Below, you can find all of our resources and webinar information in one place.
Federal Government
Solving The Housing Crisis: Canada’s Housing Plan
Canada’s Housing Plan is making housing more attainable and affordable for Canadians, because everyone deserves a place to call home.
Climate Toolkit for Housing and Infrastructure
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) is implementing an initiative to help communities across Canada build resilient and low-carbon housing and infrastructure.
The Climate Toolkit for Housing and Infrastructure provides a suite of open-access tools, resources, and support services to help infrastructure owners and decision-makers develop projects that build resilience and contribute to Canada’s path to net-zero emissions.
Active transportation refers to the movement of people or goods powered by human activity. It includes walking, cycling and the use of human-powered or hybrid mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, scooters, e-bikes, rollerblades, snowshoes, cross-country skis, and more.
Codes, Standards, and Guidance for Climate Resilience
Canada’s rapidly changing climate and related hazards are taking a toll on the service and durability of infrastructure and buildings and the safety and security of Canadians and their homes.
Investment, location, design and operational decisions all provide key opportunities to include considerations related to climate resilience. Climate-informed decisions can lower the total cost of asset ownership, increase service reliability (fewer power outages) and better protect communities.
Accessible-Ready Modular and Prefabricated Housing
This technical guide is intended for all Government of Canada departments, agencies, and federally regulated entities, as well as anyone seeking guidance to improve accessibility in this area.
Rental markets, housing markets, household characteristics, finance, securitization and core housing need.
Support for prefabricated homes and modular construction
Helping increase housing supply requires boosting productivity in the residential construction industry and building smarter and faster, with governments and businesses working together. CMHC has enhanced its mortgage loan insurance policies to better support the financing of prefabricated homes and modular construction, for both homeowners and multi-unit developers.
PreFab Plus for homeowner mortgage loan insurance
Modular Construction for multi-unit mortgage loan insurance
Housing Market Information Portal
This portal offers free, easy-to-use access to the latest housing market data for Canada.
Provincial Government
Nova Scotia 2022-2025 National Housing Strategy Action Plan
Nova Scotia Action for Housing
A 5-year plan to help Nova Scotians access safe housing that they can afford and meets their diverse needs.
Provincial Housing Needs Assessment Report
The Provincial Housing Needs Assessment Report confirms how housing needs are changing in our province. More people are choosing to live in Nova Scotia. While that’s good news for the province, significant growth puts pressure on the housing market. We know the growing population and housing supply shortage is most prominent in Halifax Regional Municipality but is also impacting all other regions of the province.
Nova Scotia’s Provincial Housing Needs Assessment Report – Key Findings
Municipal Government
Town of Antigonish Housing Needs Assessment
The housing needs assessment helps us to understand the current and anticipated housing conditions across a given geography, in the case of this report, the Town of Antigonish.
Generally, this work strengthens the ability of local stakeholders and governments to:
• Identify current and future housing needs and
• Identify existing and projected gaps in housing supply
Municipality of the County of Antigonish
The housing needs assessment helps us to understand the current and anticipated housing conditions across a given geography, in the case of this report, the Municipality of the County of Antigonish.
Generally, this work strengthens the ability of local stakeholders and governments to:
• Identify current and future housing needs and
• Identify existing and projected gaps in housing supply
Engineering
KNOW THE CODE: Understanding the Nova Scotia Building Code
Practical three-day training program designed to help participants develop or strengthen their understanding of the Nova Scotia Building Code and build confidence in navigating and applying code requirements.
Previous building code experience is not required.
The training is open to anyone located in Nova Scotia, including builders, renovators, tradespeople, building officials, designers, students, and people exploring a career in construction. You do not need to be a CHBA NS member or have previous industry experience. Virtual options also available.
Register here: Antigonish – January 12-14, 2027
Wood Solutions Conference: Moncton 2026
WoodWorks Atlantic and the Canadian Wood Council are pleased to present the Wood Solutions Conference in Moncton this fall.
November 18, 2026
09:00 AM – 04:30 PM EDT (2 days)
Tall Wood Feasibility Study: Mass Timber and Concrete explores the economic, construction, and environmental performance of a proposed 12-storey residential development in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee Protocol (PIEVC)
A tool developed by Engineers Canada with support from Natural Resources Canada, to assist engineers in factoring climate change impacts into plans for design, operation and maintenance of public infrastructure in Canada.
What’s next for rural housing innovation?
Mitacs – Innovation Insight: Prefabricated mass timber housing designed to meet the needs of northern and rural communities.
Knowledge Hubs
Canada
CMHC’s Expert Community on Housing (ECoH)
The Expert Community on Housing, or ECoH, is a diverse, collaborative community working together to scale housing solutions. The network includes leaders and collaborators from both inside and outside the housing sector.
Community Housing Canada is a research partnership dedicated to enhancing the capacity and sustainability of social and affordable housing in Canada.
A leading source of research on homelessness in Canada, with a library of more than 30,000 resources.
Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is a non-partisan research and policy partnership based out of York University.
The Housing Knowledge Centre features a collection of published housing literature, publications, statistics and research totalling some 60,000 titles. New documents are added regularly. It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive library of housing literature in Canada.
Nova Scotia
Building to Zero Exchange (BTZx)
BTZx serves as a rallying point for the full building spectrum to reach our net-zero targets collectively.
Research & Reports
Blueprint For More and Better Housing
The Task Force for Housing & Climate was struck in 2023 to identify policy solutions for adding 5.8 million new homes by 2030 that are affordable, low-carbon and resilient.
That’s more than one third of our existing housing supply all over again. While there’s no question this is a generational challenge, it’s also a historic opportunity to build more and better housing for a fast-growing population of homeowners, renters, seniors, young families, students and precariously housed.
Time for Action on Homelessness in Eastern Nova Scotia: A Service Based Homelessness Count
The purpose of this count is to understand the scope and magnitude of homelessness across six counties in eastern Nova Scotia:
- Antigonish County
- Cape Breton County (includes the Cape Breton Regional Municipality)
- Guysborough County
- Inverness County
- Richmond County
- Victoria County
Deloitte: The Impact of Community Housing on Productivity
Deloitte has identified a connection between community housing and productivity by conducting a literature review, using a growth accounting framework, and running a regression analysis. The relationship between productivity and community housing is not only statistically significant, but also substantial in magnitude and robust in multiple approaches and specifications.
