BRAMPTON, ON (November 26, 2025) – Peel Region’s Community Investment Program, in partnership with United Way Greater Toronto, is proud to announce the launch of three targeted capacity-building initiatives designed to strengthen Black-led, Black-serving, and Black-focused (B3) not-for-profit organizations across Peel.

These programs deliver on Peel’s 2025 commitment to support B3 organizations through leadership development, organizational sustainability, and enhanced community impact.

The three capacity-building programs include:

1. Evaluation Training Workshops – Delivered by the Network for the Advancement of Black Communities (NABC), these sessions equip Peel B3 Fund recipients with tools and skills to evaluate and measure the impact of their programs.
2. Capacity Building with Afrocentric Approaches – Led by the Black Canadian Fundraisers’ Collective (BCFC), this training series supports organizational growth and leadership development through Afrocentric frameworks, ensuring culturally relevant and responsive approaches. This series is open to all not-for-profit organizations in Peel with priority given to B3 not-for-profit organizations. For more information on session topics and registration, visit B3 capacity building series: B3 capacity building series – peelregion.ca.
3. Board Leadership and Organizational Strengthening – Facilitated by TAIBU Community Health Centre, this program helps Peel B3 Fund recipients strengthen their boards, build leadership capacity, expand access to funding, and plan for long-term sustainability.

BRAMPTON, ON. (Nov. 19, 2025) – Regional Council discussions of Peel’s 2026 Operating and Capital Budgets begin tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m.

Budget presentations will be as follows:

• Nov. 20 – Presentation for Peel Regional Police followed by the Peel Budget Corporate Overview presentation.
• Nov. 27 – Presentations for select Peel Region Services.
• Dec. 4 – Presentations for Regionally Financed External Organizations: Credit Valley Conservation, and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Visit the 2026 Budget page for more information and to view videos for services.

The Regional Council Budget meetings are open to the public and residents may attend. The meetings will also be live streamed on peelregion.ca.

The proposed 2026 Regional Operating and Capital Budget is available at peelregion.ca/budget.

BRAMPTON, Ont. – November 14, 2025. Today, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced approximately $103.5 million in funding for Peel Region through the Interim Housing Assistance Program (IHAP). This funding will strengthen long-term shelter capacity, continue supports for asylum claimants experiencing homelessness, and enable a future capital acquisition for a dedicated asylum claimant family site.

Peel Region will receive approximately $103.5 million of the $105.6 million requested for the period from January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2027.

Securing 98 per cent of the eligible requested amount reflects recognition of Peel Region’s leadership, innovation, and proven ability to deliver results. This significant federal investment enables Peel Region to purchase and renovate a site to support asylum claimant families, creating a sustainable alternative to costly hotel accommodations.

The Peel Reception Centre has been fully open for 9 months and remains one of Canada’s largest shelters dedicated solely to asylum claimants experiencing homelessness. We will continue stabilizing our family operations, collaborating with the community, and providing wrap around supports that focus on housing and employment supports to asylum claimants as they begin their Canadian journey.

Learn more about Peel’s asylum claimant response.

BRAMPTON, ON (November 14, 2025) – Peel Region is pleased to announce $450,878 in annual funding from Ontario Health to support the Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO) program for the Central West region. This annual funding will expand Long-Term Care (LTC) BSO mobile services across 23 LTC homes, improving support for residents, families, and LTC staff.

In collaboration with system partners, Peel Region, as the BSO Lead Agency for Central West, plays a pivotal role in the design and delivery of coordinated behavioural supports for older adults with, or at risk of, responsive behaviours and personal expressions related to dementia, complex mental health conditions, substance use and other neurological conditions.

In Ontario, 70% of long-term care residents live with dementia; 75% of these individuals will experience behavioural and psychological symptoms associated with this condition. The Ministry of Long-Term Care estimates that 250,000 Ontarians currently live with dementia and that number is expected to increase to 430,000 by 2038.

This funding allows Peel Region, along with other health service providers, to expand and integrate a multidisciplinary BSO mobile team to achieve the following Quintuple Aim outcomes:

• Improved access to care and ability to meet service needs
• Improved quality of care and enhanced staff and caregiver capacity
• Accessible and equitable support across the Central West region
• Decrease in 1:1 staffing needs, emergency department visits, and hospital admissions through enhanced care plans

As the BSO Lead Agency for Central West over the past year, Peel Region has also actively engaged partners to:

• Implement a strategic education and training plan that ensures staff complete core programs and participate in regular cross-sector learning events.
• Design robust performance metrics aligned with provincial data standards supported by simplified data collection, staff training, and automated analysis.

