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Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program

April 28, 2026

Value

The maximum amount payable by the GCWood program is up to 50% of a project’s eligible costs up to a total of $5 million.

Description

Created in 2017, the Green Construction Through Wood (GCWood) program encourages the deployment of Modern Methods of Construction using advanced wood-based building products, systems, and technologies—such as volumetric modular and prefabricated structural components. To support the Government of Canada’s efforts to address the housing crisis, the program funds projects that demonstrate scalable and replicable solutions to accelerate housing construction and mainstream wood in design and construction. GCWood also supports projects that showcase applications for innovative wood-based products in community infrastructure and other non-traditional wood structures, including industrial and commercial buildings.

OPEN STREAM:

Demonstration project stream – Support for MURB demonstration projects that use advanced wood-based solutions in design and construction.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible recipients are legal entities validly incorporated or registered in Canada, including for-profit and not-for-profit organizations such as developers, builders, and not-for-profit housing providers; Indigenous organizations and communities; and provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments and their departments and agencies.

Eligible Expenses

The costs associated with the following project design and construction activities are eligible to receive funding (for a full list of eligible activities and expenditures, please consult section 2.3.3 of the applicant guidebook):

Design development, permitting, and construction drawings, including, but not limited to:

  • Research and development to support the design and approval of the system, technology or bio-product and that demonstrate code compliance (e.g., fire, seismic, acoustics, building envelope, connections, durability), including engineering design, testing and numerical modelling
  • Deployment of MMC on-site and off-site, including efforts associated with streamlining the construction process to lower costs, reduce timelines and minimize construction risks and other uncertainties
  • Standardization of the design concept (i.e., preapproved engineering solutions), including the development of prototypes targeting future replicability and scalability
  • Development and implementation of construction fire safety and moisture management strategies or plans associated with the design concept, system, technology or bio-product

Construction and post-construction related activities, including but not limited to:

  • Cost of innovative wood-based building technology/system and bio-product
  • Cost of the manufacturing and processing of wood-based assemblies
  • The design and implementation of case studies that include performance data, as well as sharing the results to encourage broader adoption; related eligible costs include the creation of digital and paper documents, like fact sheets, lessons learned, guidance materials, cost analyses, protocols, procedures, instruction manuals, etc.
  • In situ testing, instrumentation and monitoring of structure performance associated with the innovative building system and/or technology and bio-based products

Deadline Date

Current Call for Proposals: Apply by April 27, 2026, 3:00 p.m. EST

Contact

Contact Name: Government of Canada

E-mail Address: gcwood-cvbois@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Website: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/funding-partnerships/gcwood-demonstration-project-stream

Industry:

Energy & Environment, Indigenous, Municipalities, Non-Profit

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

ABmunis, Renewable Energy

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