Why modular wood homes may be Canada’s best shot at affordable housing

This piece was originally published in The Globe and Mail.

When Assembly, a Toronto-based builder focused on prefabricated timber buildings, opens its factory in mid-2026, it expects to produce about 1,600 housing units a year with robotic equipment.

Known as panelized modular wood construction, the process involves assembling large wall and floor panels — or even whole room-sized modules — in a factory before transporting them to the site, where they’re quickly fitted together, reducing build times and standardizing costs. Read more: Why modular wood homes may be Canada’s best shot at affordable housing - The Globe and Mail