Amount: up to 50% of up to a total of $5M

The Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) program encourages the use of innovative wood-based building technologies in construction projects. As part of its 2026 renewal, GCWood will allocate its demonstration funding to projects that directly support the government’s commitment of doubling Canada’s current housing starts over the next decade.

This includes funding for demonstration projects that deploy Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) using innovative wood-based products, building systems, and technologies in the design and construction of multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs).

Funding priorities

The program will prioritize project proposals that:

    • offer a high volume of residential units
    • deploy MMC resulting in quicker and more cost-effective construction
    • use building designs that can be scaled or replicated by the developer, builder or owner and their design teams
    • include Canadian manufactured wood-based products and advanced bio-based products

Eligibility

GCWood funding is open to the following applicants:

  1. Legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada, including:
    • for-profit and not-for-profit organizations such as companies, industry associations, research associations, and standards associations
    • Indigenous organizations and groups
  2. Provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal governments and their departments and agencies, where applicable.

Eligible projects

GCWood will fund eligible design, approval, and construction activities associated with projects for multi-unit residential (e.g., apartments, condominiums, purpose-built rental housing) and mixed-use residential (e.g., developments combining housing with commercial, office, community space) buildings.

Construction projects related to market rate rental housing, student housing, northern and remote housing, transitional and social housing, and mixed-use buildings with residential components will be considered for funding.

Amount

The maximum amount payable by the GCWood program is up to 50% of a project’s eligible costs up to a total of $5M.

Deadline

Application intake ends on April 27, 2026.