2024–25 Departmental Results Report – Details on transfer payment programs

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Border Infrastructure, with over 87% of the total federal investment, and
• Highways and Roads, with nearly 13% of the total federal investment.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Wastewater, with nearly 33% of the total federal investment,
• Drinking Water, with over 28% of the total federal investment, and
• Highways and Roads, with over 15% of the total federal investment.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Public Transit, with nearly 45% of the total federal investment.
• Highways and Roads, with nearly 30% of the total federal investment, and
• Culture, with over 7% of the total federal investment.

The renewed agreements for the 2024–2034 period tie access to CCBF funding to actions taken by provinces, territories and municipalities that increase housing supply and affordability, and improve transparency and reporting for the program.

The program supports increased productivity, economic growth, and strong cities and communities, as well as housing outcomes in line with direction in Budget 2022 and reiterated in the 2023 Fall Economic Statement. Municipalities can pool, bank and borrow against this funding, providing significant additional financial flexibility. Eligible recipients are required to report annually on their use of funds and their compliance to the terms and conditions of the agreements.

Additionally, the Department negotiated with provinces and territories to renew the Canada Community-Building Fund administrative agreements for 2024–2034 and worked with provinces and territories to implement the renegotiated agreements.

Communities choose how best to spend funding under the CCBF. Historically, investments in roads, public transit, drinking water and wastewater infrastructure have represented the majority of investments under this program.

The Canada Healthy Communities Initiative (CHCI) is a COVID-19 response initiative that will provide up to $60.4 million in contribution funding over five years to Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), a not-for-profit organization selected through an open and transparent call for applications. CFC is working directly with communities to identify and fund local projects that can be put into place quickly to improve the lives of all Canadians.

Municipalities, local governments, and Indigenous communities as well as not-for-profit community partners can apply directly to CFC with their project proposals. The Initiative helps communities by supporting innovative ideas for small-scale, community-led infrastructure projects across Canada. Local projects must be infrastructure-related and must respond directly to needs arising from COVID-19 by creating safer and more vibrant public spaces, improving mobility options and enabling digital solutions.

The $6 billion program is delivered through two funding streams: a direct delivery stream to deliver funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities to address pressing infrastructure needs and enable more housing; and a provincial and territorial stream providing funding to support provincial and territorial priorities while advancing federal housing objectives.

The program invests in both capital and planning projects that provide the infrastructure needed to support growing communities and denser neighbourhoods, including infrastructure that preserves existing homes. Core infrastructure that enables housing includes treatment and distribution systems for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater collection (including natural infrastructure), treatment and disposal systems, and systems to process, sort, divert, and dispose of solid waste.

Actions to enable housing densification and increase supply include expanding existing system capacity to serve densifying populations, increasing system capacity through repairs and rehabilitation, and preserving functionality of systems already built to accommodate population growth.

The program was launched in 2024–25 following the Budget 2024 announcement which provided $6 billion in federal funding over 10 years to establish the Canada Housing and Infrastructure Fund (CHIF).

In Fall 2024, an intake was launched under the CHIF Direct Delivery Stream. Closing on March 31, 2025, a total of 460 applications seeking over $6.2 billion in funding were received. As of March 31, 2025, 25 projects had already been approved for a federal contribution of over $369.5 million and are expected to enable over 110,000 housing units.

As of March 31, 2025, ten Provincial and Territorial (PT) agreements had been signed under the PT stream of CHIF: British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

Direct delivery Stream: The program engaged with project proponents and potential applicants through outreach and program and application support, including webinars.

Provincial and Territorial Agreement Stream: the Department worked collaboratively with provinces and territories to negotiate agreements.

In July 2024, the Permanent Public Transit Program (PPTP) was re-named the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF). The CPTF builds on investments made under the PPTP and will continue to support the projects approved under the PPTP. The now permanent program will continue supporting transit and active transportation with on-going predictable funding starting in 2026–27 which will provide an average of $3 billion per year to support transit solutions.

The core objectives of the CPTF are to increase the use of public transit and active transportation relative to car travel; increase housing supply and affordability as part of complete, transit-oriented communities; contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience and; improve transportation options for all, especially equity-deserving groups. Ultimately, these core objectives will contribute to economic growth and prosperity, GHG emissions reductions and environmental sustainability, and a more inclusive Canada.

