Feds pledge $368M to build housing infrastructure

Key Takeaways:

• The Canadian government is investing over $369.5 million through the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF) to improve essential infrastructure that will support housing development and increased density.
• The funding will help build or enhance the infrastructure necessary to facilitate the construction of more than 110,230 new homes across Canada, benefiting municipalities and Indigenous communities.
• Projects funded under this initiative will enhance drinking water access, wastewater capacity, stormwater management, and solid waste solutions—removing barriers to housing development while improving public health and environmental sustainability. Applications for funding remain open until March 31, 2025 (general communities) and May 19, 2025 (Indigenous applicants).

The Whole Story:

Ottawa has announced a federal investment of over $369.5 million through the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF) direct delivery stream to build or improve the essential infrastructure needed to promote new housing supply and increase density across the country.

In total, these investments are expected to enable the construction of over 110,230 housing units.

Funding through the direct delivery stream of CHIF is provided to support pressing infrastructure projects in municipalities and Indigenous communities across Canada. These projects will provide the foundation for future housing growth – from coast to coast to coast.  

These projects will provide crucial infrastructure, improve and expand access to potable and reliable drinking water, establish new water supplies, increase wastewater capacity, support and strengthen sustainable stormwater management, find new solid waste management solutions, and remove infrastructure barriers to developing new homes while improving public health and providing environmental benefits.

The intake for the CHIF direct delivery stream remains open, and applications will be accepted until March 31, 2025 for communities of all sizes across Canada, and until May 19, 2025, for Indigenous applicants. 

“These strong partnerships and investments in critical housing enabling infrastructure will go a long way to get more homes built, faster,” said Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities.

Of the 25 projects announced, 6 were previously announced:

• Tartan Downs Development for Sydney, Nova Scotia
• CBU Water Supply and Housing Development
• Brookside Wastewater Revitalization
• Memramcook system extension project
• Addressing Drinking Water Infrastructure Issues in the Town of Torbay
• Lively-Walden Wastewater System Upgrades Project for the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario