Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Joint USask-City of Saskatoon research explores changing housing landscape
Dr. Scott Bell (PhD) has lived in Saskatoon for more than 25 years. Having watched the city grow for the past quarter century has given…
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Federal government and Northwest Territories invest in transportation infrastructure
The Government of Canada announced that four communities in the Northwest Territories will see improvements to their transportation infrastructure after an investment of $13,908,056 from…
Online summit tackles issue of how to address housing construction crisis
By Grant Cameron Government-related taxes, fees and levies on new housing must be reduced and approval times for projects must be shortened as production and…
Province invests $30M in critical infrastructure to help build homes in Brampton
The Government of Ontario announced it is investing up to $29.7 million to enable the construction of 12,900 new homes in the City of Brampton.…
ICBC headquarters will be transformed into hundreds of homes near transit
The Government of British Columbia announced that ICBC’s North Vancouver headquarters property will be transformed into hundreds of new homes for people, close to services,…
Every new home requires $100K in infrastructure spending: CUI report
In a newly released report, A Jump Start: Providing Infrastructure for More Housing, the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) is proposing four new approaches to investing…
Federal government lays out ambitious housing plans in Budget 2024
The federal government’s Budget 2024, previewed with numerous announcements over the past few weeks, not surprisingly was heavy with housing-related spending, with Justin Trudeau’s Liberals…
Federal government announces new $6B Housing Infrastructure Fund
The Government of Canada has announced the new $6 billion Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund to help support the cost of building infrastructure that supports new…
Canada Infrastructure Bank launches Infrastructure for Housing Initiative
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) introduced its Infrastructure for Housing Initiative (IHI), designed to help address the infrastructure constraints which are limiting new housing construction.…
Federal government lays the foundation to change how Canada builds homes
The Government of Canada announced consultations that will begin in early January 2024 on a housing design catalogue initiative, building on the work already being done…
Housing challenge is also an infrastructure challenge: FCM
New research commissioned by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) estimates that, on average across the country, the cost of the municipal infrastructure required to…
Housing top of mind in federal government’s fall economic statement
The federal government released a housing-focused fall economic statement that promised to deliver 101,000 new homes by 2032. Starting in the next fiscal year, Ottawa…
Solutions to housing supply crisis will be explored at free online summit
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is hosting a free online housing summit Oct. 12, 2023, to spark innovative discussions and discuss what needs to be done…
Ontario creating $1.2B housing incentive fund, expanding ‘strong mayor powers’
The Government of Ontario announced it is launching the Building Faster Fund, a new three-year, $1.2 billion program that provides significant new funding based on…
Ontario funds supportive housing project in Mississauga
The Ontario government announced it is providing $270,000 in operational funding for rent supplements and mental health and addictions support services for 40 new supportive…
Toronto mayoral hopefuls asked to consider actions to boost housing supply
A leading construction association is proposing that Toronto mayoral candidates consider three actions that could be taken to speed up residential construction and boost the…
Builders say feds must ante up more funds for housing and related infrastructure
A pair of construction associations are calling on the federal government to do its part and begin investing more of the tax revenue it collects…
North America’s first multi-storey 3D printed building erected in Ontario
Canadian 3D construction printing company, nidus3D, announced completion of the printing of a two-storey building on Wolfe Island, near Kingston, Ontario, the first multi-story 3D…
Virtual summit being held to generate solutions to housing crisis
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is hosting a free virtual summit on March 3, 2022, to examine what caused the current housing crisis and explore short-…
MZOs are necessary to speed approvals process: industry association
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is disappointed at an Ontario Divisional Court ruling today which indicates that the provincial government erred in failing to consult…
Housing crisis must remain an election priority, says construction group
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) said it is pleased that the country’s housing crisis is shaping up to be a key issue on…