We list 5 fully Funded Undergraduate Scholarships Open to Nigerian Students in Canada, with the deadline, study level and eligibility of each one taken from the award's own terms.
Written from the 5 awards on this page — every figure below is counted from what the awards themselves state. 6 min read.
This page collects 5 fully funded undergraduate scholarships in Canada that are open to Nigerian students. Every award here is tagged fully funded, every one is tagged at bachelors level, and every one is tagged as open to Nigerian applicants. The five awards come from five different institutions: the University of Toronto, York University, McGill University, the University of Waterloo, and Humber College in Toronto.
The list is short on purpose. Fully funded undergraduate money in Canada is concentrated in a small number of entrance awards, and this page carries the ones that a Nigerian school leaver can actually apply for.
You are the right reader for this page if you have finished secondary school and hold WAEC, NECO, NABTEB or SSCE results, and you are looking for funding towards a first degree — a Bachelors — rather than a Master's or a PhD. That is the pathway these five awards sit on.
Most undergraduate awards of this kind ask for your senior secondary results and an admission offer from the university before the scholarship itself is confirmed. Each award page states its own entry requirement, and those requirements differ, so read the page for the award you are targeting rather than assuming one set of rules covers all five.
On nationality, the position is straightforward. None of the five awards names Nigeria or the African region in its eligibility text, and none of the five carries a nationality restriction. In other words, all five are open to you as a Nigerian applicant because they are open to international applicants generally, not because a Nigeria-specific quota exists. That distinction matters when you write your application: you are competing in the general international pool.
All five awards on this page are labelled fully funded. That is the label the awards themselves carry, and it is the basis on which they are listed here.
On the specifics of what is covered, the brief behind this page is thin, and this page will not fill the gap with guesses. One of the five awards names tuition in its own text. The remaining awards do not spell out their benefit lines in the material collected here. Where an award does not state what it covers, this page says nothing about what it covers.
What that means in practice: open the individual award page for each one you are considering and read the benefit section yourself. Do not assume that "fully funded" means the same package at Toronto as it does at Humber College. It rarely does. Some packages are built around tuition, some around a living stipend, some around a combination, and the only reliable description is the one on the award's own page.
Two of the five awards state that they require letters of recommendation. That is the only application requirement recorded across the set, and it is worth planning around early.
In a Nigerian context, a letter of recommendation usually means a teacher, a principal, or a lecturer who knows your work and can write in English on school or institutional letterhead. Ask early, ask in person, and give the writer the award name, the deadline and a copy of your results. Do not wait until the week the application closes.
Beyond that, treat the standard document set as your working assumption and confirm each item against the award page: senior secondary results, an admission application or offer, a passport or birth certificate, and transcripts where they apply. Transcripts and courier fees come out of your own pocket, so budget for them before you start, not after.
English-test waivers are worth checking award by award. Some Canadian institutions accept WAEC or NECO English in place of a separate test, and some do not. The award page or the university's international admissions page is the place to confirm it. Nothing on this page should be read as a statement about any particular institution's waiver policy.
Three of the five are also tagged at Master's level, two at PhD level, and one at fellowship level. Those extra tags describe other awards held by the same providers, not extra undergraduate money. If you are reading this page for a first degree, the bachelors tag is the one that applies to you.
None of the five awards carries a fixed calendar date in the material collected here. All five are undated in that sense, and none is recorded as currently open. That is not a reason to relax; it is a reason to go to the source.
Two of the five give a usable timing signal. York University's award points to a Fall 2026 admission deadline of 15 February 2026, which means the scholarship clock runs alongside the admission clock, not after it. Humber's entrance award states that its timing varies according to programme, so the programme you pick determines when you apply.
The other three — Toronto, McGill and Waterloo — direct you to their own pages for timing. McGill's is tied to admission deadlines. For all of them, the practical rule is the same: the scholarship deadline is usually the admission deadline or earlier, so treat the admission date as your real cut-off.
One duration detail is recorded across the set: an award lasting 3 to 4 years depending on the selected programme. Where that applies, funding is tied to a programme length, so a change of programme can change the funding.
Canada is a real destination for Nigerian students, not a fallback. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics recorded 12,072 Nigerian students in Canada in 2023, the third-largest national group in the country. That is a large community, and it tells you two things: the pathway is well trodden, and the competition for funded undergraduate places is genuine.
It is also why this page has five awards rather than fifty. Fully funded undergraduate scholarships in Canada are mostly entrance awards attached to particular universities, and most of them are aimed at domestic students or at a narrow set of countries. The five here are the ones that remain open to a Nigerian applicant with secondary school results.
Work through the five award pages above, one at a time, and note three things for each: what it covers, what it asks for, and when it closes. Where the page does not say, email the university's international admissions office and ask directly. That is faster than guessing.
Start with the two that give you a date to work towards — York University and Humber College — because a date you can plan around is worth more than an open-ended one. Then line up your referees, since two of the five want recommendation letters and referees need notice.
Keep your documents in one place: WAEC or NECO results, birth certificate or passport, and any transcripts you need to order. Order transcripts early; the courier is on your account, and delays there cost you deadlines elsewhere.
Finally, apply to more than one. Five awards across five institutions is a small field, and a single application is a single chance.
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*UNESCO Institute for Statistics, inbound internationally mobile students from Nigeria, 2023.
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