Statistics Canada says that 196,700 new homes will start construction this year (using the seasonally-adjusted annual rate for February, 2010). The Wellesley Institute has launched an inclusionary housing micro-site with a number of our partners that includes research and policy materials on inclusionary housing practices in Canada and case studies from the United States. If Canadian provinces and municipalities were to adopt US-style inclusionary housing practices, that could create 30,000+ new affordable homes (using a modest, 15% affordable requirement). While a growing number of Canadian municipalities are looking at planning and zoning techniques to encourage affordable homes, Canada hasn’t yet followed the lead of hundreds of US cities and adopted mandatory rules that set a uniform standard for all new developments.