The City of Ottawa is pointing out several statistics showing promising stories of people getting out of homelessness, but thousands are still waiting.
According to a memo sharing the 2025 Housing and Homelessness Plan Progress Report, which is an update to the previous 10-year plan, staff note that there are “ongoing pressures and complex challenges in 2025.”
However, “significant” progress, they note, was still made to help people out of homelessness.
1,017 households housed from the Centralized Wait List
1,037 households housed from the shelter system
109 unsheltered individuals housed
388 households housed through the Housing First program
193 households housed through the Indigenous Housing First Program
525 low-income households housed through new housing benefits
31 affordable and 48 supportive housing units completed
907 affordable and 87 supportive housing units under construction as of December
31, 2025
One of the key indicators is how long it takes for people needing subsidized housing to receive it.