Canada unveils $30 billion ten-year plan to end homelessness, starting in Winnipeg
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on 6 November that the federal government has launched a $30 billion ten-year plan to eradicate homelessness, earmarking an initial $1 billion for Manitoba and focusing on building supportive housing nationwide. The announcement follows the 2026 federal budget presented on 5 November by Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, which allocated $45 billion to the Crown corporation Build Canada Homes to deliver 200,000 new homes and set aside $11. 2 billion over four years (and $17.
8 billion over a decade) for housing, health and social supports aimed at ending homelessness. The budget also added $5 billion over ten years for supportive housing and renewed the foreign home-buyer ban with an exemption for new builds. Quebec Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau criticised the budget as insufficient for the province, calling for faster, unconditional funding for homelessness initiatives.