• The Active Transportation Fund (ATF) continued to support projects which make travel by active transportation easier, safer, more convenient and more enjoyable.
• In 2024–25, 30 projects representing over $39.1 million in federal contributions were approved. Since 2021–22, a total of 524 projects with a federal contribution of over $388 million have been approved. As of March 31, 2025, 141 projects have been completed representing over 27% of approved projects.
  • Of the approved projects as of March 31, 2025, 68 projects representing over $64.6 million in federal contributions have been approved for projects led by or for Indigenous recipients as part of the commitment to provide a minimum of 10% of the overall ATF envelope to Indigenous recipients.
  • Launched on December 12, 2024, a new intake of the Capital stream of the ATF closed on April 9, 2025. The program received a record number of applications from communities across the country.
• The Rural Transit Solutions Fund (RTSF) continued to provide ongoing support to rural communities to enable them to develop and implement locally driven transit solutions.
  • In 2024–25, 105 projects were approved for a total of over $37.9 million in federal contributions. Since 2021–22, a total of 270 projects representing a federal contribution of over $131 million have been approved. As of March 31, 2025, 78 projects have been completed representing 29% of approved projects.
  • Of the approved projects, 67 projects representing over $46.8 million in federal contributions have been approved for projects led by or for Indigenous recipients as part of the commitment to provide a minimum of 10% of the overall RTSF envelope to Indigenous recipients.
  • Launched on December 16, 2024, an intake of the Capital stream of the RTSF closed on April 8, 2025. The program received a record number of applications from communities and transit organizations.
• The Zero-Emission Transit Fund (ZETF) continued to support public transit and school bus operators plan for electrification and support the purchase of zero emission buses and build supporting infrastructure.
  • In 2024–25, 29 projects representing a federal contribution of over $565.4 million were approved. Since 2021–22, a total of 69 projects totalling a federal contribution of over $2.3 billion have been approved. A total of 17 projects have been completed, representing 25% of approved projects, as of March 31, 2025.
  • The ZETF continuous intake has been open since 2021 and remained open as of March 31, 2025.
• The Baseline Funding stream held an open Expression of Interest, which closed on September 30, 2024. As a result of this process, 80 eligible municipalities and transit authorities representing over 200 communities were provided notional allocations, and $385 million in annual funding was announced to support these communities and organizations. The Baseline Funding stream will provide predictable, long-term support to enhance routine capital and non-capital investments in public transit and active transportation infrastructure.
• The Metro-Region Agreement (MRA) stream of the CPTF launched its rolling Expression of Interest intake on July 17, 2024. The MRA stream encourages long-term integrated planning within large urban areas and supports a wide variety of projects, from building new subways and dedicated bus lines, to maintaining and sustaining existing transit system in a state of good repair.
  • On March 21, 2025, the Government of Canada announced that TransLink will receive up to $1.529 billion over ten years to support transit projects in the Metro Vancouver Metro-Region.
  • Canada has also allocated close to $1.5 million in planning funding to support the Vancouver and Halifax metro-regions in developing their Integrated Regional Plans, the key document required to advance through the incremental MRA process.
  • The Department continues engagement with partners throughout Canada to support them in advancing their upcoming and submitted applications under the MRA stream.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Highways and Roads, with over 37% of the total federal investment,
• Public Transit, with nearly 33% of the total federal investment, and
• Wastewater, with nearly 8% of the total federal investment.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Drinking Water, with nearly 56% of the total federal investment, and
• Waste Water, with over 44% of the total federal investment

The Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF) is a national, competitive direct-delivery contribution program designed to support infrastructure projects that can mitigate current and future climate-related risks and disasters triggered by natural hazards and extreme weather, such as floods, wildfires, droughts, and seismic events.

Once completed, projects approved under the program are expected to increase the capacity of structural and/or natural infrastructure to strengthen community resilience by mitigating against climate-related risks and natural disasters.

Of the approved projects (as of March 31, 2025), 16 projects representing over $402 million in federal funding was committed to projects led by or for Indigenous recipients.

The Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) program aims to build more community buildings and improve existing ones - in areas with populations experiencing higher needs - while also making the buildings more energy efficient, more resilient, and higher performing. Budget 2024 extended the initial $1.5 billion five-year program and provided an additional $500 million in funding. This program supports green and accessible retrofits, repairs or upgrades of existing public community buildings and the construction of new publicly accessible community buildings that serve high-needs, underserved communities across Canada.

Funding is available for municipal or regional governments, public sector bodies, not-for-profit organizations, provincial or territorial governments and Indigenous recipients for eligible projects. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible to apply.

Budget 2024 provided an additional $500 million to the original $1.5 billion in federal funding for the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) program and extended the program until March 2029.

