Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
How Housing, Infrastructure and Communities spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, shown as net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II.
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada is responsible for federal housing policy and for supporting infrastructure investment across the country, working with provinces, territories, municipalities, and Indigenous communities. The portfolio also includes the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Office of Infrastructure of Canada, and entities responsible for specific infrastructure assets such as the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority and The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities spent $14.55B in the 2024–25 fiscal year, representing 2.7% of total federal spending. Spending was split between the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, with smaller amounts recorded under the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, the Office of Infrastructure of Canada, and The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.
The portfolio's largest transfer program was the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, followed closely by contributions related to the Canada Community-Building Fund. Other sizeable transfer payments included the New Building Canada Fund's provincial-territorial infrastructure component, contributions supporting organizations working to alleviate and prevent homelessness, and the Permanent Public Transit Program.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$14.55B
was spent by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
In FY 2024-25,
2.7%
of federal spending was by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
How did Housing, Infrastructure and Communities spend its budget in 2024-25?
Spending by entity, FY 2024-25
Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
Office of Infrastructure of Canada
The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.
$7.35B
$5.44B
$944.2M
$617.6M
$189.6M
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 2006–2025
Line items
Every transfer-payment (grant and contribution) program, in dollars. These are the named programs behind the transfer-payments object in the chart above. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Category | Description | Amount ▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Contributions | Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program | $2,482,338,034 |
| Other transfer payments | Contributions related to the Canada Community-Building Fund (Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act) | $2,368,157,557 |
| Contributions | New Building Canada Fund—Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component—National and Regional Projects | $600,268,459 |
| Contributions | 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 | $477,103,214 |
| Contributions | Permanent Public Transit Program | $411,157,766 |
| Contributions | Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program | $364,467,889 |
| Contributions | Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund | $268,336,422 |
| Contributions | 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 | $236,687,452 |
| Contributions | New Building Canada Fund—National Infrastructure Component | $99,563,948 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Building Canada Fund Major Infrastructure Component | $42,534,249 |
| Contributions | New Building Canada Fund—Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component—Small Communities Fund | $39,675,016 |
| Contributions | Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Initiative | $38,417,307 |
| Contributions | New Building Canada Fund—Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component—National and Regional Projects | $28,066,569 |
| Contributions | Contributions under the Green Infrastructure Fund | $23,468,653 |
| Contributions | Natural Infrastructure Fund | $22,613,614 |
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Housing, Infrastructure and Communities figures are net expenditures by standard object from Public Accounts Volume II, and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
