MAKING SOUND INVESTMENTS
FOR WORTHWHILE RESULTS
In 2024-2025, Centraide invested $70.2 million in 375 agencies and projects to help Greater Montreal communities.
These investments go to four key areas:
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Breaking the cycle of poverty
Growing up poor increases the risk of accumulating problems throughout life. Starting from birth, children born to poor families are disadvantaged. Poverty has impacts on their well-being, development, academic success, lifestyle and health. They’re more likely to start school with delays and drop out before graduating. Without a diploma, they risk making lower incomes, having worse living conditions, and getting caught up in a cycle of poverty that will be hard to keep their children out of as well.
Our approach
By creating conditions that foster the well-being and development of young people, we can break the cycle of poverty and offer young people, and their own children, a better future.
Our actions are aimed at
- Promote childhood development
- Support academic and social success
- Support parents and families
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Meeting the essentials
Many people can no longer meet their basic needs. Financial hardships, the high cost of living, and other factors all contribute to this worrisome reality. More and more people face precarious housing situations and have to cope with excessive rents or unhealthy conditions. Food insecurity is reaching unprecedented levels in Greater Montreal. People’s mental health is also affected, as they have limited access to help and support services.
Our approach
By meeting basic needs, we guarantee decent living conditions so that everyone can go about their daily lives, build a future, and play an active role in society.
Our actions are aimed at
- Improve access to decent, affordable housing
- Reinforce food security
- Prevent and reduce homelessness
- Help people budget and improve their financial literacy
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Supporting marginalized groups
Some groups are more at risk of experiencing poverty and social exclusion due to a specific hardship (job loss, family issues, mental health problems, difficult immigration journey, etc.) or because of their identity or condition (sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnocultural background, etc.).
Our approach
By supporting marginalized groups, we create inclusive communities in which everyone feels valued, respected and fully included, regardless of their situation or identity. We fight prejudice, discrimination and inequality that can exclude certain population groups.
Our actions are aimed at
- Defend rights and promote the inclusion of marginalized groups
- Provide support to people living with mental health issues
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Reinforcing leadership and skills development
Thanks in particular to their roundtables, all of Greater Montreal’s neighbourhoods are working to create environments that help community agencies and other social partners to share values and work together for our collective well-being. A focus on cooperation helps everyone better meet the challenges they face. This collective action also encourages citizen and community involvement to let residents actively contribute to local life and social change.
Our approach
By strengthening the leadership and skills of community agencies and collective bodies, we are reinforcing the social fabric to further combat poverty and social exclusion in Greater Montreal’s neighbourhoods.
Our actions are aimed at
- Stimulate volunteer involvement and action
- Improve community life in neighbourhoods
- Equip community stakeholders through skill building