Spending program
Assistance for housing needs
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation · Housing, infrastructure and transport
In fiscal year 2024–25, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation spent $2.7 billion on Assistance for housing needs, down from $2.9 billion in 2023–24. That is $91.47 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$2.7B
14.0% of Housing, infrastructure and transport spending in 2024–25.
Down $143M from $2.9B in 2023–24.
$91.47per tax filer$66.58per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2018–19 | $1.9B |
| 2019–20 | $1.9B |
| 2020–21 | $2.9B |
| 2021–22 | $3.5B |
| 2022–23 | $3.1B |
| 2023–24 | $2.9B |
| 2024–25 | $2.7B |
Source and basis
- GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.
← All housing, infrastructure and transport spendingHow the figures are calculated