A third application intake was conducted in 2024–25 and as of March 31, 2025, application evaluation was in progress. Funding decisions are expected to be communicated to applicants in 2025–26.

Cumulatively, since 2021–22, a total of 343 projects have been approved, 93 new projects were approved in the 2024–25 year. As of March 31, 2025, 25 projects have been completed, representing 7% of approved projects.

Of the 343 approved projects, 85 projects representing over $537.6 million in federal contributions was allocated to projects for Indigenous recipients. This represents 27% of the overall funding envelope, well above the commitment to provide a minimum of 10% of the overall GICB envelope to Indigenous recipients.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Wastewater, with over 40% of the total federal investment.
• Green Energy, with over 37% of the total federal investment, and
• Solid Waste Management, with 22% of the total federal investment.

The over $33 billion Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP), will be instrumental in meeting HICC's overarching objectives to rebuild Canada's infrastructure for the 21st century. The program acknowledges that provinces, territories, municipalities and Indigenous communities are key partners for investments in infrastructure. To this end, the ICIP is delivered through Integrated Bilateral Agreements (IBAs) between HICC and provinces/territories that rely on a strong collaborative approach to successfully implement infrastructure projects.

Federal funding under the ICIP is being disbursed under four funding streams: public transit; green infrastructure; community, culture and recreation infrastructure; and rural and northern communities' infrastructure.

Of the projects funded under the program, the breakdown by project type is as follows:

• 606 projects to improve public transit, representing over $17.4 billion in federal investments;
• 1,697 green infrastructure projects, representing over $8 billion in federal investments;
• 809 projects to improve community, culture and recreational spaces, representing over $1.4 billion in federal investments;
• 743 projects such as roads, broadband, food security, and Indigenous health and education projects in rural and northern communities, representing over $1.9 billion in federal investments;
• 15 projects in the territories to reduce reliance on fossil fuels for energy generation, representing $237 million in federal investments;
• 2,239 projects that contributed to COVID-19 pandemic response or economic recovery, representing over $2 billion in federal investments.

ICIP funding for provinces and territories has been fully allocated.

The audit found:

• While oversight and monitoring processes were in place and operating as intended, there was an opportunity to further improve their efficiency.
• Lessons learned from ICIP informed and contributed to departmental program harmonization efforts. In addition, the system-based controls introduced in ICIP were leveraged as part of future system enhancements.

A future audit is not currently scheduled.

• ICIP contributed to the overall core infrastructure needs of Canadians and remains relevant in addressing Government of Canada’s priorities and objectives.
• ICIP's design resulted in targeted communities and diverse populations receiving program funding.
• ICIP made progress towards measuring performance achieved at the immediate outcome level, with the opportunity to enhance the current Performance Measurement Strategy (PMS) to report on long-term outcomes.

The next evaluation is scheduled for 2028–29.

The NIF is a grants and contributions program that aims to support the use, creation, and enhancement of natural infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure delivering community services and co-benefits. Natural infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure are increasingly recognized for their ability to provide community services and benefits such as climate change resilience; access to nature and wellbeing; environmental quality; protection of biodiversity; jobs and economic growth; and carbon sequestration.

The objectives of the NIF are to: build community awareness of the opportunities offered by natural infrastructure; and increase the use of natural infrastructure delivering multiple community services and benefits across the country.

This will be achieved by supporting investments in a variety of natural infrastructure or hybrid infrastructure projects that demonstrate provision of services and benefits for communities.

Since the program began in 2021, a total of 70 projects with a federal contribution of over $117 million have been approved.

This includes 23 projects, representing a federal contribution of over $13.8 million, for Indigenous-led projects as part of the commitment to provide a minimum of 10% of the overall NIF funding envelope to Indigenous recipients.

Since the program began in 2013–14, a total of 9 projects with a federal contribution of over $1.6 billion and total value of over $4.5 billion have been approved. 6 projects have been completed, which represents 67% of the approved projects.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Highways and Roads, with nearly 92% of the total federal investment, and
• Marine, with nearly 7% of the total federal investment

Since the program began in 2013–14, a total of 959 projects with a federal contribution of over $1.4 billion and total value of over $3.6 billion have been approved. A total of 883 projects have been completed, which represents 92% of the approved projects.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Highways and Roads, with over 22% of the total federal investment,
• Wastewater, with nearly 17% of the total federal investment, and
• Drinking Water, with nearly 14% of the total federal investment.