This work aligns with Peel Region’s 2024-2029 Seniors Services Strategic Plan, which includes a strategic goal aimed at facilitating integrated care through purposeful internal and external collaborations, and with Health Services’ vision of Building a Healthier Community Together.

BRAMPTON, ON (November 14, 2025) – Peel Region supported a record 46,970 households with housing and supports in 2024, 13,000 more than the previous year, according to the 2024 Housing Services Annual Report presented to Peel Region Council yesterday.

The report highlights major progress under Peel’s 10-year Housing and Homelessness Plan, with 27 of 36 actions completed and thousands of residents helped to find and keep housing they can afford.

Key highlights

• Record support: 46,970 households received housing and supports in 2024, up 38 per cent from 2023.
• New homes: since 2018, Peel and its partners have created 966 community, supportive and emergency housing units, with another 1,290 underway, including 440 in pre-development.
• Housing supports: more than 9,000 households received case management and wraparound supports through Peel’s Housing First approach.
• Portable subsidies: 553 new in 2024 – now more than 4,000 Peel households receive regional or provincial portable rental subsidies, helping residents afford rent in the private rental market and avoid homelessness.
• Maintaining homes: 72 per cent of community housing units are now in good repair, up from 57 per cent in 2023.

Peel’s Housing and Homelessness Plan guides long-term improvements across eight focus areas, from expanding supportive housing and building new supply to improving data systems and strengthening service delivery.

Through its Community Housing Development Program, Peel has committed more than $380 million to build a portfolio of nine projects across Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga, adding new shelter spaces and more than 950 affordable or supportive housing units.

These include the Surveyor family Shelter in Mississauga, completed in early 2024, and Credit River Way, a 150-unit affordable rental development that opened later in the year. Peel’s Housing First model and coordinated access system continue to connect residents experiencing homelessness to stable housing and supports.

Since 2018, Peel has also invested nearly $78 million in capital grants to six non-profit organizations, helping to build or expand almost 300 community and supportive housing units. Through the Peel Affordable Rental Incentives Program (PARIP), Peel continues to partner with private and non-profit developers to create new affordable rentals. In 2024, The Daniels Corporation, Choice Properties, and Peel partnered with Kerry’s Place and Mary Centre to create six accessible units in Brampton’s Uniti development for individuals with autism and developmental disabilities.

Peel’s work is backed by record federal investments, including a $276 million co-investment agreement with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and $103.5 million from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through the Interim Housing Assistance Program to support asylum claimants and expand long-term shelter capacity.

Despite this progress, housing affordability remains one of Peel’s most urgent challenges. In 2024, one in five Peel households (101,516) were in core housing need, with the housing system currently meeting less than 17 per cent of that need. The Centralized Waiting List grew to 35,937 households, an 11 per cent increase from 2023.

To address this need, Peel continues to advance the HOME Advocacy Framework, endorsed by Peel Region Council, which calls for higher levels of government to:

• Expand income and social supports so residents are not forced to choose between housing and other basic needs.
• Maximize supply through new and existing non-profit and supportive housing.
• Treat homes as places to live, not as speculative assets.
• Offer more funding for wraparound supports because housing stability depends on more than supply.

Peel will update its 10-year Housing and Homelessness Plan in 2026 to build on these achievements and respond to growing demand. Council’s proposed 2026 budget includes a plan for $1.5 billion in capital investments through 2035 to expand deeply affordable and supportive housing.

Quotations

“Housing is the foundation for stability, health and dignity. Under the leadership of Council and our Housing Services team, Peel has built a nationally recognized housing system rooted in compassion, innovation and impact. We are proud to be leading the way in creating sustainable, affordable housing solutions for our growing community.”

Nando Iannicca, Regional Chair and CEO, Peel Region.

“Behind every number is a person – a senior, a newcomer, a family – whose life has changed because of the care and coordination of Peel’s housing system. This report reflects the dedication of a first-class Housing Services team that works every day to ensure everyone in Peel has a place to call home.”

Steve Jacques, Commissioner of Human Services, Peel Region.

“The progress outlined in this report represents years of determined effort and collaboration. Completing 27 of 36 actions in our Housing and Homelessness Plan, delivering nearly a thousand new units, and supporting more than 47,000 households are milestones that matter. But the real achievement is in the system we’ve built: data-driven, coordinated, and focused on lasting results for residents who need housing the most.”

Aileen Baird, Senior Director, Housing Services, Peel Region.