Habitat for Humanity Canada

The Habitat for Humanity movement spread to Canada in 1985, with the first Canadian build taking place in Winkler, Manitoba.

Habitat for Humanity Canada was founded in 1985, with the inaugural meeting and first home built in Winkler, Manitoba.

[2] That house would go to Ernie and Gloria Penner, who were chosen as Habitat for Humanity’s first home recipients in Canada after a six-month application process.

Ernie and Gloria were chosen as they were raising their children in a two-bedroom apartment in Winkler, and homeownership seemed beyond their reach.

[11] In 1993, Winnipeg, along with Waterloo, Ontario, hosted the first international Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Canada.

1993 marked Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's very first time venturing outside of the United States on behalf of Habitat for Humanity International.

[10] In 1993, Waterloo, along with Winnipeg, Manitoba, hosted the first international Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Canada.

[28] In 2009, Habitat Toronto CEO Neil Hetherington was named as one of the Top 40 under 40 by The Caldwell Partners International.

[29] It is based in London, serves the eastern portion of Southwestern Ontario, namely Brant, Elgin, Lanark, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, and Perth County.

[30] As of January 2021, Heartland merged with Habitat for Humanity Brant-Norfolk, adding another 2 already established stores to their network located in Brantford and Simcoe respectively.

[33] Initially, unlike the ReStore shops in the rest of Canada, the Montreal outlet did not accept donations from the general public.

[36] In August 2010, for a fourth consecutive year, TD participated in a Habitat for Humanity Montreal project by donating $10,000.

[37] On September 25, 2010, Habitat for Humanity Montreal held its first ever Party in the Park event, at Parc Gadbois in the Saint-Henri district.

[40] The fashion gala was given at the Windsor by the Maison Marie Saint Pierre for the profit of Habitat of Humanity.

Habitat for Humanity Yukon (HFHY) was given official affiliate status in September 2004, with Todd Hardy as a founding member and the first President.