HART for the Housing Sector

Free data tools to support housing your community actually needs.

Explore our tools

Which tool will help you today?

Choose the resource that best matches your project needs.

Prove the need

Show exactly how many affordable homes your community needs—by bedroom count and price point.

Best for: Grant applications, funding proposals, advocacy campaigns.

Run a needs assessment

Find the perfect site

Discover development-ready land ranked by transit, schools, and nine other essential amenities.

Best for: Site selection, feasibility studies, municipal partnerships.

Search available land

Preserve affordability

Show exactly how many affordable homes your community needs—by bedroom count and price point.

Best for: Grant applications, funding proposals, advocacy campaigns.

Explore strategies

Deep dive into data

Access Canada’s largest income-based disaggregated housing needs dataset for custom analysis

Best for: Complex projects, research, detailed reports

Access dataverse

Want to learn more?

Our tools use custom census data from Statistics Canada—the most comprehensive disaggregated housing needs data available in Canada. This includes detailed breakdowns by income, household size, and equity-deserving groups.

View Methodology

Take our free asynchronous course to learn how to access, interpret, and expand upon the data used in our tools. Perfect for those who are beginners to this type of work, or new to the HART tools.

Discover how communities could translate HART data into actionable housing policies. See examples of policy changes that could support greater affordability in your community.

View Policy implications

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