Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
How Housing, Infrastructure and Communities spent its budget in fiscal year 2024-25, on a Volume II appropriations basis.
Department Spending
In FY 2024-25,
$14.57B
was spent by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
In FY 2024-25,
2.7%
of federal spending was by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
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 $14.57B 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.
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
$5.47B
$944.2M
$617.6M
$189.6M
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities’s share of federal spending
Percentage of federal spending, 2006–2025
Line items
Complete appropriation (vote/allotment) and transfer-payment lines, in dollars. Search, sort, and download the full table.
| Vote | Description | Total available | Used ▼ | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 1 | Reimbursement under the provisions of the National Housing Act and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act | $6,561,866,133 | $5,466,687,949 | $1,095,178,184 |
| Vote 10 | Grants and contributions | $5,152,568,360 | $4,707,130,812 | $445,437,548 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $2,389,401,583 | $2,389,401,583 | $0 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the Authority | $1,208,023,322 | $944,189,291 | $263,834,031 |
| Vote 10 | Grants and contributions | $558,623,672 | $558,623,671 | $1 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $261,686,375 | $245,322,265 | $16,364,110 |
| Vote 1 | Payments to the corporation | $262,413,187 | $189,641,990 | $72,771,197 |
| Vote 1 | Operating expenditures | $52,721,225 | $52,721,224 | $1 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $36,780,588 | $9,473,694 | $27,306,894 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $4,831,495 | $4,796,686 | $34,809 |
| Vote 5 | Capital expenditures | $1,408,318 | $1,408,318 | $0 |
| Statutory amounts | Statutory amounts | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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Housing, Infrastructure and Communities figures are on a Volume II appropriations basis and will not match the Volume I consolidated headline totals. See the methodology for details.
