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Spending program

Homelessness Funding Oversight

Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities · Housing, infrastructure and transport

In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities spent $752 million on Homelessness Funding Oversight, up from $603 million in 2023–24. That is $25.10 per tax filer.

Headline figures

Fiscal year 2024–25

$752M

3.8% of Housing, infrastructure and transport spending in 2024–25.

Up $149M from $603M in 2023–24.

$25.10per tax filer$18.27per 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.

Homelessness Funding Oversight, by fiscal year. Latest year highlighted.
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Homelessness Funding Oversight, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpending
2021–22$336M
2022–23$489M
2023–24$603M
2024–25$752M

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.

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