Village Canada is an exciting new vision of a non-profit, intergenerational, seniors village on surplus federal land on Confederation Heights in Ottawa. The first link in this paragraph provides a comprehensive description while the powerpoint presentation summarizes the project.

Confederation Heights’ location offers a unique opportunity to create a village complex with affordable and market housing for seniors, students, and people with disabilities, in a vibrant, diverse, environmentally-sustainable, urban village setting. The development will provide supportive housing and integrated community-based health and social care.

Vision and Guiding Principles.

Want to have input on housing to be offered in Village Canada?

If you would like to contribute your ideas to this important community initiative, or may eventually have an interest in being involved or living there, please give us your contact
information using this LINK. It will not be used for any purpose other than consultation on Village Canada.

Want to show your support for Village Canada?

If you like the idea of a vibrant, non-profit, intergenerational, seniors village on Confederation Heights, you can show your support by writing to decision makers. Rather than a form letter, we think an email highlighting what is important to you is more impactful. Use this LINK for ideas.

This email is an excellent example of support sent to decision makers by a member of your community.

Organizational Support & Publicity

2026 06 11 Council on Aging of Ottawa Letter of Support sent to Canada Lands Company

2026 06 01 Ottawa Citizen Deachman: Ottawa has a unique opportunity to help seniors age in place

2026 03 18 Old Ottawa South Community Association Letter of Support sent to Canada Lands Company

How we got here

Over the fall of 2025, the Village Canada Consortium met with Canada Lands Company (CLC), the federal organization responsible for development of federal surplus property at Confederation Heights. We consulted with CLC in the past and were now able to present our vision in greater detail. They agree that our vision aligns with theirs.

Since the 2025 federal election, when Mr. Carney was elected with promises of using federal land for development of federally built housing to address the crisis in affordable housing in Canada, two developments have occurred. The government created Build Canada Homes who asked the public to respond to their vision. It is very much aligned with that of Village Canada. Our response is here.

Canada Lands Company has been amalgamated with Build Canada Homes in a new organization that reports to the Minister of Housing for the federal government. We are attempting to impart a sense urgency to the government as there are so few appealing supportive housing options as the majority of us age out of our homes. These federal actions bode well for Village Canada as they accelerate the construction of non-profit, affordable housing.

The MP representing Confederation Heights, Yasir Naqvi, committed his support to our Village Canada vision in advance of the election and continues to support us.

In December 2025, Village Canada Consortium was provincially incorporated as a non-profit. About twenty organizations are interested in various roles in the ‘village’ should the federal government be willing to enter into a long term lease. The area of most interest is on a hill to the south of the RA centre – formerly CRA buildings.

Housing Team History