Press Release Department: Federal - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

The governments of Quebec and Canada, the City of Roberval and the Corporation de développement des Premiers Peuples held the opening ceremony for Mishtik, a 24-unit social and affordable housing project for Indigenous families in Roberval, Que. The project represents an investment of $13.5 million. The Government of Canada contributed $3.8 million to the project under the second Canada-Quebec Rapid Housing Initiative Agreement. The full release is available … Read more

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released its Quarterly Financial Report showing an increase in demand for transactional homeowner mortgage insurance and continued strong demand for its multi-unit insurance products. For the period ending June 30, 2025, transactional homeowner units totalled 28,132, an increase of 28 per cent over the 22,038 units in the same period in … Read more

The government combined funding of over $8.5 million to establish transitional housing units for Métis women and children in St Andrews, Man. The full release is available online. Contact renee.proctor@infc.gc.ca. The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced a joint investment of $1 million to build four new affordable housing units in Swift Current, Sask., for individuals with brain injuries and seniors experiencing homelessness. The funding is delivered … Read more

The governments of Canada and Quebec, the City of Québec, and the Office municipal d’habitation de Québec, which is leading the project, marked the start of construction of Le Monterosso, a 20-unit affordable housing project for families, individuals and independent seniors to be built on Des Thuyas Street in Charlesbourg, Que. This project represents an investment of more than $7.7 million. Government contributions to … Read more

The Government of Canada, the Government of Quebec and the City of Montréal announced the first housing project in the Bridge-Bonaventure district. Developed in partnership with Broccolini, Bâtir son quartier and the housing non-profit Point Commun in the Pointe-Saint-Charles Northern Triangle, the project consists of a residential rental complex developed in two phases, whose total buildable area is divided … Read more

The governments of Canada and Quebec announced the first 11 projects and the consortiums selected for the rapid construction of the first batch of highly prefabricated housing for low- and moderate-income households. These highly prefabricated housing units will be built thanks to the $992 million from the federal government allocated to Québec through the Canada–Québec Agreement under the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), … Read more

The governments of Canada and Quebec, Desjardins, the City of Victoriaville, Que., and Innov Habitat Victo highlighted two advances in housing. They held an official groundbreaking for the L’Assomption project. A new 84-affordable-housing-unit living environment under development behind the Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption church. They also symbolically opened the Maison de chambres Albert, a healthy and safe environment that can house and support … Read more

The government announced an investment of over $7 million for the construction of 40 housing units in the village of Pugwash, N.S., through the Affordable Housing Fund (AHF). The full release is available online. Contact renee.proctor@infc.gc.ca.

The government announced an investment of over $20 million for the construction of 60 housing units in the Town of Stratford, PEI, through the Apartment Construction Loan Program (ACLP). The full release is available online. Contact renee.proctor@infc.gc.ca.

The six-month trend in housing starts increased (3.7 per cent) in July (263,088 units), according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend measure is a six-month moving average of the seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of total housing starts for all areas in Canada. Actual housing starts were up four per cent year-over-year in … Read more