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 says it will be ending its long-running funding of hotel rooms for asylum seekers this fall.

Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has been housing asylum seekers in hotel rooms around Ontario and Quebec since 2017, a program that has cost around $1.1 billion.