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Feds spend over $2.6B on asylum seeker housing since 2017

The federal government has spent more than $2.6 billion on housing asylum seekers since 2017, including $1.1 billion on hotel accommodations.

Walid Tamtam
Jul 26, 2025
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The federal government has spent more than $2.6 billion on housing asylum seekers since 2017, including $1.1 billion on hotel accommodations and $1.5 billion in transfers to provinces and cities to manage shelter costs amid record-high arrivals.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada began block-booking hotel rooms in 2017 as a tem…

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