Note: Ci reported government funding based on the Charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA and the audited financial statements. To report on a cash basis, Ci reported amounts received from UNICEF during the year rather than amounts recognized as revenue. This affected total revenues by ($181k) in F2023, ($130k) in F2022, and ($116k) in F2021. Ci adjusted for changes in deferred contributions, affecting total revenues by ($297k) in F2023, ($137k) in F2022, and ($165k) in F2021. Ci backed out amortization of deferred capital contributions from other income, affecting total revenues by ($27k) in F2023, ($27k) in F2022, and ($27k) in F2021. Ci adjusted grants to UNICEF by changes in amounts payable to UNICEF. This affected total expenses by ($1.1m) in F2023, ($6.5m) in F2022, and $581k in F2021.  

UNICEF is the world’s leading humanitarian organization for children. Across more than 190 countries and territories, we work tirelessly to help children survive and have a chance at a better future. UNICEF defends every child’s right to a childhood, so they can grow up safe, healthy, and able to reach their potential. UNICEF is the only organization named in the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as the world’s source of expert assistance and advice. While UNICEF is part of the UN system, we rely entirely on voluntary contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations. UNICEF also receives grants from governments around the world who trust us to make a difference for children.

UNICEF Canada is a National Committee of UNICEF, mandated to fundraise and advocate for the well-being of children around the world, and in Canada. UNICEF Canada strives to be the leading advocate for children’s rights with governments at all levels. We also engage children and youth in decision-making, and amplify their voices in policy-making and priority-setting. For the next four years, UNICEF Canada is focused on the following priorities to defend the right to a childhood. Globally, these priorities are the global learning crisis; malnutrition; improving children’s health and survival; supporting children and families in humanitarian situations; and the climate crisis. In Canada, we continue to advocate for family-friendly policies and child-friendly governance, while working to amplify the voices of 3,000 marginalized youth through unique learning and advocacy opportunities.

UNICEF has unique influence with governments. This means that all our initiatives are scalable and many are adopted by host governments to be sustained over many years, creating a multiplier effect for Canadian donor dollars. UNICEF’s core priority areas are education, health, nutrition, protection, and Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH). Every year, UNICEF helps to vaccinate nearly half the world’s children under age five. Vaccines are one of the simplest, most cost-effective and most successful ways to save children’s lives. UNICEF is also the world’s largest collector of data about every aspect of being a child, making us the global expert on what it takes to protect the right to a childhood.

In 2021, UNICEF provided assistance in 483 humanitarian crises in 153 countries. These included natural disasters, armed conflicts, and nutrition and health emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic. During emergencies, UNICEF is the world’s lead on WASH and nutrition, and is co-lead on education with a focus on girls’ education. This leadership ensures that emergency response efforts meet stringent standards, and are coordinated to ensure the most effective deployment of resources. We are in countries before, during and after an emergency, giving us the ability to mobilize quickly and achieve impact. UNICEF’s logistics capacity is unrivalled, anchored by the world’s largest humanitarian supplies warehouse (in Copenhagen, Denmark), giving us the ability to quickly deploy life-saving materials around the world.