Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced the recipients of the 2025 Housing Research Awards. These awards recognize research excellence and provide funding to support work that will generate data and insights needed to address housing challenges in Canada. “For 80 years, CMHC has led housing construction innovation and knowledge development to meet the housing needs … Read more
The federal government, announced over $86 million in funding to help build 271 affordable, secure, rental homes in Toronto, Ont. Regent Park Phase 4A is one of the later stages of the multi-phase redevelopment of Regent Park by the City of Toronto and Toronto Community Housing, focused on continuing the transformation of the neighborhood into a … Read more
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its new Housing Affordability Composite Index (HACI), showing that while affordability pressures have eased at the national level since 2023, they remain near historic highs in several major centres. This includes Ottawa, Montréal, Que., and Halifax, N.S., further reinforcing that Canada’s housing affordability challenges extend well beyond Toronto … Read more
The governments of Canada and Québec, the City of Laval, and the Corporation d’habitation Laval marked the start of Habitation Palerme in Laval, Que., a housing project that will include 31 new social and affordable housing units for individuals, independent seniors and people living with a physical disability. The total investment for this project is just … Read more
The governments of Canada and Quebec, in collaboration with Mission Unitaînés and the City of Saguenay, Que.,, broke ground this afternoon on a 100-unit affordable housing project for independent seniors. This new living environment at the intersection of Rene-Lévesque Boulevard and Saint-Émilie Street is part of the second phase of projects led by Mission Unitaînés, which aims to deliver 600 additional … Read more
The Government of Canada announced a contribution of over $24 million in funding to support the delivery of 30 transitional and 10 social housing units in Yellowknife, N.W.T., for individuals at risk of homelessness. This funding, combined with an incremental Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) investment for an additional 24 social housing units, will deliver a total of 64 affordable … Read more
The federal government, along with the Province of British Columbia celebrate the opening of 17 new homes for members of shíshálh Nation supported by $3 million in combined funding. Located at 5342 Smaylilh Way, the units include ten single-family homes relocated from Port Moody to prepared lots on the Selma Park subdivision on shíshálh Nation land. The full release … Read more
The federal and provincial governments announced over $510,000 in combined funding through the Canada–Ontario Community Housing Initiative (COCHI) an initiative from the Canada-Ontario Bilateral Agreement under the National Housing Strategy. Caledonia 3 is located at 1B Lions Road in Dutton, Ont., and is a new three-storey apartment building. The project includes 33 new units for seniors, with … Read more
The federal government, along with the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, announced over $53 million in combined funding to build 104 new transitional and supportive housing beds and to retrofit the 45 existing emergency beds already operating at 1635 Dundas St. E. in Whitby, Ont. This project transformed a former long-term care home into … Read more
The governments of Quebec and Canada and the Municipality of Saint-Tite-des-Caps marked the reconstruction of 13 low-rent social housing units for seniors that were destroyed by a September 2023 fire in Saint-Tite-des-Caps, Que. The project represents an investment of $3,750,000. The full release is available online. Contact renee.proctor@infc.gc.ca.
