An Historical Analysis of Canada's National Homelessness Programs

Are we making progress on realizing the right to housing?

Auteurs-es

  • Mary Anne Martin Research for Social Change Lab, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, 0000-0001-8559-7341
  • Naomi Nichols Department of Sociology, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, 0000-0001-6637-8186;
  • Samantha Blondeau Interdisciplinary Social Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, 0009-0002-4401-0561
  • Anika Rosen Department of Sociology, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada

Mots-clés :

itinérance, droit au logement, politique de logement, logements sociaux, politique fédérale de lutte contre l’itinérance

Résumé

Le Canada s’est engagé à garantir le droit au logement par le Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels en 1976 et ensuite par la Loi sur la stratégie nationale sur le logement en 2019. Néanmoins, l’augmentation de 88 % du nombre de personnes en situation d’itinérance à l’extérieur des refuges, entre 2018 et 2022, indique que le Canada ne parvient pas à concrétiser pleinement ce droit au logement par le seul biais des politiques et des programmes fédéraux. Dans cet article, nous analysons les initiatives nationales successives du Canada quant à l’itinérance, notamment la stratégie canadienne de lutte contre l’itinérance et le programme Vers un chez-soi, ainsi que leurs interventions principales : Logement d’abord et Accès coordonné. Nous visons à comprendre les raisons pour lesquelles les politiques et les programmes fédéraux existants n’ont pas permis de faire progresser le droit au logement. Notre travail s’ajoute à de nombreuses études sur ce sujet et offre une analyse historique des politiques de lutte contre l’itinérance au Canada, en proposant une évaluation critique du glissement vers une gouvernance fondée sur des données, notamment en lien avec l’adoption d’engagements législatifs visant à la concrétisation progressive du droit au logement.

Bibliographies de l'auteur-e

Mary Anne Martin, Research for Social Change Lab, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, 0000-0001-8559-7341

Mary Anne Martin is a Research Associate with the Research for Social Change Lab at Trent University.  

Naomi Nichols, Department of Sociology, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, 0000-0001-6637-8186;

Naomi Nichols is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair in Community-Partnered Social Justice at Trent University. She is also the founder and Director of the Research for Social Change Lab.

Samantha Blondeau, Interdisciplinary Social Research, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada, 0009-0002-4401-0561

Samantha Blondeau is a Senior Research Assistant at the Research for Social Change Lab at Trent University. 

Anika Rosen, Department of Sociology, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada

Anika Rosen is a Research Assistant at the Research for Social Change Lab at Trent University. 

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2025-12-30

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Martin, M. A., Nichols, N., Blondeau, S., & Rosen, A. (2025). An Historical Analysis of Canada’s National Homelessness Programs: Are we making progress on realizing the right to housing?. Canadian Review of Social Policy Revue Canadienne De Politique Sociale, 83. Consulté à l’adresse https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/40419

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Vol. 83 (2025)

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