Since the program began in 2013–14, a total of 289 projects with a federal contribution of over $9.4 billion and total value of over $25 billion have been approved. A total of 207 projects have been completed, which represents 72% of the approved projects.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Highways and Roads, with nearly 49% of the total federal investment,
• Public Transit, with 33% of the total federal investment, and
• Wastewater, with over 6% of the total federal investment.

Since the program began in 2016–17, a total of 1,145 projects with a federal contribution of over $2.9 billion and total value of over $6 billion have been approved. A total of 1,135 projects have been completed, which represents 99% of the approved projects.

The largest categories of investment are the following:

• Public Transport, with nearly 98% of the total federal investment, and
• Active Transportation, with over 2% of the total federal investment

Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy supports community-based responses to prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada. Communities and service providers receive grants and contributions funding to support services targeted to individuals and families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness in urban centres, rural and remote communities and the territories. This includes targeted supports to address homelessness among Indigenous peoples.

Reaching Home helps communities address local homelessness priorities using a more systems-based and data-driven approach. Communities must report publicly on community-wide outcomes. The program also collects and analyzes national homelessness data, and shares knowledge with communities, partners and stakeholders. Federally funded projects, and federal leadership that fosters transformation of the sector, together promote the prevention and reduction of homelessness in Canada.

The Government of Canada is one of many funding partners to help address homelessness, and performance indicators and expected results are impacted by multiple factors. The program is a transfer payment program with non-repayable grants and contributions; however, some repayment clauses are outlined in the Reaching Home Terms and Conditions.

• Individuals and families experiencing homelessness being placed in more stable housing.
• People at risk of homelessness receiving supports to help maintain housing;
• Improved housing stability for individuals and those at risk of experiencing homeless;
• Chronic Homelessness being prevented and reduced.

In 2024–25, the program funded projects that helped place 16,333 people in more stable housing (based on results received as of August 2025, 86% of results). Of those placed in more stable housing, 84% of people contacted remained housed or successfully exited the program.

In 2024–25, the program funded projects that support 28,627 people who benefited from core prevention services (based on results received as of August 2025, 86% of results).

Ongoing economic pressures have exacerbated homelessness, including chronic homelessness, in Canada. For example, of an estimated 118,329 number of Canadians who used an emergency shelter in 2023, 32,660 number of people were estimated to be experiencing chronic homelessness.

Note: As the Government of Canada does not have sole jurisdiction over homelessness, this last expected result is considered a shared one with attribution distributed across a range of stakeholders, community service providers, and other orders of government.

• Community Entities, funded through Reaching Home, were engaged through an annual forum and through a new Community Connections series. These provide communities with an opportunity to learn from and engage with their peers and HICC staff.
• The Persons with Lived Experience (PWLE) Advisory Table was established to inform planning, development and implementation of federal homelessness strategies, policies and programming.
• In BC, the BC Alignment Project was launched with the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs, BC Housing and BC CEs. Through this project, federal and provincial requirements for communities have been fully aligned.
• During the 2024–25 year, HICC identified and advanced priorities for Indigenous peoples living in urban and/or rural communities off-reserve through ongoing regular engagement with the National Indigenous Homelessness Council (NIHC).

In addition, HICC continued to pursue co-development approaches and implement Budget 2024 incremental funding by engaging distinctions-based partners (Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the four Inuit Treaty Organizations, the Métis National Council and its Governing Members (the Métis Nation of Ontario and the Otipemisiwak Métis Government), the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, the Métis Nation British Columbia, the Manitoba Métis Federation, and 24 Self-Governing First Nations) through various tables and forums.

Under the FPT Housing Forum, a Working Group on Supportive Housing and Homelessness is collaborating to facilitate greater coordination and alignment on FPT initiatives, explore potential models that could improve access to supportive housing and homelessness services across Canada, and provide recommendations or potential policy options to FPT Ministers.

In 2024–25, 10 projects under the Research and Knowledge Initiative’s first Call for Applications to strengthen the evidence base on infrastructure and community issues were completed. The research teams produced a wide range of outputs to support decision-making in three main areas: climate resilience, open data and community engagement, and transit and mobility:

