• Elders' home, transitional housing among Nunavik priorities for new federal funds

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-30 16:34:17.0
  Tags: [National, Quebec, Housing, Indigenous, Healthcare, Seniors]

  The Government of Canada announced $130 million in funding for Inuit treaty organizations, with more than $32 million allocated to Makivvik to support regional priorities in Nunavik. Makivvik plans to put the funds toward a new elders' home in Kuujjuaq, Quebec, and transitional housing in Montreal, following the relocation of 13 elders due to structural issues at a previous facility. Additional allocations from the $130 million package include $16.9 million for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, $15.5 million for the Nunatsiavut government, and $65 million for Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated under the federal Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Fund.

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• Behchokǫ̀ woman fights brain cancer and an 8-year wait for housing

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-09 10:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Housing, Indigenous, Social Services, Healthcare]

  Phoebe Nadezo, a 49-year-old resident of Behchokǫ̀, Northwest Territories, has faced an eight-and-a-half-year wait for a social housing unit while battling brain cancer and homelessness since 2015. Housing N.W.T. reports that 168 applicants are currently on the social housing waitlist in Behchokǫ̀, where the average wait time is approximately two years. While Housing N.W.T. has cited recent initiatives—including five modular homes near completion, 10 units under construction, and a $480 million joint territorial-federal investment announced in July 2026 under Build Canada Homes for up to 560 units—local leaders like Monfwi MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong point to systemic failures, such as over 10 boarded-up detached homes sitting empty due to a lack of repair budgets.

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• Inuvik program to provide housing, transitional supports for men after addictions treatment

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-02 12:28:10.0
  Tags: [National, Housing, Social Services, Indigenous, Healthcare]

  The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation is preparing to open the Transitional Housing and Recovery Program (THARP) in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, featuring a four-bedroom house with eight beds. The facility aims to provide men returning from southern addictions treatment with safe housing, employment readiness training, after-care recovery support, land-based healing, and independent living skills. Program staff are completing training and navigating final government guidelines, with a projected opening as early as the end of the month.

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