In-depth market analysis, demographic trends, and policy insights for Canada's seniors housing industry.
Construction costs up 47%, prime rates at 6.45%, and CMHC getting pickier. Here's the math on what actually gets built in this environment, and why most seniors housing projects can't find capital.
CMHC projects Ontario needs 89,000 additional seniors housing units by 2035. Here's the regional breakdown, construction pipeline analysis, and why current approaches won't come close to closing the gap.
Calgary's seniors housing vacancy rate hit a record low 0.8% in Q4 2025. Here's what 15 years of building seniors housing in Calgary has taught me about what happens when a market gets this tight.
Analysis of federal budget allocations versus actual seniors housing need. How much money is actually flowing to construction, and what happens to the rest.
Provincial governments love announcing housing targets. But when you read the fine print, seniors housing gets maybe 5% of the attention. Here's why that's a problem.
British Columbia and Alberta have taken completely different approaches to seniors housing development. Five years in, the results tell us everything about what works and what doesn't.
Canada has 597,000 people with dementia today. By 2050: 1.7 million. The specialized housing they need barely exists. Here's what the math looks like.
Vacancy rates, construction data, regional trends
Population projections, aging trends, migration patterns
Government programs, funding, regulatory changes
Province and city-specific analysis
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Data sources we track: Statistics Canada, CMHC, Provincial Housing Corporations, RHRA