Grants and Contributions

The project includes a garden with plantings to support land-based learning, trees and bushes to provide shade and privacy and an orchard for the communities’ use. The project will also create a pathway, gathering space with naturalized seating including a space dedicated to Indigenous teachings and ceremonies.

This project will utilize both man-made infrastructure alongside the implementation of natural vegetation and plants to secure the quickly recessing shoreline at Sagkeeng First Nation.

The DASCH Centre will include the construction of a new addition adjacent to the existing building at 1605 Buffalo Place, Winnipeg. This Project will result in a single, unified, purpose-built centre where support programs for people living with intellectual disabilities will be delivered. The new building will have architectural features to minimize challenges, promote health & well-being, encourage social inclusion and economic participation for people with intellectual disabilities. The center will greatly increase accessibility and promote social connections between the people DASCH serves, their families, staff and members of the greater Winnipeg community.

The Government of Canada announced $6 billion over 10 years in Budget 2024 for the new Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund to accelerate the construction and upgrading of housing-enabling drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste infrastructure, directly supporting the creation of new homes and increasing densification.

Located at 450 Portage Avenue in Winnepeg, Manitoba, the Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn “It Is Visible”, Southern Chiefs’ Organization Hudsons’s Bay Proposal Project consists of a retrofit on the historic Hudson’s Bay building, in order to operate their essential program and services in an Urban Indigenous setting. Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is one of the largest First Nation aggregates in Canada, and one that works very closely and at the direction of its Chiefs. Approximately 35,000 Anishinaabe and Dakota people of the 80,500 First Nation citizens live off-reserve, most of them living in Winnipeg. SCO is a high-capacity organization with the ability to deliver for Southern Chiefs, its citizens, and Canada. The SCO Project will improve the energy efficiency through mechanical system and building envelope upgrades. The retrofitted Hudson’s Bay building will also include accessibility features including improved elevator access and accessible washrooms. The structure will provide open space and accessibility for community services to the public and SCO’s 33 Anishinaabe and Dakota First Nations of 83,000 citizens. Winnipeg has the largest indigenous population in Canada and this Project will enable SCO to continue to deliver community needs of essential programs and services supporting their off-reserve band members living away from their communities.

The Unsheltered Homelessness and Encampments Initiative will address unsheltered homelessness and encampments by providing funding and coordinating with other orders of government to increase housing supply, affordability, and improve access to vital services. To accomplish this, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada is working with provinces, territories and municipalities on the delivery of this initiative to maximize alignment, select communities and confirm commitments to support and fund community-level efforts.

The retrofit of a community facility in Winnipeg, MB that will include mechanical system upgrades for improved energy efficiency, structural reinforcement, exterior envelope enhancement, elevator installation, tailored interior partitions, refreshed finishes, universal washroom construction, electrical and life/safety system upgrades, new ramp construction for main entrance access, and other measures for enhanced energy efficiency, climate resilience, and code compliance.

To address the shortage of affordable housing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by assessing the viability of social-purpose infrastructure of NGOs and developing partnerships with housing providers.

Reaching Home. This is accomplished by mobilizing partners at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, and other stakeholders, to address barriers to well-being faced by those who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness. 

Communities across Canada that have a significant issue with homelessness and will have increased supports for their vulnerable populations through Reaching Home. This is accomplished by mobilizing partners at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, and other stakeholders, to address barriers to well-being faced by those who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.