Canada unlocks 6 more federal properties for housing
Feb. 05, 2025
Global Korean Post
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In Budget 2024 and Solving the Housing Crisis: Canada’s Housing Plan, the federal government announced the most ambitious housing plan in Canadian history: a plan to build 4 million more homes.
As part of this plan, the Government of Canada is identifying properties within its portfolio that have the potential for housing and is actively adding them to the Canada Public Land Bank. Wherever possible, the government will turn these properties into housing through a long-term lease, to support affordable housing and ensure public land stays public.
On January 30, Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, announced that 6 new properties have been added to the Canada Public Land Bank. These additional properties have the potential to create approximately 1,770 units of housing for middle-class Canadians.
The 6 new properties included in the Canada Public Land Bank are:
- Dartmouth, Nova Scotia – Shannon Park –15 Iroquois Drive, Site 2
- New Glasgow, Nova Scotia – New Glasgow Armoury
- Lévis, Quebec – 3595 Guillaume-Couture Boulevard, Jean-Charles Chapais Farm
- Ottawa, Ontario – 1745 Alta Vista Drive, Central Heating Plant
- Kingston, Ontario – 560 King Street West, Kingston Penitentiary
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories – 5005 44 Street
A total of 90 federal properties across 9 provinces and 2 territories have been identified as being suitable to support housing.
