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Habitat for Humanity Canada

Habitat for Humanity Canada (also known as Habitat Canada; French: Habitat pour l'humanité Canada) is a non-governmental, and non-profit housing organization in Canada, being the Canadian arm of the global Habitat for Humanity.

The Habitat for Humanity movement spread to Canada in 1985, with the first Canadian build taking place in Winkler, Manitoba. Habitat Canada has since grown to 45 affiliates in all 13 provinces. Habitat Canada has been in all ten provinces since 1998 (the final province being Quebec), and all three territories since 2014.

Since its founding, Habitat Canada has successfully provided over 3,800 families with safe, decent, and affordable housing.

Habitat for Humanity Canada was founded in 1985, with the inaugural meeting and first home built in Winkler, Manitoba. This marked the first national Habitat organization to be established outside of the United States. 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.

On June 22, 1987, Winnipeg became home to the first local Habitat in Canada, Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg (later renamed Habitat for Humanity Manitoba). In early 1988, the Habitat for Humanity Canada national office was established in Waterloo, Ontario.

In April 1991, the world’s first Habitat ReStore was opened by Habitat for Humanity in Winnipeg. It operated in a small building located at Palliser Furniture, and mostly sold used lumber in its nascent years.

Habitat for Humanity Canada was founded and built its first ever home in Winkler, Manitoba, in 1985.

On June 22, 1987, Winnipeg became home to the first local Habitat for Humanity in Canada, as Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg.

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