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Canada's aid to Nigeria

$1,599,200,309 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 784 projects and 460 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$1.60B

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$127M

2024-25

Projects

784

with money reported

Recipient organizations

460

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $1.55B given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $46.8M in repayable loans and $233K already spent in Canada.

4,791

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

18,396

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

0.71

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

6,015

affordable homes built

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

69,738

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

72 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$31.7M
2006-07$26.7M
2007-08$22.3M
2008-09$20.3M
2009-10$16.2M
2010-11$22.1M
2011-12$35.5M
2012-13$45.2M
2013-14$28.3M
2014-15$31.3M
2015-16$48.1M
2016-17$110M
2017-18$134M
2018-19$115M
2019-20$123M
2020-21$127M
2021-22$152M
2022-23$277M
2023-24$106M
2024-25$127M

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

Health$575M36.0%
Emergency response$224M14.0%
Population & reproductive health$181M11.3%
Government & civil society$161M10.1%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$99.8M6.2%
Education$81.3M5.1%
Energy$53.1M3.3%
Other social services$51.3M3.2%
Multisector$28.2M1.8%
Water & sanitation$25.9M1.6%
Industry, mining & construction$23.8M1.5%
Transport$21.2M1.3%
Environment$18.8M1.2%
Banking & finance$16.3M1.0%
Conflict, peace & security$11.8M0.7%
9 others$27.3M1.7%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$1.13B70.4%
Finance Canada$420M26.2%
Public Health Agency of Canada$29.7M1.9%
International Development Research Centre$17.6M1.1%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada$4.4M0.3%
Canadian Institutes of Health Research$790K0.0%
Environment and Climate Change Canada$625K0.0%
Ontario$500K0.0%
Manitoba$131K0.0%
Quebec$54K0.0%
Canadian Food Inspection Agency$51K0.0%
Correctional Service Canada$8K0.0%
Canadian Intellectual Property Office$6K0.0%
Canadian Space Agency$5600.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$704M44.0%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$371M23.2%
Project-type interventions$345M21.6%
Not recorded$140M8.7%
Other technical assistance$16.5M1.0%
Canadian personnel$14.9M0.9%
Basket funds/pooled funding$7.5M0.5%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$233K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$341M21.4%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$173M10.8%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$114M7.1%
WHO - World Health Organization$102M6.4%
WFP - World Food Programme$73.8M4.6%
IDA-CPL$60.7M3.8%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$53.7M3.4%
Plan International Canada$49.8M3.1%
Clinton Health Access Initiative$41.3M2.6%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$33.3M2.1%
Save the Children Canada$33.3M2.1%
African Development Bank Group$32.3M2.0%
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund$30.5M1.9%
Public Health Agency of Canada$29.8M1.9%
World Bank$28.7M1.8%
Cuso International$25.3M1.6%
International Development Research Centre$21.0M1.3%
Agriteam Canada$19.6M1.2%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$17.0M1.1%
OCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs$16.8M1.0%
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade$16.1M1.0%
International Development Association - Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative$13.5M0.8%
Oxfam-Québec$13.4M0.8%
International Rescue Committee$13.0M0.8%
Action Aid Nigeria$12.3M0.8%
435 others$233M14.6%

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	$132M $131,597,865
2	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	$66.0M $65,976,905
3	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$61.3M $61,318,493
4	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$60.7M $60,746,756
5	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$49.6M $49,600,603
6	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	$48.9M $48,897,765
7	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional support 2023 to 2025 P012277001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$46.2M $46,175,412
8	IDA - IDA 19 OGDFinance-2023-14 · 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$42.0M $42,019,899
9	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$32.2M $32,190,077
10	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$32.0M $32,004,870
11	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - Institutional Support 2021-2025 P006992001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$26.2M $26,174,388
12	International Development Association (IDA) OGD2017050001 · 2017-18 Main recipient: International Development Association	$25.9M $25,929,235
13	COVID-19 Vaccine Donations - Janssen - 28,800 vaccines shipped from Manufacturer OGDHC-Vaccine-2022-1 · 2022-23 Main recipient: Public Health Agency of Canada	$23.0M $22,970,236
14	(no title in the data) A034616001 ↗ · 2010-11 to 2014-15 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$21.0M $21,000,000
15	(no title in the data) A031272001 ↗ · 2005-06 to 2013-14 Main recipient: Agriteam Canada	$19.5M $19,486,264
16	Sexual and Reproductive Health for Women and Adolescents in Northern Nigeria P002874001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Clinton Health Access Initiative	$19.3M $19,328,070
17	(no title in the data) A035485001 ↗ · 2012-13 to 2014-15 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$18.0M $18,000,000
18	(no title in the data) A031274001 ↗ · 2008-09 to 2014-15 Main recipient: International Development Research Centre	$17.2M $17,232,922
19	Youth Entrepreneurship and Women Empowerment in Northern Nigeria P000516002 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: MEDA - Mennonite Economic Development Associates	$15.1M $15,149,410
20	(no title in the data) A033760001 · 2007-08 to 2008-09 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$15.0M $15,000,000
21	(no title in the data) M013621001 ↗ · 2011-12 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$14.9M $14,900,000
22	Polio Eradication Through Strengthened Routine Polio Immunization P000545003 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: WHO - World Health Organization	$13.9M $13,944,800
23	UNICEF - COVID-19 Vaccination Delivery and Health System Strengthening P011782001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$13.0M $13,002,000
24	Livelihoods and Nutrition Empowerment P001068001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2023-24 Main recipient: Oxfam-Québec	$12.7M $12,738,195
25	Santé Sexuelle et Reproductive des adolescents au Nigeria (ASPIRE) P009705001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Plan International Canada	$12.0M $11,983,315