Ontario Investing in Housing to Move Vulnerable People Out of Encampments
January 27, 2025
Municipal Affairs and Housing
The Ontario government is providing up to $75.5 million to communities throughout the province to create more emergency shelter spaces and affordable housing units that will provide vulnerable Ontarians with appropriate short-term and long-term housing alternatives to encampments.
Funding for the projects will flow through municipal service managers and Indigenous program administrators working in communities across the province.
Service managers and program administrators who receive funding will be required to report back to the province on the number of people moved from encampments into new accommodations. They will also be required to submit spending plans to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for review and approval, to ensure the province’s $700 million yearly investment in the Homelessness Prevention Program and Indigenous Supportive Housing Program is being used effectively and in line with the shared provincial and municipal goal of ending encampments by providing safe and stable housing for people at risk of homelessness.
The following chart highlights which local service managers and Indigenous program administrators have received funding:
| Service Managers/Indigenous Program Administrators | Amount |
| Regional Municipality of Waterloo | $5,946,104 |
| Regional Municipality of York | $5,392,607 |
| Regional Municipality of Durham | $4,720,800 |
| City of St. Thomas | $4,113,250 |
| Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board | $3,974,187 |
| Regional Municipality of Halton | $3,649,669 |
| City of Hamilton | $3,430,270 |
| City of Kingston | $3,362,749 |
| Kenora District Social Services Administration Board | $3,261,465 |
| City of Kawartha Lakes | $3,200,000 |
| Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board | $3,194,127 |
| Regional Municipality of Niagara | $3,143,700 |
| County of Simcoe | $3,039,900 |
| County of Lambton | $2,915,912 |
| Regional Municipality of Peel | $2,884,000 |
| City of Greater Sudbury | $2,666,600 |
| County of Norfolk | $2,300,000 |
| City of Toronto | $2,100,000 |
| Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services | $1,928,108 |
| County of Wellington | $1,324,009 |
| Algoma District Social Services Administration Board | $1,216,978 |
| County of Hastings | $937,500 |
| City of Brantford | $865,398 |
| City of Windsor | $742,000 |
| County of Oxford | $702,500 |
| District Municipality of Muskoka | $604,600 |
| County of Lanark | $600,000 |
| City of Stratford | $542,473 |
| Miziwe Biik Development Corporation | $363,600 |
| Sault Ste. Marie District Social Services Administration Board | $301,100 |
| Municipality of Chatham-Kent | $282,800 |
| County of Renfrew | $216,000 |
| County of Grey | $182,000 |
| County of Lennox and Addington | $109,200 |
| Nipissing District Social Services Administration Board | $94,300 |
| City of London | $75,000 |
| County of Northumberland | $55,100 |
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