Health · Healthcare & Policy · 8 hrs ago
Winnipeg to get mental health hospital and 2,000 housing units
Winnipeg is set to receive $1 billion to build a mental health and addictions hospital and transitional homes, according to Canada’s 2026 federal budget.
The plan includes 2,000 housing units, with the goal of having people move in by 2031.
It is based on Dunn House, a housing project in Toronto.
The budget says Dunn House recorded 52 per cent fewer emergency room visits and more than $2 million in savings.
The units are expected to include rooms, medical offices and shared spaces such as a kitchen and community room.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to end homelessness across Canada within a decade.
The Winnipeg site has not yet been chosen, and officials say they will look at locations across the city.
Winnipeg is set to receive $1 billion to build a mental health and addictions hospital and 2,000 transitional housing units.
The project is intended to replicate a Toronto housing model that was linked to fewer emergency room visits and millions of dollars in savings.
The location for the hospital and housing has not been determined.
The housing units are expected to include rooms, medical offices and shared spaces.
The goal is to have people settled in the housing by 2031.
- Who
- The federal government is funding the project; Winnipeg is set to receive the money.
- What
- A mental health and addictions hospital and 2,000 transitional housing units will be built.
- When
- The goal is to have people settled in the housing by 2031.
- Where
- Winnipeg; the specific location has not been determined.
- Why
- The project aims to provide housing and mental health and addictions care, drawing on a Toronto model linked to reduced emergency room visits and savings.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to end homelessness across the country within a decade at a news conference at Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn.
Winnipeg aims to have people settled in the housing units.
- Federal funding
- $1 billion
- Housing units
- 2,000
- Target
- People settled by 2031
- Toronto project
- Dunn House
- Emergency room visits
- 52 per cent reduction reported at Dunn House
- Savings
- More than $2 million reported at Dunn House
What people are saying
There is a huge cost to the status quo. The status quo is not working.
We’re gonna get it done right, and we’re gonna get it done quick — and the housing similarly for us to stand up 2,000 housing units and get people settled in by 2031 means we’re going to be looking everywhere.