This report presents descriptions of successful Canadian public and private programs to aid the homeless and alleviate homelessness as part of participation in the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH). Part 1, "The International Year of Shelter for the Homeless," includes the following: (1) objectives; (2) global conditions of the IYSH; (2) sources of homelessness in Canada; (4) numerical estimates; and (5) profile of Canada's homeless. Part 2, "Canadian Initiatives during the International Year," includes a general discussion of regional initiatives, and a list of the names of and participants in 15 traditional volunteer programs. Part 3, "Selected Canadian Solutions," includes the criteria for selecting the demonstration programs, and 17 detailed program descriptions. Information provided for each program, in addition to its name, location, capacity, and geographic scale, includes the following: (1) purpose, duration, and the relevant combination of the six possible public and private partners; (2) type of initiative and principal objective; (3) the source of the homelessness addressed, the homeless groups targeted, and the type of solution demonstrated; and (4) lessons learned from preliminary evaluations. Part 4, "A Framework for Action beyond the International Year," discusses issues common to all programs of shelter for the poor and homeless. Black and white photographs and blueprints of the housing units for the various homeless groups accompany many of the descriptions. Line drawings portraying the homeless in their daily search for shelter, food, clothing and dignity of life are included. A copy of the proclamation of the Mayor of the City of Vancouver (British Columbia) declaring "Shelter for the Homeless Day" is also included. A list of 40 references and a 141-item bibliography are included. (FMW)