Projects
The Uquutaq Society is expanding to help homeless and housing-vulnerable people in the North. With regular funding applications, great partners, donations, and municipal support, we’re continuously working on projects big and small to address the ongoing housing crisis in Canada’s Arctic:
“Market affordability remains a challenge, particularly for the younger population…”
“Nunavut has the highest percentage of households in need in Canada…”
“Significant price increases were recorded (for) housing units, and rentals…”
The 2022 CMHC Northern Housing Report
Developing a stronger support network
As of May 2023, we have two major capital projects underway to provide direct housing and support in the city of Iqaluit. Our goal? With full funding, we plan to open the doors in 2025 to these dedicated spaces. Working in collaboration with a highly competent development team, each is designed to create places where people are respected and cared for in open and inclusive environments. Our outcome? Expanding the continuum of housing and support in the North.
Our Development team:
- EllisDon Commuinty Builders
- Edge Architect Ltd.
- Local Architect Jonathan Enns, EDO
- Accutech Engineering Inc.
The Butler SRO (Single Room Occupancy) Affordable Housing Project
Better access to better living
803 Aiviq, Lot 940, Plan 3596 (AKA, the ‘Butler Building’)
- Downtown Iqaluit
- 27 Rooms
- Laundry Facilities
- Shared Kitchen
- Covered Parking
- Staff Office space
- Multi-use rooms
- Amenities close by
In collaboration with EllisDon Community Builders, Local architect Jonathan Enns, EDO and Edge Architects Ltd.
In Iqaluit right now, the minimum annual household income required to afford a one-bedroom unit is $99,000. Average monthly rent is $2,500. Shared condos are going for about $1650. And the vacancy rate is less than 1%. Even essential workers are struggling to afford accommodation in this city.
Contribute to the Butler SRO Project
The Low Barrier Service (LBS) Expansion Project
Addressing a critical Need
158 Nipisa St, Iqaluit
(Previously the Nunavut Country Food Store)
- 44 Bedrooms
- Warming Center
- Kitchen and Dining Area
- Counselling Area
- Multiple Services and Programs
- Single -Night Emergency Beds
- Community Service Referrals
- Harm Reduction Design
- Transitional Housing
- Multi-use Area
Those who are most vulnerable are suffering. Living without support for addiction, mental illness, chronic homelessness, and other detrimental effects of colonization is a daily reality. The Uquutaq Society’s LBS project will be the first of its kind to introduce a multi-service, multi-program housing facility in Nunavut to support our most vulnerable community members exclusively.