TORONTO, November 9, 2026 — Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) welcomes the federal government’s ambitious new investments to tackle homelessness, expand supportive housing, and strengthen mental health and addictions services across Canada, including:
- $10 billion in capital funding to help build 25,000 new transitional and supportive housing units;
- $5 billion for a new Integrated Supports Fund to connect housing with health, mental health, addictions, and social supports;
- $2 billion for community mental health and addictions facilities to help people access care before reaching a crisis point;
- $1.2 billion in 27-28 to extend federal-provincial funding agreements for mental health and addictions services and home and community care.
Together, these investments bring us closer to building a system of profound support – a system where housing, health care, and community services work together to help people stay well in their communities.
“These are the kinds of investments AMHO has long been calling for,” said Jennifer Holmes Weier, CEO of Addictions and Mental Health Ontario. “Our members know what happens when people cannot access the mental health and addictions care and support they need. This budget presents a real opportunity to close longstanding gaps, strengthen mental health and addictions care, and help thousands of people live well.”
Last year, AMHO released Unlocking Solutions, a 10-year roadmap to address Ontario’s mental health and addictions supportive housing crisis. The plan includes a call to federal and provincial partners to work toward the development of at least 36,000 additional supportive housing units over the next decade.
For Ontario, this is a significant opportunity to build on investments such as HART Hubs and help more people get the housing, care and support they need. By working together, governments and community providers can turn these investments into more supportive homes, stronger services and healthier communities across the province.
Realizing the full potential of these investments will require governments and community partners to work closer together. New capital investments must be matched with sustainable operating funding, a long-term workforce plan, and the integrated mental health and addictions services needed to deliver the care communities are counting on.
AMHO is calling on all three levels of government to bring mental health and addictions health service providers to the table to help develop a coordinated implementation plan. Together, governments and mental health and addictions service providers can identify projects ready to move forward, align capital and operating investments, support workforce planning needs, and ensure these new resources have the greatest impact.
Building a system of profound support takes collaboration, planning, and the expertise of mental health and addictions care professionals. AMHO and our members have the knowledge, partnerships, and experience to build on this momentum, bring the right partners together, and move things forward.
We are ready to continue working with governments to turn these investments into more homes, stronger services, and healthier communities across the province.
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For more information, contact:
David Turnbull, Director of Public Affairs and Communications
Addictions and Mental Health Ontario
E: david.turnbull@amho.ca