The CMHC Housing Research Awards support research teams and recognize
activities that are impactful and innovative in Canadian housing including:
housing research
research training
knowledge mobilization and outreach
The awards are designed to build on and sustain Canada’s research-based
knowledge culture across all fields related to housing.
You can be awarded up to $20,000 and recognized for your work you’ve put into
fields related to housing in Canada. Your research can be in the social
sciences and humanities, health and technology — the caveat is that your
research must tie back to housing across Canada.
Choose the award that will compliment your research:
The Housing Research Awards in action: Find out how
researchers in Toronto received $10,000 from the CMHC Gold Roof Award for Housing Research
Excellence for their critical research into youth homelessness. Find
other similar success stories here.
Am I eligible to apply?
The following are eligibility requirements for all awards. You, the lead applicants must be:
a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
an active researcher, student or individual working in housing
in good standing with CMHC
able to undertake research applicable to one or more of the strategy’s priority areas for action or address Northern or remote housing
Notes:
Award-specific eligibility criteria are located on each award page and related Applicant Guide. If you have won in the past, you can’t apply for the same award again.
Learn more about past award winners
2022 award recipients
2022 CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research: Climate change and housing loss: Investigating residential displacement, housing damage and associated
vulnerabilities from the 2018 and 2019 flooding of the Wolastoq in New
Brunswick
2021 CMHC Gold Roof Award for Housing Research Excellence: Who Does the Welfare State Support, and How? Housing for Moderate-Income Households in Three Canadian Provinces,
1975–2015: Closer Targeting of Vulnerable Citizens.
2021 CMHC Gold Roof Award for Knowledge to Action: K’asho Got’ı̨nę House Assessment Research Project: Exploring the conditions of privately-owned homes in Fort Good Hope as well
as the impact of repair and maintenance.
2020 award recipients
2020 CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research: The Impact of Short-term Rentals on Canadian Housing Using data collection and analysis to investigate the effects of short-term
rentals in Canada
2020 CMHC Gold Roof Award for Knowledge to Action: Community Benefits of Supportive Housing A tool to address community questions about supportive housing for people
experiencing homeslessness.