Housing Needs Assessment List: Canadian Community and Territorial Compliance

A list of completed Housing Needs Assessments (HNAs) confirmed by Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC), last updated on 2026-04-23. It tracks which Canadian communities with populations of 30,000 or greater, and all Territories, have completed the required assessment for federal funding eligibility. The dataset includes hyperlinks to publicly accessible assessments and identifies exempt communities.

Use Cases

• Track municipal compliance with federal housing assessment requirements based on the population threshold and territory status mentioned.
• Analyze the distribution of completed housing needs assessments across Canadian communities based on the provided lists.
• Identify communities with publicly available housing assessments that were not formally required by HICC, based on the description of voluntary inclusions.

Strengths

• Includes direct hyperlinks to source municipal or territorial webpages for public access.
• Explicitly identifies communities exempt from the requirement through provincial agreements.
• Lists are confirmed as complete by the federal department Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing on Canadian jurisdictions.

Provenance

Source

Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)

Collection Method

Compiled from submissions and confirmations by the federal department.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 20:01:45.737136; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (communities with population >=30,000 and all Territories)