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Canada's aid to Niger

$639,504,580 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 534 projects and 290 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$640M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$33.3M

2024-25

Projects

534

with money reported

Recipient organizations

290

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $617M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $20.1M in repayable loans and $2.2M already spent in Canada.

1,905

family doctors paid for a year

Average gross clinical payment to a family physician, 2023-24. Includes the doctor's office costs. CIHI, A profile of physicians in Canada

7,314

registered nurses paid for a year

Median wage of $43.27 an hour (2023-24) for 1,950 hours (37.5 hours a week). Wages only, no benefits. Job Bank, Government of Canada

0.28

new 548-bed hospitals

The new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver: $2.174 billion for up to 548 beds (2021 budget). Government of British Columbia, March 8, 2021

2,392

affordable homes built

Rapid Housing Initiative: $4 billion for more than 15,500 permanent affordable homes, about $258,000 each. CMHC, Rapid Housing Initiative

27,729

homeless people housed with support for a year

Housing First for people with high needs: $22,257 per person per year. Measured in 2014 dollars, so today's number of people would be lower. Mental Health Commission of Canada, At Home/Chez Soi final report

29 days

of Veterans Affairs Canada's entire budget

Total planned spending of Veterans Affairs Canada for 2025-26: $7.83 billion. Veterans Affairs Canada, 2025-26 Departmental Plan

These comparisons use average Canadian costs to show the scale of the money. They are not a costed plan.

Spending by fiscal year

2005-06$26.0M
2006-07$14.0M
2007-08$20.6M
2008-09$14.6M
2009-10$30.9M
2010-11$18.9M
2011-12$23.2M
2012-13$27.1M
2013-14$10.9M
2014-15$8.9M
2015-16$13.7M
2016-17$27.1M
2017-18$45.2M
2018-19$35.6M
2019-20$49.0M
2020-21$59.9M
2021-22$53.9M
2022-23$95.0M
2023-24$31.7M
2024-25$33.3M

Read firstFiles before 2016-17 cover only CIDA and DFATD development programs. From 2016-17 they cover every federal department and the provinces, which is why totals jump. Amounts are nominal Canadian dollars per fiscal year (April to March). Aid type was not recorded before 2010-11. Negative amounts are repayments.

By cause

Emergency response$178M27.8%
Health$126M19.7%
Government & civil society$59.9M9.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$52.3M8.2%
Education$44.0M6.9%
Energy$31.4M4.9%
Population & reproductive health$28.3M4.4%
Environment$18.5M2.9%
Water & sanitation$15.2M2.4%
Other social services$14.2M2.2%
Multisector$12.8M2.0%
Communications$9.8M1.5%
Disaster prevention$9.7M1.5%
Conflict, peace & security$8.0M1.2%
Industry, mining & construction$6.5M1.0%
11 others$25.4M4.0%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$503M78.6%
Finance Canada$125M19.5%
Public Health Agency of Canada$6.1M1.0%
International Development Research Centre$4.8M0.7%
Quebec$777K0.1%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$244K0.0%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$50K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$2510.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$221M34.5%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$185M29.0%
Not recorded$115M18.0%
Project-type interventions$106M16.6%
Canadian personnel$5.0M0.8%
Basket funds/pooled funding$5.0M0.8%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$2.2M0.3%
Other technical assistance$63K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

WFP - World Food Programme$140M21.9%
International Development Association$96.8M15.1%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$44.0M6.9%
African Development Bank Group$38.0M5.9%
World Bank$26.5M4.1%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$25.8M4.0%
IDA-CPL$20.0M3.1%
WHO - World Health Organization$15.2M2.4%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$14.8M2.3%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$10.9M1.7%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$9.9M1.5%
Classified$9.6M1.5%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$8.8M1.4%
CARE Canada$8.6M1.3%
MI - Micronutrient Initiative$8.3M1.3%
Save the Children Canada$8.3M1.3%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$6.9M1.1%
Alinea International Ltd$6.9M1.1%
Oxfam-Québec$6.2M1.0%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$6.1M1.0%
Public Health Agency of Canada$6.1M1.0%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$5.7M0.9%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$5.0M0.8%
Consortium WUSC-CECI$4.9M0.8%
Development and Peace$4.8M0.8%
265 others$102M15.9%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$24.7M $24,717,446
2	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$20.1M $20,126,779
3	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$20.0M $20,004,700
4	(no title in the data) M013185002 ↗ · 2009-10 Main recipient: World Bank	$18.7M $18,709,600
5	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$17.4M $17,393,496
6	Addressing Protracted Food Insecurity Through Collaborative Resilience-Based Approaches P001815001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2021-22 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$16.5M $16,500,000
7	(no title in the data) M013621001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$14.9M $14,900,000
8	(no title in the data) M012328001 ↗ · 2007-08 to 2011-12 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$14.7M $14,700,001
9	Canada's Contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF-15) 2021-2023 P008816001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$12.7M $12,655,573
10	School Feeding Platform: Breaking Barriers to Girls' Education P007681001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.4M $12,435,000
11	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$12.2M $12,239,614
12	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$12.2M $12,218,546
13	School Meals in Emergencies and Protracted Crises - WFP 2016-2021 P001834001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.2M $12,158,250
14	(no title in the data) M012892001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2011-12 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$12.0M $12,035,415
15	AfDB- Seventh general capital increase (GCI-VII) P008038001 · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$10.7M $10,741,449
16	Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme-Appui Institutionnel 2020-2022 P005247001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$10.5M $10,534,322
17	(no title in the data) M013638001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2012-13 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$10.5M $10,503,800
18	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$10.1M $10,054,483
19	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$8.6M $8,562,965
20	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional Support 2017-2019 P002028001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$8.3M $8,334,149
21	Better Nutrition for Better Lives for Women, Newborns, Children and Girls P001111001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: MI - Micronutrient Initiative	$7.5M $7,506,000
22	Foundations: Strengthening Adolescent Girls Sexual and Reproductive Health P008440001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Save the Children Canada	$7.5M $7,488,647
23	Improving Girls Rights to Education and Training in Niger P007001001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Classified	$7.0M $7,000,000
24	(no title in the data) M013318001 · 2010-11 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$7.0M $7,000,000
25	Gender-transformative conservation of the Lake Chad Basin P011862001 ↗ · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Alinea International Ltd	$6.9M $6,880,850