Prefabricated Housing Industry Design Submission

Section 1 – Introduction

We need to build more homes in Canada, and we need to build them by the millions. The good news is – we can. We can do this by embracing new ways of building quality homes that are both cost-effective and labour efficient.
 
This is where the Housing Design Catalogue comes in. As part of Canada’s Housing Plan, the federal government announced that it is developing an Industrial Strategy for Homebuilding in Canada to improve the capacity and productivity of the residential construction sector and ultimately deliver new homes, faster. The Housing Design Catalogue is a key feature of this strategy, and it will provide standardized designs to simplify approvals for new housing and accelerate the construction process.
 
We are working with experts to develop tailored designs for the Housing Design Catalogue, but we can’t stop there. We want to incorporate the best plans and practices that exist in the country today, to scale‑up and showcase the very best Canada is already offering. That’s why we are asking for your help.

We invite companies in the prefabricated housing industry – including those building modular, panelized, and 3D printed houses – to submit their designs so that they may be included in Canada’s Housing Design Catalogue, an initiative to help Canada build its way out of the housing crisis.
 
We are also asking companies to share information on current products, capabilities, and technologies in the industry – as well as the role of prefabricated and other innovative homebuilding techniques in speeding up the pace of construction.
 
This form (“the Submission”) was developed by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, with the support of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Regional Development Agencies, the National Research Council of Canada, Statistics Canada, and Next Generation Manufacturing Canada.
 
All responses will be treated confidentially. Information will be used for internal government analytical purposes only, unless otherwise noted.

Please direct all questions and inquiries to: catalogue@infc.gc.ca

 

Notice and Disclaimer

The Submission is divided into three sections covering different themes. Section 4 asks you to provide your consent to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (“CMHC”) and Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada’s (“HICC”) for the collection and use of your responses to the Submission in accordance with this notice. Your responses to the Submission may be further shared with other federal government institutions for the purposes described herein. Please ensure that you select the appropriate consents at the end of the Submission. As part of your responses, please do not share any personal information.
 
By providing your consent on the last page on the Submission, you agree to CMHC and HICC’s collection, use and disclosure of your information, on behalf of the Government of Canada, for the purposes of: (i) strengthening knowledge of the prefabrication housing industry and informing the development and implementation of the Government of Canada’s Industrial Strategy for Homebuilding; (ii) including your prefabricated home designs and a weblink to your company’s website as part of its publication of the Housing Design Catalogue; and (iii) research, analytics, and future program and policy planning and decision-making. Any information other than prefabricated home designs collected from this Submission will only be published in aggregate or anonymized formats.
 
You will also be asked to provide your consent to being contacted for further information concerning your responses to the Submission. Please note that your consent to receive communications concerning your responses to the Submission may be withdrawn at any time.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, CMHC and HICC reserve the right to include or not include in the Housing Design Catalogue any prefabricated home designs attached to your responses to the Submission, using their sole discretion and without liability or indemnity to you.
 
All information provided in response to the Submission is subject to information requests under the federal Access to Information Act. Information you provide may be released in accordance with applicable legislation. Information released as part of such requests will not include trade secrets or any financial, commercial, or technical information that you treat as confidential or other information that may be protected from disclosure under applicable legislation. In your response, please identify any information for which confidentiality is to be maintained.