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Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF)

Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

CHIF will invest almost $5 billion over 10 years

Funds core public infrastructure (drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste) that enables housing growth and densification. It has a direct delivery stream for municipalities and a provincial and territorial stream.

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Who qualifies

Direct delivery stream: municipalities and Indigenous communities. Provincial and territorial stream: delivered by provinces and territories that sign an agreement with housing-enabling conditions.

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Good to know

  • Funding: Program-wide figure from the March 2025 release (provincial and territorial stream); per-project amounts not stated on the page read.
  • Notes: Source is a news release, not the program page (the program site was unreachable); status should be rechecked.

Evidence from the official page

  • amount“CHIF will invest almost $5 billion over 10 years for the construction and upgrading of core public infrastructure that will enable housing growth and densification in communities across Canada.” source ↗
  • deadline“The intake launched on November 7, 2024 , and applications will be accepted until March 31, 2025 for communities of all sizes across Canada, and until May 19, 2025, for Indigenous applicants.” source ↗
  • status“Funding for those provinces and territories that do not conclude an agreement will be transferred to the direct delivery stream of CHIF .” source ↗

Verified 2026-10-11 · Medium confidence. Always confirm on the official page before applying.