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Dozens of properties have been added to a public land bank in an effort to provide more affordable housing across the country.
The 56 properties currently on the list have the potential to be turned into thousands of housing units on “a total of 305 hectares of land across Canada,” per the federal government’s webpage.
As part of the initiative, an interactive map was made to show the available properties, which can be used as a tool for interested parties to view and to make enquiries. Some properties are labelled as open for feedback, while others are open for proposals.
The properties on the list span from Inuvik, Northwest Territories to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and include former military bases, a former National Film Board building and former post offices.
“There are thousands of federal properties in every part of this country that aren’t doing much right now that could be made available to build more homes for Canadian families,” said Housing Minister Sean Fraser in a video on X, announcing the new initiative.
“If we’re going to solve the national housing crisis, we need to do absolutely everything that we can, and by making federal lands available to build housing for Canadian families, we’re going to be one step closer to restoring affordability in housing markets in every part of this country.”
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Here is a list of the properties in Canada’s Public Land Bank by province.
Alberta
- Airdrie – 128 1st Street North West
- Calgary – Dieppe Avenue Southwest (Site 2)
- Calgary – Dieppe Avenue Southwest Site 1 (3830 Quesnay Wood Drive Southwest)
- Edmonton – Sir Arthur Currie Way
- Fort McMurray – 9702 Hardin Street
- Fort McMurray – 9911 Biggs Avenue
British Columbia
- Port Moody – 45 Mary Street
- Vancouver – 125 10th Avenue East
Manitoba
- Brandon – 1039 Princess Avenue
Northwest Territories
- Inuvik – 187 Mackenzie Road
- Norman Wells – 9 Ptarmigan
Nova Scotia
- Amherst – 34 Acadia Street
- Cape Breton – 1795 Grand Lake Rd
- Cumberland – Willow Street
- Dartmouth – 40 Iroquois Drive
- Dartmouth – Baffin Boulevard
- Greenwood – Canadian Forces Base Greenwood
- New Glasgow – Park, Summer, and Jarvis
Ontario
- Kingston – 440 King Street West
- Kingston – 525 King Street West
- London – 120 Queens Avenue
- Mississauga – 1 Port Street East
- Ottawa – 10 Colombine Driveway
- Ottawa – 100 Chardon Driveway
- Ottawa – 122 Bank Street
- Ottawa – 1495 Heron Road
- Ottawa – 1500 Bronson Avenue
- Ottawa – 171-181 Bank Street
- Ottawa – 1745 Alta Vista Drive
- Ottawa – 2670 Riverside Drive
- Ottawa – 2720 Riverside Drive
- Ottawa – 370 Codd’s Road / 800 Winisik Street
- Ottawa – 470 Tremblay Road (Site 1)
- Ottawa – 470 Tremblay Road (Site 2)
- Ottawa – 470 Tremblay Road (Site 3)
- Ottawa – 470 Tremblay Road (Site 4)
- Ottawa – 470 Tremblay Road (Site 6)
- Ottawa – 50 Colombine Driveway
- Ottawa – 552 Booth Street
- Ottawa – 599 Tremblay Road
- Ottawa – 70 Colombine Driveway
- Ottawa – 875 Heron Road
- Ottawa – Frederick Banting, Colombine, and Tunney’s Pasture Driveways
- Ottawa – Tawadina Road & Wanaki Road
- Parry Sound – 74 James Street
- Port Perry – 192 Queen Street
- Toronto – 1350 Sheppard Avenue West (Block 1)
- Toronto – 1350 Sheppard Avenue West (Block 3A)
- Toronto – 1350 Sheppard Avenue West (Block 3B)
- Windsor – 4910 Tecumseh Road East
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