Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program
HPS-Innovative Solutions to Homelessness-Contr
The Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness by providing direct support and funding to communities across Canada. Eligible recipients include: Individuals; Not-for-profit organizations; For-profit organizations; Municipalities; Aboriginal organizations; Public health and educational institutions; and Provincial and territorial governments and their entities, including institutions, agencies and Crown Corporations.
- Total value
- $6.5M
- Agreements
- 32
- Sep 2014 to Mar 2019
- Median agreement
- $84K
- Typical range
- $42K–$242K
- the middle half of agreements
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Employment and Social Development Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 2 agreements ($320K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
Show the numbers
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | $31K |
| 2015 | 3 | $560K |
| 2016 | 4 | $2.1M |
| 2017 | 9 | $2M |
| 2018 | 12 | $1.5M |
| 2019 | 3 | $341K |
By province
Per resident: the total over the whole window divided by the population on 1 July 2026 (Statistics Canada, table 17-10-0009-01). Agreements are placed by the recipient’s address, so a national organization’s funding counts where its office is.
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Outside Canada or not stated | 22 | $3.2M |
| Alberta | 3 | $1.9M |
| Nunavut | 2 | $600K |
| British Columbia | 1 | $401K |
| Ontario | 2 | $326K |
| Northwest Territories | 1 | $63K |
| Quebec | 1 | $43K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Not stated by the department | 22 | $3.2M |
| Other organizations | 6 | $2.5M |
| Government | 1 | $555K |
| Academia | 1 | $236K |
| Indigenous recipients | 1 | $63K |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 1 | $43K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2019 | Dene Nation | Contribution | $62,744 |
| Feb 2019 | Société de Développement Social de Ville-Marie | Contribution | $43,062 |
| Jan 2019 | York University | Contribution | $235,608 |
| Nov 2018 | City of Iqaluit | Uquutaq Transitional Housing ProjectContribution | $555,179 |
| Mar 2018 | Government of Nunavut | Point in time count and hidden homelessness in NunavutContribution | $262,119 |
| Feb 2018 | Municipality of Wood Buffalo | Everyone Counts: the 2018 Coordinated Point-in-Time (PiT) CountContribution | $50,000 |
| Feb 2018 | Centre résidentiel et communautaire Jacques-Cartier | Contribution | $149,267 |
| Jan 2018 | District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board | Sault Ste. Marie - Everyone Counts: the 2018 Coordinated Point-in-Time CountContribution | $33,525 |
| Jan 2018 | City of Lethbridge | PiT Count 2018 - LethbridgeContribution | $32,000 |
| Jan 2018 | United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island | Point in Time Count 2018 - NanaimoContribution | $32,000 |
| Jan 2018 | Hotinohsioni Incorporated | Brantford and Brant County Homelessness Count 2018Contribution | $40,306 |
| Jan 2018 | River Bank Development Corporation | PiT Count 2018 - Prince AlbertContribution | $30,000 |
| Jan 2018 | Medicine Hat Community Housing Society | PiT Count 2018 - Medicine HatContribution | $32,000 |
| May 2017 | Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association | Downtown Eastside Women's Street MarketContribution | $67,248 |
| May 2017 | Cowichan Housing Association | Close to Home: Housing First to Address Youth Homelessness in the Cowichan ValleyContribution | $156,460 |
| May 2017 | Cirque Hors Piste | Créations collectivesContribution | $129,178 |
| May 2017 | Tlicho Leagia Ts' iili Ko | Community Needs Assessment and Strategic Framework Development for Homeless in BehchokoContribution | $77,615 |
| May 2017 | The Gilbert Centre for Social and Support Services | LGBTQ Youth Connection - Employment and Housing SupportsContribution | $99,062 |
| May 2017 | City of Mississauga | Working Together to Serve Homeless Customers in New WaysContribution | $122,524 |
| May 2017 | Mission Old Brewery | Les Sentinelles - Projet 3Contribution | $330,344 |
| May 2017 | Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness | By Name Lists and Coordinated Access Systems PilotContribution | $498,453 |
| Apr 2017 | New Leaf Project Society | New Leaf ProjectContribution | $475,540 |
| Nov 2016 | City of St. John's | St. John's Youth Point-in-Time CountContribution | $63,800 |
| Oct 2016 | Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness | National Conference on Ending Homelessness 2016Contribution | $154,766 |
| Mar 2016 | City of Iqaluit | Contribution | $44,332 |