Transparency Index accreditation process. It has been included so that the Index continues to rank and apply advocacy pressure to the world’s largest aid and development agencies. It was subject to the same assessment and scoring approach as those agencies which participated in the accreditation process. More details of the approach are given in the FAQs section. Publish What You Fund only provides a full profile, including recommendations and a detailed breakdown of indicator scores, for those agencies that have undergone the full accreditation process.