History and Origin of Calgary's 10 Year Plan

From 1994 to 2006, Calgary had Canada's fastest growing population of people experiencing homelessness, with nearly 3,500 people sleeping in shelters and outside in May 2006. In 2007, the Calgary Committee to End Homelessness (CCEH) was formed to create a 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness. The Plan was based on a 10 Year Plan model first introduced by the National Alliance to End Homelessness in the United States that was successfully reducing homelessness all over the U.S. Completed in January 2008, Calgary became the first city in Canada to have a Plan that committed the community to end homelessness.

In 2006, the National Alliance to End Homelessness issued the report "What is in Community Plans to End Homelessness," which helped guide the creation of Calgary's 10 Year Plan.

Calgary's Committee

The membership of the CCEH reflected the entire community. Representatives from front-line agencies, the private sector, the faith community, foundations, the Calgary Health Region, post-secondary education, the Aboriginal community, the City of Calgary, the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada came together and invested thousands of hours in research and collaboration.

During 2007, the CCEH held public consultations to gather input for the 10 Year Plan from all agency sectors addressing homelessness. View the summary document (PDF).

The CCEH handed over the 10 Year Plan to the Calgary Homeless Foundation to implement in January 2008. Following this the CCEH disbanded, though many members of the Leadership Committee continue to play an active role.

Calgary's 10 Year Plan

Calgary's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness was updated January 2011, to reflect learnings and community input from the first three years of implementation.

Refer to the original 10 Year Plan (published in 2008) here (PDF).