Grant and contribution program
Contributions to not-for-profit organizations, individuals, municipal governments, Band/tribal councils and other Indigenous organizations, public health and educational institutions, Régies régionales, for-profit enterprises, research organizations and research institutes to support activities to help alleviate and prevent homelessness across Canada and to carry out research on homelessness to help communities better understand and more effectively address homelessness issues - Community Capacity and Innovation
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities · Housing, infrastructure and transport
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$3.2M
$0.11per tax filer$0.08per 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.
Largest recipients
The largest named recipients of payments reported under this program in 2024–25. Location is the recipient's address, which is not always where the money is spent. Recipient payments can differ slightly from the program total above because the Public Accounts report them separately.
| Recipient | Location | Paid | Per tax filer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Alliance To End Homelessness | Calgary, Alberta | $1.4M | $0.05 |
| National Indigenous Homelessness Council | Vancouver, Alberta | $1.2M | $0.04 |
| John Howard Society of Ontario | Toronto, Ontario | $388K | $0.01 |
| Canadian Observatory on Homelessness | Toronto, Ontario | $263K | <$0.01 |
| Payments under $100,000 (2) | Location not stated | $56K | <$0.01 |
Source and basis
- Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Recipients: Detailed information on Transfer Payments, as per the Public Accounts of Canada.
- Net expenditures of this transfer payment program in the Public Accounts. It overlaps with program spending, so do not add the two.