In Kyiv, on the 34th anniversary of Ukrainian Independence Day, Prime Minister Carney announced the allocation of $2 billion in military support to Ukraine first committed at this year’s G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. The Government of Canada is allocating this funding as follows:
Miliary equipment and supplies
Funding: $835 million
This funding will be used to procure a range of urgently needed equipment and supplies for Ukraine, such as armoured vehicles, medical equipment, spare parts, small arms, ammunition, and explosives, as well as additional drone capabilities.
NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List package
Funding: Approximately $680 million (USD $500 million) over one year
This funding will support the purchase of a U.S. and NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List to urgently provide U.S. equipment and munitions to Ukraine, including air defence capabilities, as well as other urgently needed military assistance.
Drone and counter-drone capabilities
Funding: $220 million over one year
This funding will be used to purchase drone, counter-drone, and electronic warfare capabilities, including investments in joint ventures between Ukrainian and Canadian industry, in line with the recently signed Letter of Intent on Canada-Ukraine Joint Production of Defence Materiel.
Multilateral initiatives in support of Ukraine
Funding: $165 million over one year
This funding will support Canada’s ongoing work in Ukraine Defense Contact Group Capability Coalitions, including efforts to source critical capabilities for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ammunition and explosives
Funding: $100 million
Partner: Czech Ammunition Initiative
Ammunition remains one of Ukraine’s highest priorities. This funding will be used to source ammunition and explosives through the Czech Ammunition Initiative. This contribution is in addition to the over $253 million Canada has already committed to this initiative.
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In Kyiv, the Prime Minister also announced over $31 million in new multifaceted assistance measures for Ukraine.
Humanitarian assistance
Delivering emergency food assistance
Funding: $12.75 million over one year
Partner: World Food Programme
This multi-country project aims to address acute food insecurity and malnutrition by providing emergency food or cash assistance to those affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
Delivering emergency medical care and protection services
Funding: $5 million over one year
Partner: International Committee of the Red Cross
As part of a multi-country assistance project, Canada will provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to those affected by the conflict in Ukraine, including protection services and emergency medical care.
Delivering much-needed humanitarian support
Funding: $3 million over one year
Partner: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Canada will contribute to OCHA’s Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, which supports international and local partners based on humanitarian needs in key sectors.
Delivering shelter assistance and medical services
Funding: $2.5 million over one year
Partner: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
As part of a multi-country assistance project, Canada will help provide Ukraine with protection services, shelter assistance, as well as medical, psychosocial, and legal support to meet the needs of displaced populations.
Supporting vulnerable populations
Funding: $200,000 over one year
Partner: OCHA
As part of a multi-country assistance project, Canada will help strengthen overall humanitarian co-ordination and response to meet the needs of vulnerable populations in Ukraine.
We also continue to help Ukrainian families find a safe, temporary home in Canada and have put support services in place for their arrival. This includes temporary financial assistance and access to federally funded settlement services, such as language training and employment-related services. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Canada has welcomed more than 300,000 Ukrainians.
Security and stabilization assistance
Countering weapons of mass destruction disinformation
Funding: $3.5 million over 18 months
Partners: Johns Hopkins Center for Health and Security, King’s College London, Open Nuclear Network, and the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab
This project will help prevent, mitigate, and counter chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear disinformation promoted by Russia in Ukraine. It supports the Weapons of Mass Destruction Counter Disinformation Initiative that Canada is leading as part of the G7 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction.
Delivering accountable, inclusive, and effective governance
Partner: United Nations Development Programme
Funding: $1.5 million over three years
This funding will help the Government of Ukraine respond to the continued and emerging needs of the Verkhovna Rada (the Parliament of Ukraine), strengthening its institutional and digital resilience and fostering citizen trust in representative democracy.
Preventing and mitigating biological and chemical threats
Funding: $300,000 over two years
Partner: World Health Organization (WHO)
As part of a broader project with the WHO, Canada is allocating this funding to help strengthen preparedness and response by training first responders and hospital staff in Ukraine to respond to biological and chemical threats.
Recovery and reconstruction
Supporting women military veterans in Ukraine
Funding: $2 million over five years
Partner: Saskatchewan Polytechnic
The Women Veterans Reintegration in Ukraine project will help support the socio-economic well-being of women veterans of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as they transition to civilian life. This initiative will support two key Ukrainian government agencies – the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the State Economic Service – that directly serve military veterans.
Supporting local initiatives in Ukraine
Funding: $473,000 over one year
Partners: Various
This funding initiative will support 11 Ukrainian organizations across the country as they work to rebuild and strengthen their communities, and help make them more inclusive. Funding will be used to enhance accessibility and rehabilitation for Ukrainian veterans and returned prisoners of war, including by creating community spaces for rehabilitation – such as a skating rink – and support centres. This initiative will also expand services and safe spaces for LGBTQI Ukrainians and women from marginalized communities. Funding will also support organizations promoting youth empowerment, including through leadership development, entrepreneurship, education, and mental health support, with a focus on helping youth from marginalized and underserved communities
Natural resources
Provision of wildfire equipment
Funding: $40,000 over one year
As part of a larger contribution agreement with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, the Canadian Forest Service has provided pumps and hoses to help Ukraine fight wildfires.
Strengthening Ukraine’s satellite-based positioning capabilities
This project will help Ukrainian surveying, construction, and engineering sectors access modernized high-accuracy positioning to support their construction requirements. The initiative will support efforts to rebuild damaged infrastructure across many domains, including agriculture, water management, surveying, and engineering.
Sanctions
Lowering the price cap for Russian-origin crude oil
As announced on August 8, 2025, Canada will be lowering the price cap for seaborne Russian-origin crude oil from US$60 to US$47.60 per barrel in alignment with measures announced by the EU and the UK on July 18, 2025. The lower price cap will weaken Russia’s ability to fund its unjustified war and exert renewed pressure on Russia’s military apparatus.
Since 2014, Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 3,300 individuals and entities that are complicit in the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and in gross and systematic human rights violations.
Increasing trade security
Signing of customs mutual assistance agreement (CMAA) to prevent and investigate customs violations
On August 24, 2025, Canada signed a CMAA that allows Canada Border Services Agency authorities to share information with Ukraine. This will help Canada co-ordinate more effectively with Ukraine to prevent and investigate customs violations, smuggling, and trade-related crimes.
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With today’s announcement, Canada has committed nearly $22 billion in multi-faceted assistance for Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.