UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

194 records totalling $1,722,179,000.04 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Global Affairs Canada $1,005,352,000 156 records
Global Affairs Canada $716,827,000 38 records

Records

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2024-2025
Lebanon

November 2024 - Lebanon is witnessing a significant increase in humanitarian needs following the largest escalation of fighting since the 2006 Lebanon War. This comes against a backdrop of intersectin...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2016-2017
Canada

March 2017 - The Asia and Pacific region is home to 7.7 million people of concern to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The UNHCR leads and coordinates international action to...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2016-2017
Canada

March 2017 - Over seven million people are displaced in the Americas. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) leads and coordinates international action to protect refugees and resol...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2013-2014
Philippines

February 2014 - On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) made landfall in the Philippines, a densely populated country of 92 million people. The category five typhoon killed over...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2014-2015
Ethiopia

July 2014 - The complex humanitarian situation in South Sudan has become much worse since fighting broke out between government and anti-government forces in Juba, the capital city, in December 2013....

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Sudan

Despite the signing of the 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement, the western Sudanese region continues to face a severe humanitarian crisis due to conflict. Fighting between government forces and various rebel...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Uganda

Despite an elusive conclusion to the peace process in Uganda, the situation across much of conflict-affected northern Uganda continues to progress along the transition from humanitarian assistance to...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2010-2011
Pakistan

January 5, 2011 Pakistan recently experienced the worst monsoon flooding in its history. At its height, over 20 million people were affected, and over 7 million people were made homeless by the floodi...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2010-2011
Congo - Kinshasa

31 December 2010 - In north and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), clashes between armed forces, rebel groups and various militias continue to wreak severe harm on civilians, who are rout...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2010-2011
Canada

24 March, 2011 - The North Africa and the Middle East region hosts and produces a large number of refugees in need of durable solutions, the majority of Iraqi origin. One and a half million Iraqis are...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2015-2016
Bosnia & Herzegovina

December 2015 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war and intensified violence in the country. The United Nations estimates that 13.5 million people...

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
FY 2021-2022
Switzerland

This project aims to increase the economic independence of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, particularly women with professional qualifications in Peru's health sector. Project activities include: (1...

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
International Development Assistance program
FY 2025-2026
Switzerland

This grant represents Canada's support to the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Program of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It is part of a larger contribution to the United...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Iraq

While armed conflict continued throughout 2008, early 2009 shows signs of a decrease in new population displacements; improved access to humanitarian assistance; and the return of small numbers of int...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2018-2019
Bangladesh

March 2019 - Following the outbreak of violence in Northern Rakhine State in August 2017, more than 735,000 Rohingya crossed from Myanmar into Bangladesh over a period of several months. These refugee...

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
International Development Assistance Program
FY 2018-2019
Switzerland

March 2019 - Following the outbreak of violence in Northern Rakhine State in August 2017, more than 735,000 Rohingya crossed from Myanmar into Bangladesh over a period of several months. These refugee...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Sri Lanka

The decades-long conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan government forces ended in May 2009. Approximately 300,000 civilians were displaced in the final stages of...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2020-2021
Lebanon

August 2020 - In response to the explosions in Beirut on August 4th, the United Nations launched a flash appeal on August 14th, 2020. The flash appeal seeks to respond to the significant immediate hum...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2013-2014
Congo - Kinshasa

October 2013 – Since the beginning of the year, more than 90,000 people from Sudan and the Central African Republic have been forced to seek refuge in neighbouring countries. In the Darfur region of S...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2013-2014
Burkina Faso

March 2014 - Unrest and conflict in the north of Mali have displaced 472,000 people, including 171,000 who have fled to neighbouring countries to escape the violence. Fighting, banditry and land-mine...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2014-2015
Canada

March 2015 - Over the course of 2014, the Central Africa and Great Lakes region was impacted by ongoing conflicts and insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of th...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Canada

UNHCR is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. UNHCR strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum a...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2007-2008
Iraq

Five years after the outbreak of the war in Iraq, the humanitarian situation remains critical. The internal armed conflict persisted throughout 2007 amid a general climate of violence, particularly in...

Global Affairs Canada
FY 2010-2011
Yemen

23 March, 2011 - Yemen has been affected by conflict in the north, disturbances in the south, the fight against terrorism and growing socio-economic difficulties. About 350,000 people have been displa...