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CHF Canada is the National Voice of Co-operative Housing
There are more than 2,200 co‐ops, home to a quarter of a million people in every province and territory.
High Quality, Affordable Housing
For more than 50 years, co-ops have provided good quality, affordable housing owned and managed by the community members who live there.
Representing 85% of housing co-ops nationwide, CHF Canada is the national voice for co-operative housing in Canada.
CHF Canada works with our regional federations and partners to develop and deliver various programs, from advocacy to education.
Questions?
Publications
As a member-driven association, the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada brings the voices and experiences of housing co-operatives into conversations with governments at all levels. Our submissions, briefs, and responses reflect the realities of co-op communities and put forward practical, people-centred solutions to Canada’s housing challenges.
This space brings together a selection of our recent publications, highlighting our ongoing advocacy work, policy positions, and recommendations to support and expand co-operative housing across the country.
National
Submission to the Build Canada Homes Market Sounding Guide
Co-operative Housing: Built to last, with purpose and scale (August 2025)
Budget Submission 2025
Build Co-op Housing, Build a Better Future (August 2025)
Regarding the Study on Federal Housing Investments
Written Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (June 21, 2024)
Budget Submission 2024:
Co-operative Housing Today and Tomorrow: Building new co-op homes to address the affordable housing crisis (February 2024)
The Financialization of Housing
Written Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Study (July 2023)
Budget Submission 2023
Canada’s Resilient Housing Solution: Launching the Next Generation of Co-operative Housing (February 2023)
Research report commissioned by CHF Canada
The Co-op Difference: Comparing co-op and market rents in five Canadian cities (July 2022)