Grant and contribution program
Grant for the Interim Housing Assistance Program
Department of Citizenship and Immigration · Immigration, refugees and citizenship
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Citizenship and Immigration paid out $526 million under Grant for the Interim Housing Assistance Program, up from $260 million in 2023–24. That is $17.56 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$526M
Up $266M from $260M in 2023–24.
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.
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| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2023–24 | $260M |
| 2024–25 | $526M |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | $262M | $8.74 |
| Ministère des Finances du Québec | Québec, Quebec | $102M | $3.40 |
| Region of Peel | Brampton, Ontario | $73.2M | $2.44 |
| City of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario | $51.9M | $1.73 |
| Regional Municipality of Durham | Whitby, Ontario | $13.0M | $0.44 |
| Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology | Victoria, British Columbia | $8.4M | $0.28 |
| Regional Municipality of York | Newmarket, Ontario | $5.0M | $0.17 |
| Manitoba Housing Renewal Corporation | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $4.6M | $0.15 |
| City of Hamilton | Hamilton, Ontario | $3.1M | $0.10 |
| Corporation of the City of London | London, Ontario | $1.8M | $0.06 |
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.
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