The CMHC Housing Research Awards

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.

2021 award recipients

2021 CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research:

Improving housing stability among Indigenous residents at Horizon Housing: Shedding light on what might reduce the rate of negative exits among Indigenous residents at Horizon Housing.

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 Housing Research Excellence:

Skookum Housing Solutions: Innovative Indigenous Research in Surrey, BC: Taking a look at the rapidly changing urban Indigenous population in Surrey to address systemic housing inequalities.

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.

Previous 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 Housing Research Excellence:

Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Affordable Housing A clear and easy-to-follow guide from the Alberta Rural Development Network

2020 CMHC Gold Roof Award for Knowledge to Action:

Step-by-Step Guide to Estimating Rural Homelessness Collecting data on homelessness and housing insecurity in rural and remote Canadian communities

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.

2019 Gold Roof Award for Housing Research Excellence:

Eliminating LGBTQ2S youth and young adult homelessness Understanding how Canada’s first LGBTQ2S transitional housing program Impacts outcomes for youth

2019 Gold Roof Award for Housing Research Excellence:

Metro Vancouver Transit‐Oriented Affordable Housing Study Studying the challenges and opportunities of developing affordable rental housing close to transit.

2019 CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research:

Innovative solutions to affordable housing challenges Partnerships for Affordable Housing: Policy, Planning and Community Building.

2018 CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Housing Research:

SEKUWE (My House), Dene First Nation Views on Healthy Homes Using a ‘two-eyed seeing’ approach for housing and health creates culturally appropriate housing.

2018 Gold Roof Award for Housing Research Excellence:

Understanding Rental Housing in a Smaller Community Understand how poverty, abuse and addiction were identified as the main causes of homelessness.