Canada announces $25.4 million for Haiti security and governance
Global Affairs Canada announced $25.4 million for projects addressing security, governance, gender-based violence and community resilience in Haiti.
Canada has announced $25.4 million in new funding for security, governance and community-resilience initiatives in Haiti.
Global Affairs Canada said the funding is intended to support anti-corruption and organized-crime work, prevent youth recruitment by gangs, strengthen responses to gender-based violence and support local peacebuilding. The department did not provide a project-by-project allocation in its September 22 readout.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced the funding during a meeting with Haitian Foreign Affairs Minister Raina Forbin at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The two ministers also discussed election preparations and justice-system reform.
Source: Global Affairs Canada meeting readout, September 22, 2026.
File photo of a street in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti: Patrice S Dorsainville via Unsplash, under the Unsplash License. Resized; not a photograph of the announced programs.
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