Contact Us

CIDA welcomes your comments and questions about its development assistance activities abroad.

We receive emails and phone calls every day on a wide variety of subjects, some of which are unrelated to the work CIDA does.

For information concerning:

• Immigration or visas, please consult Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Importing and exporting, please consult Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
• Other federal department or agency programs, please consult the Government of Canada website

To reach a CIDA employee, consult the Government Electronic Directory Services.

If you have a comment or a question about CIDA, we encourage you to consult the information below. If your question is not answered there, or if you would like to give us some feedback, contact the Public Enquiries Service.

Financing

• Working with CIDA
• How to get funding from CIDA for a development project
• Calls for proposals
• International scholarships
• Partners@CIDA

Jobs and volunteering

• Find a job in international development
• International Youth Internship Program
• International Aboriginal Youth Internships initiative
• Contract with CIDA as a cooperant in a developing country
• Work as an adviser or volunteer with a non-governmental organization
• Become a development officer at CIDA
• Internship and Volunteer Opportunities

Contracting

• Consultants database
• MERX, the Government of Canada's electronic tendering service
• Contracting
• Standing offer arrangements

Educational resources

• Youth Zone
• International School Twinning Initiative
• Internship and volunteer opportunities for youth
• Play and learn

CIDA-funded projects

• Project Browser
• Interactive maps of CIDA-funded projects
• Increasing transparency and accountability through open data at CIDA

Results

• Results: How CIDA reports to Canadians
• Development for Results 2009-2010: At the heart of Canada's Efforts for a Better World
• Statistical Report on International Assistance-Fiscal year 2009-2010
• Report to Parliament on the Government of Canada's Official Development Assistance 2010-2011 (PDF 708 KB, 59 pages)

CIDA programming and priorities

• Countries of focus
• Priority themes
• Aid effectiveness agenda
• Programs
• Key partners
• Increasing transparency and accountability through open data
• Canada's engagement in Afghanistan at CIDA

International development

• The Muskoka Initiative: Background
• Key development challenges
• Millennium Development Goals
• Aid effectiveness agenda

Canadian International Development Agency

You are in a developing country and would like to get in touch with CIDA? Consult Canadian representatives abroad for the appropriate Government of Canada diplomatic or consular mission to contact.

200 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0G4

Public Enquiries Service

Tel: 819-997-5456
Toll-free: 1-800-230-6349
Fax: 819-953-6088

Email: info@acdi-cida.gc.ca

For the hearing and speech impaired (TDD/TTY): 819-953-5023
Toll-free for the hearing and speech impaired: 1-800-331-5018

CIDA's regional staff in Canada

CIDA retains staff across the country to encourage participation in its activities and to provide coaching and support to Canadian organizations wishing to work on development initiatives.

CIDA's Canadian regional offices are located in the Atlantic region (Halifax and Moncton), the Pacific region (Vancouver), and the Prairies (Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Saskatoon).

Please call the Public Enquiries Service to be directed to the appropriate regional staff.

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