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title: "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canada-mortgage-and-housing-corporation"
description: "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Government of Canada. Official website: cmhc.ca. Portfolio: Employment and Social Development Canada."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Government of Canada · Corporations

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation promotes the construction of new houses, the repair and modernization of existing houses, and the improvement of housing and living conditions, under the National Housing Act. It also works for housing affordability and choice and a stable housing finance system.

Source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Corporations
- Class: Crown Corporations
- Portfolio: [Employment and Social Development Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/employment-and-social-development-canada)
- Wikidata: [Q3487710](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3487710)

## Official websites

- [cmhc.ca](https://www.cmhc.ca)
- [schl.ca](https://www.schl.ca)

## Sources

- Description source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=ifoi:42), with the sources of its record.
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canada-mortgage-and-housing-corporation