Ottawa will match up to $4 million in donations for earthquake relief in Venezuela

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He said Ottawa will match donations that were made between June 25 and July 14.

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“A lot of Canadian organizations with grassroots connections will be able to raise those funds and give (people their) needs, from food to shelter, to medicine, to clothing and anything else that’s essential,” he said.

The funding is in addition to the $5 million in humanitarian aid Ottawa announced last Thursday for emergency relief efforts in Venezuela. Global Affairs Canada says that funding has secured more than 5,700 emergency relief items, such as emergency food, water, sanitation and health services, and protection and logistics services.

Sarai said the funding will not go to Venezuela’s government. Canada considers Venezuela’s government to be illegitimate and undemocratic and “one of the primary sources of geopolitical tension and instability in the Western Hemisphere,” according to a Global Affairs Canada online country profile.

While Sarai said he’s “confident” Venezuela will rebound from the crisis, he said it’s unfortunate that the heaviest impacts of natural disasters often fall on poorer people.

“It’s tragic, but with tragedy you always see a resilience, the community coming together, putting their differences aside, working hand in hand, and rescuing people first, helping support them in the interim and then rebuilding thereafter,” he said.

“I’m hoping that Mother Nature is kinder to the area and doesn’t do anything further.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 30, 2026.

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press