• a project based in Prince Edward Island whose team developed province-wide coastal hazards information and floodplain maps through the Climate Hazard and Risk Information System (CHRIS) and enhanced the Coastal Impacts Visualization Environment (CLIVE) geo-visualization tool to support infrastructure adaptation, reduce community vulnerability and increase resilience in a changing climate.
• a project based in Ontario whose team conducted a pilot project and published eight technical research papers to understand how government investments in infrastructure (public transit, active transportation, conversion of private vehicle infrastructure to green space) can best enable low-carbon mobility choices while enhancing air quality, public health, and equity.
• a project based in Ontario whose team developed an online platform for infrastructure performance data sharing and collaborative deterioration modelling for Canadian municipalities, with a focus on roads, bridges, and sewers.
• a project based in Quebec whose team created an online prototype tool that estimates the probability of climate change hazards and their effects on infrastructure, to reduce risks and negative impacts over the long term, in addition to developing 18 technical data sheets, and a methodology to calculate coastal water levels and precipitations.
• a project based in Quebec whose team assessed the health and well-being impacts of the Energize Bridgewater program in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia through community-wide surveys and cohort study, and research and technical reports.
• a project based in Quebec whose team developed an interactive online platform to measure the impact of regional public transit services on access to opportunities (such as hospitals, grocery stores, higher education) in three regions of Quebec representing different suburban and rural realities.
• a project based in Alberta whose team created a multidisciplinary methodology that connects wildfire, human behaviour, and transportation modelling to understand infrastructure needs in supporting emergency plans and movements.
• a project based in British Columbia whose team created a First Nations-led framework for understanding, assessing, and responding to climate risks facing built and natural infrastructure within First Nations communities and territories across the country. A community-level decision-support tool is hosted through the University of Winnipeg’s Climate Atlas along articles, and guides.
• a project based in Nova Scotia whose team updated Nova Scotia’s flood line mapping, created GIS database of historical flooding events and a shortlist of top flooding mechanisms by watershed or region, and published research papers to inform decisions regarding public infrastructure investments in climate resilience.
• a project in Nunavut whose team used sensors on Northern buildings to build a robust knowledge base for builders in the North, to apply designs and materials which support culturally informed and effective building construction for northern climates that is energy efficient, green and clean.

Also, the Department selected and initiated 18 projects under the Research and Knowledge Initiative’s second Call for Applications aimed at generating and disseminating knowledge of infrastructure and housing needs, challenges and opportunities relevant to people living in Canada. The projects are planned for completion by the end of 2025–26.

The program team engaged with potential applicants, including Canadian academic institutions, not-for-profit organizations, provinces and territories, municipalities and Indigenous organizations, through outreach and application support.

Following projects selection, the program team engaged recipients through emails and informal meetings, and formal agreement management committee meetings to share program updates, increase understanding of project progress and connect teams with others internal and external to the department working on related subject matter.

In June 2024, HICC convened the first Research and Innovation Symposium, to connect public servants from all areas of government in Canada with key actors – including RKI recipients – in the private sector, academia, and non-profit organizations working on research and policies in target areas related to housing, public infrastructure, and sustainable communities. Bringing together individuals across industries and disciplines, the event aimed to spark innovation and policy opportunities through the sharing of forward-thinking research and ideas.

• The SCC was relevant and met the needs of Canadian communities.
• The SCC addressed eligibility barriers, promoted transparency and trust, facilitated involvement of diverse communities, and included the unique perspective of Indigenous peoples.
• The SCC design approaches were effective in achieving intended program objectives; however, some aspects of the delivery and implementation of the program posed challenges for applicants.

The objective of the initiative is to support evidence-based, climate-informed action of public infrastructure. HICC will provide supports and services to help communities to include climate considerations in their infrastructure decisions. For instance, HICC will support communities to use tools and resources to assess projects risks to climate hazards, identify options for low carbon resilient infrastructure. HICC will also support this objective by distributing funding to eligible recipients to build climate-resilient infrastructure solutions, create tools and resources, mobilize knowledge sharing to advance understanding of the impacts of climate change on infrastructure, and share tangible actions and best practices to reduce these risks.

This program doesn’t have any repayable contributions.

In 2024–25, research continued to inform guidance, standard and code development. The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) advanced work in nature-based solutions, housing, flooding, resilience of dams, urban transit, wildland-urban interface design (related to wildfire risk), targeted guidance for northern, remote and Indigenous communities, and tools and technical solutions for public infrastructure management. Four new documents were published related to coastal resilience, natural infrastructure, life-cycle performance of structures, and bridge hydraulics. Also, future design climate values have been integrated into the 2025 National Model Codes and Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code.

During this period, the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) published 9 standardization strategies and have advanced 36 others related to flood mapping, water systems, shoreline management, risk identification, and equity in infrastructure decision-making.

