Build Canada Homes
Driving long-term affordable housing solutions
Canada's housing crisis is too big to solve with a business-as-usual approach. That's why the federal government is taking a bold new approach with unprecedented investments, to increase housing supply in Canada.
Build Canada Homes is a new federal agency that will build affordable housing at scale. It will leverage public lands, offer flexible financial incentives, attract private capital, facilitate large portfolio projects, and support modern manufacturers to build the homes that Canadians need.
What makes us different?
Build Canada Homes will work differently. By combining flexible financial tools, land access, and development expertise under one roof, we will make it simpler and faster to get big projects off the ground. By prioritizing modern methods of construction such as factory-build housing, we will spark a more productive homebuilding industry.
Build Canada Homes has three primary functions:
Build affordable homes
Lead the planning, management, and construction of affordable housing, fast-tracking large-scale housing projects across the country—in collaboration with partners—bringing more homes to Canadians, faster
Finance affordable homes
Provide predictable, low-cost financing to support non-market and Indigenous housing providers to grow affordable and community housing in Canada
Catalyze the housing industry
Help generate demand for innovative and sustainable building methods like factory-built and prefabricated construction—helping manufacturers scale up, strengthen supply chains, and create sustainable jobs
Let's build together!
Build Canada Homes is ready to partner with organizations committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing across Canada.
Latest announcements
Delivering on funding for urban, rural and northern Indigenous housing
April 24, 2026 - The Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy is a $4-billion federal investment to support Indigenous housing in urban, rural and northern communities, through a balance of Indigenous-led funding agreements and open, project-based funding for Indigenous housing projects.
Prime Minister Carney delivers on commitment to accelerate homebuilding in Ottawa
April 23, 2026 - Canada’s new government recently forged a new federal-municipal housing partnership with the City of Ottawa to build up to 3,000 new mixed-income, affordable homes. Delivering on that commitment, the Prime Minister today announced that Build Canada Homes has approved eight affordable housing projects that will build over 1,100 new rental homes in the City of Ottawa – exceeding initial targets by nearly 10%.
77 new housing units inalbec communities thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding between Canada and Quebec
April 9, 2026 - Today, the Honourable Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada, and Agnès Grondin, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Member of National Assembly for Argenteuil on behalf of Caroline Proulx, Minister responsible for Housing and Minister responsible for Status of Women, announced the approval of three community-based residential projects that will result in the construction of 77 new housing units to meet the needs of the important housing for independent seniors, people in vulnerable situations and women living in violent situations.
Build Canada Homes early investments and initiatives - October 17, 2025
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