Wednesday, February 25, 2026
The government of the Northwest Territories is calling for community governments to apply to the Northwest Territories Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund (NWT CHIF).
Projects forecasted to start in 2026 must be submitted by Feb. 28 and applications for projects starting in 2027 must be submitted by June 30.
The $74 million in funding available is intended for essential water, wastewater and solid waste projects to support new housing development in the Northwest Territories, an NWT government release said.
The money is available under a ten-year agreement between the federal government and the NWT and the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund agreement with the NWT government was finalized in March 2025, the release said.
Eligible projects for the NWT CHIF include planning or capital projects that would plan, build or upgrade:
- drinking water infrastructure,
- wastewater infrastructure,
- stormwater infrastructure, or
- solid waste infrastructure.
Eligible projects must be identified in a community government’s current capital plan and:
- directly enable new housing supply or preserve existing housing capacity,
- support public infrastructure,
- demonstrate how the investment in infrastructure will remove barriers to enable housing supply in the short term,
- be at least $1 million in total eligible costs,
- demonstrate a high level of project readiness, and
- be substantially completed by September 2031.
Only expenditures incurred after a project is approved are eligible for reimbursement, the release said.
Instructions on how to apply are available here.
