Canada added another $51 million in aid and reconstruction funding for Ukraine on Friday, extending a support commitment that has now reached nearly $26 billion since Russia’s 2022 invasion.
The largest disclosed portion of the package is $32 million for humanitarian assistance, with funds flowing through outside organizations including the Red Cross, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme. The stated uses include food, shelter, and other frontline support, keeping the largest share of the package focused on immediate civilian need.
Ottawa also set aside $5 million for veteran reintegration programming, tied to a memorandum of understanding Canada and Ukraine signed several years ago on technical assistance for former service members. Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, said the program draws on Canadian experience after Afghanistan, particularly around PTSD, health needs, and pathways into skilled employment.
Another $6 million will go toward helping Ukraine prepare to eventually run elections and educate voters about the process. Sarai pointed to the difficulty of operating polling stations in mined areas, reaching citizens displaced inside Ukraine, and enabling participation by Ukrainians now abroad in countries such as Canada, Poland, Germany, elsewhere in Europe, and Australia.
A further $5 million will go to UN Women to support Ukraine’s efforts to meet technical requirements for eventual EU accession. Sarai said those requirements include applying gender-based analysis across legislation passed by Ukraine’s parliament.
The package emerged from a broader fund outlined in the 2025 budget, linking the announcement to previously planned federal spending rather than a standalone emergency appropriation. Sarai made the announcement while in the Kyiv Post newspaper office during a trip this week to Poland and Ukraine, where he met a range of Ukrainian cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
The visit was Sarai’s first to Ukraine after an earlier trip planned years ago was cancelled because of hostilities.
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