Canada Builds Modern Summit 2026
About this Event
Oct 7 & 8, 2026
2026 Summit Overview
The is growing into a two-day national gathering focused on moving housing innovation from promising ideas to projects that can be delivered at scale.
Build Canada Homes will play a central role in this year’s Summit, joining housing delivery partners from across the country to connect national ambition with the practical realities of building homes in communities. Their participation will bring an important national perspective to the conversations, partnerships and actions emerging from the event.
Building on the extraordinary response to last year’s Summit, this year’s expanded program will feature more keynotes, project showcases, working sessions and opportunities for meaningful exchange. Participants will explore real-world lessons from a wide range of housing models—from complex urban infill developments to timber modular construction—with a practical focus on reducing costs, accelerating delivery and producing sustainable, high-quality factory-built housing.
Two new initiatives will deepen and broaden the conversation. The Young Innovators Program will engage and inspire the next generation of housing leaders, connecting emerging talent with experienced practitioners and new ideas with the institutions capable of advancing them. The Within Reach Workshop will offer participants a more intensive, hands-on exploration of a methodology for advancing housing solutions, helping teams identify barriers, align partners and turn ambition into an actionable path toward delivery.
The Summit will convene the full housing ecosystem on a national scale: policymakers, builders, designers, manufacturers, financiers, regulators, community housing organizations and emerging leaders. Together, participants will examine the conditions that determine whether housing gets built—including site readiness, financing, regulatory alignment, manufacturing capacity and design excellence.
The Summit will culminate in a 12-Month Roadmap for Scaling Housing Delivery in Canada: a practical agenda capturing the most important actions, partnerships and near-term opportunities identified over the two days.
The goal is to leave not only with new knowledge and stronger connections, but with a shared path for turning cross-sector momentum into more affordable, factory-built housing in communities across Canada.
This is more than a conversation about what might be possible. It is an opportunity to learn from projects already underway, confront the barriers limiting broader adoption, build the relationships needed to act and establish clear priorities for the year ahead.
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AGENDA / OCT 7-8
DAY ONE: The National Housing Mission
A national conversation about the leadership, investment and collaboration required to turn Canada’s housing ambition into homes delivered at scale.
• Opening Fireside Chat with Minister Gregor Robertson
From Ambition to Delivery: Building Canada’s Housing Future
Exploring how federal leadership can translate Canada’s housing ambition into action.
• Panel: The Public Housing Dividend
Affordable Housing as Economic Infrastructure
How sustained investment in public and affordable housing can generate economic returns and create the predictable demand needed to scale housing delivery.
• Keynote by Rick Hansen
Built for Everyone, From the Outset
Making accessibility, adaptability and inclusive design integral to modern construction.
• Panel: Housing as Infrastructure
Examining housing as essential national infrastructure—and the investment and delivery models needed to support it.
• Within Reach Workshop (select participants)
A hands-on session designed to help participants turn housing challenges into actionable solutions.
DAY TWO: Building the Delivery System
A practical exploration of how Canada can build the project pipeline, industry capacity and delivery systems needed to bring modern construction into the mainstream.
• Opening Fireside Chat with Ana Bailão, CEO of Build Canada Homes
Unlocking the Modern Methods of Construction Pipeline
How Build Canada Homes can help create the partnerships and predictable project pipeline needed to deliver at scale.
• Panel: Matching Methods to Missions
Choosing the Right Path to Scale
Exploring how different modern construction methods can respond to the needs of urban, Indigenous and remote communities.
• Industry Spotlight
Real-world lessons in housing innovation, systems change and workforce development.
• Panel: De-risking the Pipeline
Financing, Procurement and Contracts for Scale
Identifying practical changes that can unlock investment, strengthen manufacturing capacity and support repeatable delivery.
• Next Steps: A 12-Month Roadmap for Scaling Housing Delivery in Canada
The Summit will close by setting out a shared path for action, collaboration and continued momentum over the year ahead.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
CAD 995.00 to CAD 1395.00
