Canada Needs a Blueprint to Building More Homes
Forest Products Association of Canada and Canadian Wood Council Join the Homes and Growth Coalition
Ottawa, ON - November 9, 2026
Canada needs to build more homes faster and more affordably. That means building homes of all types and sizes, from apartments to multiplexes and townhomes to detached single-family homes and creating the conditions for Canadian companies and workers to help deliver them.
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and Canadian Wood Council (CWC) have joined the Homes and Growth Coalition to deliver a plan to meet that need. The Coalition brings together partners from across Canada’s housing supply chain with the goal to turn evidence, industry expertise, and the views of Canadians into practical policy solutions to actually get homes built. Its work will focus on critical barriers including investment, taxes and fees, regulatory modernization, modern methods of construction, and better housing data.
“There is an enormous opportunity to meet Canada’s housing needs with our own sustainable, Canadian-made building materials and manufacturing capacity. Wood is renewable, locally sourced, and already at the heart of homebuilding in communities across the country,” said Derek Nighbor, President and CEO of FPAC and CWC. “To build more and build differently, we need to make it easier to use Canadian wood, expand off-site and factory-built construction, and remove regulatory barriers that can slow innovation and add unnecessary costs,” Nighbor added.
“Adding FPAC and CWC to the Coalition brings deep expertise in Canadian wood products, off-site and factory-built construction, and the building code and regulatory realities that determine whether homes actually get built,” said Dr. Mike Moffatt, Founding Director of the Missing Middle Initiative. “For a practical blueprint to building more homes, faster and more affordably, we need the people who make and build with Canadian materials at the table.”
There is no single solution to Canada’s housing challenge. Bringing the full supply chain together around practical reforms, real solutions can be found to build the homes Canadians need, strengthen domestic manufacturing and supply chains, create and sustain Canadian jobs, and put more sustainable Canadian wood to work.
About FPAC
FPAC provides a voice for Canada’s wood, pulp, and paper producers nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental affairs. As an industry, we contributed $19.9B in real GDP in 2025.
Canada's forest products sector is one of the country’s largest employers—providing nearly 200,000 direct jobs and operating in hundreds of communities across the country. Our members are committed to collaborating with Indigenous leaders, government bodies, and other key stakeholders to develop across-Canada action plan aimed at advancing forest health, while supporting workers, communities and our environment for the long term.
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