Employment and Social Development Canada · Contribution program

RH-Designated Communities-Community Entity

The Reaching Home (RH), formerly Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS), program supports communities across Canada in their efforts to prevent and reduce homelessness.

Total value: $725M
Agreements: 65; Apr 2019 to Jun 2021
Median agreement: $3.6M
Typical range: $2.3M–$8M; 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.

Recipient	Agreements	Total
City Of Toronto	2	$153M
Lu'ma Native BCH Housing Society	1	$74.4M
Calgary Homeless Foundation	1	$61.1M
Homeward Trust Foundation	1	$54.3M
City of Ottawa	1	$51.4M
City of Hamilton	1	$34.2M
End Homelessness Winnipeg Inc.	1	$32M
Regional Municipality of Peel	1	$22.3M
Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia	1	$16.3M
Saint John Human Development Council Inc.	3	$16M
United Way Of Greater Toronto	1	$14.9M
Vancity Community Foundation	1	$11.9M
The Corporation of the City of London	1	$9.8M
Regional Municipality of Waterloo	1	$9.3M
Regional Municipality of Durham	1	$8.7M
Regional Municipality of Niagara	1	$8.3M
The Regional Municipality of Halton	1	$8M
Capital Regional District	1	$7.2M
The Corporation of the City of Windsor	1	$7M
End Homelessness St. John's Inc.	1	$6.7M
United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island	2	$6.2M
The Corporation of the County of Simcoe	1	$6.2M
Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Programs, Inc	1	$5.9M
City of Abbotsford	2	$5.6M
Central Okanagan Foundation	1	$5.4M
Cairdeil Place Society	1	$4.7M
Namerind Housing Corporation	1	$4.6M
City of Chilliwack	2	$4.2M
City of Kamloops	1	$3.9M
City of Lethbridge	1	$3.8M
River Bank Development Corporation	1	$3.6M
City of Greater Sudbury	1	$3.6M
City of Red Deer	1	$3.5M
John Howard Society of PEI	1	$3.5M
United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington	1	$3.3M
The Corporation of the County of Lambton	1	$3.1M
Corporation of the County of Wellington	1	$3.1M
Medicine Hat Community Housing Society	1	$2.9M
United Way of Peterborough and District	1	$2.8M
Lakehead Social Planning Council	1	$2.6M
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo	1	$2.6M
The Corporation of the City of Brantford	1	$2.5M
Bathurst Youth Centre des Jeunes Inc.	1	$2.4M
City of Grande Prairie	1	$2.3M
Living Space North Against Poverty	1	$2.2M
City of Thompson	1	$2.1M
Corporation of the County of Hastings	1	$2.1M
District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board	1	$2M
Kenora District Services Board	1	$1.8M
District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board	2	$1.8M

Plus 2 agreements ($6.8M) 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.

Year	Agreements	Total
2019	50	$512M
2020	12	$106M
2021	3	$108M

By province

Province or territory	Agreements	Total
Ontario	27	$366M
Alberta	7	$131M
British Columbia	15	$124M
Manitoba	3	$38.3M
Nova Scotia	2	$21M
New Brunswick	4	$18.4M
Saskatchewan	4	$14.9M
Newfoundland and Labrador	2	$7.9M
Prince Edward Island	1	$3.5M

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient type	Agreements	Total
Government	35	$377M
Not-for-profit organizations and charities	29	$347M
Not stated by the department	1	$598K

Latest agreements

Start	Recipient	What for	Value
Jun 2021	District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board	Contribution	$1,346,160
Jun 2021	City Of Toronto	Contribution	$103,637,824
May 2020	Kenora District Services Board	Contribution	$1,845,267
May 2020	United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island	Contribution	$2,274,296
May 2020	City of Chilliwack	Chilliwack: A Collaborative Strategy to Prevent and Reduce Incidence of HomelessnessContribution	$1,717,778
May 2020	City of Chilliwack	Contribution	$2,469,254
May 2020	City of Abbotsford	Hub of the Fraser Valley Community Entity: Mobilizing System to Reduce HomelessnessContribution	$2,304,916
May 2020	City of Abbotsford	Hub of the Fraser Valley Community Entity: Mobilizing System to Reduce HomelessnessContribution	$3,304,587
May 2020	The Corporation of the County of Lambton	Contribution	$3,100,072
May 2020	Living Space North Against Poverty	Contribution	$2,199,744
Apr 2020	End Homelessness St. John's Inc.	Contribution	$6,690,449
Apr 2020	City of Prince George	Reaching Home - Designated Communities - Community Entity Prince GeorgeContribution	$587,574
Mar 2020	Lu'ma Native BCH Housing Society	Contribution	$74,407,242
Mar 2020	Namerind Housing Corporation	Contribution	$4,611,256
Apr 2019	Young Men's Christian Association	Contribution	$752,164
Apr 2019	Vancity Community Foundation	Reaching Home Community Entity - Greater Vancouver - Designated CommunitiesContribution	$11,923,876
Apr 2019	United Way of Peterborough and District	Contribution	$2,760,268
Apr 2019	United Way of Northern British Columbia	Contribution	$597,574
Apr 2019	United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington	Contribution	$3,301,773
Apr 2019	United Way Of Greater Toronto	Contribution	$14,939,619
Apr 2019	United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island	Contribution	$3,951,400
Apr 2019	Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Programs, Inc	Contribution	$5,851,979
Apr 2019	Saint John Human Development Council Inc.	Reaching Home FrederictonContribution	$4,650,809
Apr 2019	Saint John Human Development Council Inc.	Reaching Home Saint JohnContribution	$5,201,412
Apr 2019	Saint John Human Development Council Inc.	Reaching Home MonctonContribution	$6,148,349