Federal Government to Stop Housing Asylum Seekers in Hotels

A sign on an unpatrolled border street entering into Derby Line, Vermont, from Stanstead, Que., on Jan. 21, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi

The federal government is set to end its long-running program involving the funding of hotel rooms for asylum seekers.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that the hotel funding will end this fall. Federal funding has been used to house asylum seekers in hotel rooms across the country since 2017, costing Ottawa upward of $1.1 billion.