Several presentations and workshops to increase engagement with key audiences were delivered to help refine desired results and drive uptake. Notably, HICC, NRC and SCC organized the workshop “From Knowledge to Action: Defining Future Directions and Increasing the Impact of Climate Resilient Infrastructure Guidance in Canada” with over 60 senior-level participants from the infrastructure and housing sector.

In 2024–25, the Climate Toolkit for Housing and Infrastructure continued to support the development and delivery of services to communities and organizations across all provinces and territories, supporting the integration of climate considerations into the definition, planning, and development of infrastructure and housing projects. The services are provided by two distinct recipients.

• ICLEI Canada implements the ClimateInsight.ca Platform – An open-access online resource offering geospatial visualization of climate and socioeconomic indicators alongside infrastructure asset data; a new tool to explore resilient and low-carbon infrastructure options, and; a curated library of tools, guidance documents, and case studies. In its first five months, the platform received over 50,000 views, with the most frequently accessed features being the solution finder and the climate and equity map. Social media campaigns, presentations and workshops were held to promote the platform and engage with key audiences.
• The Canadian Urban Institute administers a Roster of Climate and Infrastructure Experts – A service matching communities with qualified experts to strengthen the development of climate-ready infrastructure. Within its first three months, the service recruited 76 experts and facilitated matches with 70 small and medium-size communities (under 35,000 residents).

These services directly support HICC’s objective to enable evidence-based, climate-informed infrastructure action by equipping communities with the tools, expertise, and guidance needed to reduce climate risks and advance resilience.

In early 2024, the program team finalized negotiations with the successful applicant to develop the Roster of Climate and Infrastructure Experts.

Throughout the year, the team engaged both funding recipients through oversight committee meetings, coordination sessions, and other mechanisms to monitor progress, share updates, and connect them with relevant internal and external resources.

In October and December 2024, HICC supported public announcements of both the Climate Insight platform and the Roster of Experts.

The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative (TWRI) provides funding towards the Port Lands Flood Protection and Enabling Infrastructure Project (the Project), which will provide flood protection to approximately 174 hectares of land in southeastern portions of downtown Toronto, support the remediation of approximately 32 hectares of previously underdeveloped brownfield lands and make available over 29 hectares of green space for public use.

The Project will also upgrade municipal infrastructure in the area making improvements to roads, bridges, and water and wastewater systems.

The Toronto Waterfront Enabling Initiative (TWEI) was launched in 2024–25. TWEI will support the next phase of Toronto’s waterfront revitalization through 2 projects: the Housing Enabling Infrastructure Project and the Broadview Eastern Flood Protection Project. Funding for these projects will become available starting in 2025–26.

Since the program began in 2017–18, a total of $384 million in federal contributions has been allocated, representing 30.2% of the total eligible project costs (approximately $1.27 billion).

As of March 2025, the Project has reached 90% completion and is expected to fully achieve its flood protection targets by July 2025, with substantial completion expected in Fall 2025.

• Recipients funded under the Services and Supports Stream provide rent supplements and wrap-around services (such as counselling and addiction treatment) to Veterans experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness.
• The Capacity Building Stream funds Recipients to research and improve data collection on Veteran homelessness, as well as increase capacity of organizations to deliver tailored initiatives to address the needs of Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The Veteran Homelessness Program has adopted a “Housing First” approach that will support Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness and is designed to meet their specific needs. The program also provides ongoing and comprehensive services and supports to Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness over a five-year period, in order to maximize their chances of long-term success in being rehoused.

• Number of Veterans experiencing homelessness that receive a rent supplement: 187

Veterans at risk of homelessness maintain more stable housing;

• Number of Veterans at imminent risk of homelessness that received a rent supplement: 129

Improved housing stability for Veterans experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness; and,

• Percentage of Veterans who remained housed or successfully exited the Program 12 months following receipt of a rent supplement under the Veteran Homelessness Program: Not available.

VHP monthly meetings

Monthly meetings with funding recipients have been valuable and encouraged recipients to continue to discuss solutions to challenges. These meetings also provide timely information on program directives and support recipients in meeting program requirements.

VHP community of practice

A Community of Practice was established, and two meetings were held with representatives in attendance from each Veteran Homelessness Program organization. They all had an opportunity to network and share an update on their projects.

Themes included:

• Increased number of Veterans served, particularly in the last few months of the year.
• Various services from the organizations complement and support each other’s work.
• Recognition of teamwork and collaboration across different service providers.
• Positive feedback shared regarding the opportunities to leverage Coordinated Access systems and connecting with Reaching Home Community Entities (CEs).