Chapter 3 · 3.2 Providing a bridge to tomorrow
Building the homes Canada needs
No cost lineLoans, equity or financing
No line of its own in the chapter cost table. Announced in the text without its own line in the chapter cost table: regulatory, already funded, or costed elsewhere. Amounts in the text below may be previously announced, funded from existing resources, or financing rather than budgetary cost.
What the budget says
“Rental construction is being supported by the Apartment Construction Loan Program, which has committed $32 billion in loans to support the construction of over 80,000 new rental homes across Canada.”
Budget 2026, p. 195 (PDF p. 209)
Key facts
- The Apartment Construction Loan Program has committed $32 billion in loans for more than 80,000 rental homes. Budget 2026, p. 195 (PDF p. 209)
Amounts named in the text
Stated amounts can cover different periods, cash or accrual bases, previously announced money and loans. They are not additive with the cost line above.
- $32 billion
- $12.2 billion
Also in this section
- Pillar 1: Putting Canada on a path to end homelessness in 10 years$11.2BProgram spendingHousingTradesPublic workHealth
- Pillar 2: Expand non-market housing$1.5BProgram spendingLoans, equity or financingHousingTradesInvestmentPublic work
- Turning federal lands and buildings into homes$1.55BProgram spendingHousingTradesInfrastructure & transportPublic work
- Pillar 3: Building a housing market that works for all$468MProgram spendingLoans, equity or financingHousingBusinessesTrades
- Helping Canadians get an affordable mortgage$13MProgram spendingHousing
- Securing a resilient food supply chain - National Food Security Strategy$1.58BProgram spendingInfrastructure & transport
- Securing a resilient food supply chain - Renewing the Local Food Infrastructure Fund$124MProgram spendingInfrastructure & transport
- Building the infrastructure that growing communities needno cost lineNo cost lineTradesInfrastructure & transportPublic work