PMQ (military housing)

A PMQ (Permanent Married Quarters or Private Married Quarters) is military housing located near Canadian military stations provided to families of Canadian Forces service personnel.

Military family housing neighborhoods often have churches, schools, banks, service stations, recreational facilities and stores.

Accommodation in the private sector is becoming popular because rents are competitive, and many service personnel prefer to buy so that they can develop equity in their homes.

In general, PMQs/RHUs have undergone renovations since 1995 when the Canadian Forces Housing Agency began managing the units.

[8][4] In 2016, the federal auditor general found that the Department of National Defence (DND) is unaware of how many PMQs/RHUs it needs.

Married quarters at CFB Cold Lake , circa 1960
Married quarters under construction in Saint Avold , France. These apartments provided accommodation for families stationed in the 1950s and early 1960s at RCAF Station Grostenquin .