Climate-Resilient and Affordable Housing in Canada—May 2026

Climate-Resilient and Affordable Housing in Canada—May 2026

Sustainable Economy
Pages:32 pages40 min read

Author: Taiba Jafari, Yogi Joseph

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Canada’s overlapping housing and climate crises increase Canadians’ risk of poor housing outcomes and exposure to climate-related disasters. Integrating climate resilience into new builds, retrofits, and post‑disaster rebuilds would help close this gap.

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Under One Roof: (Re)building Climate Resilient and Affordable Housing in Canada

In this research, we evaluate the exposure of Canada’s social and affordable housing units to floods and large wildfires.

How does the exposure of social and affordable housing units to floods and wildfires vary across Canada? How do we limit and mitigate the impacts of future disasters for households living in regions at high risk of exposure to floods and wildfires? How can resilience be embedded into both post-disaster and new housing?

Read the impact paper to get our full analysis.

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Key findings
Meeting the moment of crises
Affordable housing and disaster exposure
Leveraging Canada’s housing toolbox
Non-profits and co-operatives: Long-term affordability
Harnessing disaster recovery programs
Planning for resilient and affordable housing
How do we build more resilient affordable housing?
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Bibliography

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