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Canada’s National Housing Strategy

Canada's National Housing Strategy

Where we're at with the Strategy

The National Housing Strategy is Canada's 10+year $115+ billion plan to give more Canadians a place to call home.

The Strategy's total funding commitments in billions

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A single bar graph demonstrating total National Housing Strategy funding commitments to date, with an end date of 2028. Since 2018, Canada’s National Housing Strategy has committed $65.84 billion as at March 31, 2025.

 


$65.84B

in funding commitments

166,231

new housing units created or committed

363,381

community housing units protected.

33.2%

of funding committed towards meeting the housing needs of women and their children

as of March 31, 2025

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Read about the impacts so far

The Strategy is more than policies and programs. It's people coming together to build better lives and stronger communities and lend a helping hand to people in need. See how the National Housing Strategy is changing lives.

Tobique First Nation Empowers Youth with CMHC Housing Internship

Tobique First Nation Empowers Youth with CMHC Housing Internship

First Nation youth gain skills, careers, and strengthen community ties.

Family finds stability, affordability and community at Fairfax Homes

Family finds stability, affordability and community at Fairfax Homes

Akoma Holdings creates first homes for Black families in Westphal.

Single mother finds supportive community, builds a new home in Canada's North

Single mother finds supportive community, builds a new home in Canada's North

Habitat for Humanity NWT helps families combat rising housing costs and live more affordably.

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Human rights-based approach to housing

Canada's first National Housing Strategy and the National Housing Strategy Act

In November 2017, the federal government launched Canada's first ever National Housing Strategy (NHS). The goal of the NHS is to ensure everyone in Canada has access to housing that meets their needs and that they can afford.

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