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Public-interest housing infrastructure
Open HousingCanada
Research and training

A talent pipeline for Canada’s housing infrastructure.

OHC turns graduate programs into a national contribution engine — building durable open infrastructure while training the people who will operate it.

Training and research

A talent pipeline for Canada’s housing infrastructure.

OHC partners with universities to turn graduate programs into a national contribution engine — building durable open data infrastructure while training the people who will operate it.

MBAN / MDS

Applied analytics and data science

Master’s-level capstones using OHC’s harmonized housing datasets — published, citable, public-good research.

Engineering

Civil and infrastructure

Servicing capacity, climate resilience, and offsite-manufacturing research projects co-supervised with industry partners.

Planning

Bylaw digitization and rules-as-code

Planning students contribute directly to making municipal bylaws machine-readable, with publication and credit.

Applied research

Indigenous-led research tracks

Research conducted with — and led by — Indigenous communities, under Nation-controlled data agreements.

Engagement tracks

Four ways to plug a program into OHC.

Capstone projects

Master’s capstones with co-supervision from OHC researchers and partner agencies — published with credit and citation.

Bylaw digitization

Planning students contribute to converting municipal bylaws into machine-readable rules-as-code, with publication credit.

Indigenous-led research

Research conducted with — and led by — Indigenous communities, under Nation-controlled data agreements.

Industry research projects

Applied research projects co-funded with manufacturer and developer partners on real-world delivery questions.

University partners

Bring your program into the OHC research network.

We work with faculty across Canada to scope capstones, theses, and joint research projects with real, harmonized housing data.