Canada adds $130 million for Inuit housing, bringing four treaty organizations to $327.8 million under the strategy

OTTAWA — The federal government announced on October 30 that it will add $130 million in housing funding for Inuit Treaty Organizations. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty and Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty announced the top-up in Kuujjuaq, Quebec, through the Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy.

A $130 million top-up, $327.8 million in total

Officials say the top-up builds on $197.5 million already allocated, bringing the total for the four Inuit Treaty Organizations under the strategy to $327.8 million. The $130,268,447 allocated over five years under the general regional funding formula goes to the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation ($16,934,898), Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. ($65,264,492), Makivvik ($32,567,112) and the Nunatsiavut Government ($15,501,945).

Inuit-led solutions, decisions in community hands

The funding will support Inuit-led housing projects and related measures, including new construction, repairs and renovations, transitional housing, shelters, housing navigators, rent subsidies, short-term housing for students, and housing supports for vulnerable people, Elders and students. Officials stress there is no one-size-fits-all approach: the treaty organizations will decide how best to provide housing for Inuit no matter where they live in Canada. Alty said supporting Inuit-led solutions puts decision-making in the hands of Inuit partners and communities.

Part of a $4 billion strategy

The Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy is a $4 billion federal investment combining Indigenous-led funding agreements with open, project-based funding; close to $1.7 billion of it will be delivered by Build Canada Homes. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said direct investment in rights-holding organizations has proven efficient and has greater impact in communities. Pita Aatami, president of Makivvik, welcomed the additional investment and noted Makivvik is already using strategy funding for initiatives including a transitional house for women and children in Montreal and an associated rental assistance program.

This report is compiled from the Government of Canada news release of October 30, 2026; specific construction and repair plans for each community remain subject to later announcements by the treaty organizations.