Registration - In-house Organization

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada / Timothy Ross, Executive Director

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada
Responsible Officer Name: Timothy Ross, Executive Director
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2005-11-03
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 921382-5862

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 551

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 43

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Lobbying Information

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Budget, Economic Development, Housing, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance	Lobbying around the elimination of homelessness in Canada.	Policies or Program
Budget, Economic Development, Housing, Taxation and Finance	Lobbying for energy retrofit programs for co-op housing.	Policies or Program
Budget, Housing, Taxation and Finance	Lobbying for government to examine the consequences of the steady erosion of rent-geared-to-income (RGI) capacity for low-income households in existing federally administered housing providers, including co-operatives.	Policies or Program
Budget, Housing, Taxation and Finance	Lobbying for new low-income subsidies for federal co-ops (including Section 95 program co-op housing).	Policies or Program
Budget, Housing, Taxation and Finance	Lobbying for renewed low-income subsidies for federal indigenous co-operatives.	Policies or Program
Budget, Economic Development, Housing, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance	Lobbying for the development of new affordable housing, including co-operative housing.	Policies or Program
Budget, Housing, Taxation and Finance	Lobbying to ensure that low-income households can continue to live affordably in federally-administered housing co-operatives after their operating agreements end with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).	Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
House of Commons
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

CHF Canada is a non-profit co-op association. Our services include research to support new co-op development and improve government support programs; representing our members' interests to the federal government; developing and promoting national education materials for the co-op housing movement; organizing conferences and training forums, etc; providing support to co-ops and member federations upon request; research on legal matters; publishing newsletters and bulletins for our members.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Timothy Ross, Executive Director

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Our members include: non-profit housing co-ops (except in Quebec, where housing co-ops belong to CHF Canada through their local federations); federations of existing housing co-ops at the local and regional levels; groups that help housing co-ops; provincial co-op housing associations that work on provincial issues; associations that represent and support housing co-op staff; land trusts that hold and protect land for housing co-ops; sponsoring organization who lend us their support and assistance.

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2025-12-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)	$2,050,000.00	Yes
NS Dept of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Housing NS)	$150,000.00	Yes
ON Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing	$119,090.00	Yes
PEI Ministry of Housing, Land and Communities	$150,000.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
225 Metcalfe Street
Suite 311
Ottawa, ON K2P 1P9
Canada

Telephone number: 613-230-2201 Ext. 222

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Dallas Alderson, Director, Public Affairs and Policy | No public offices held
Karen Brodeur, Director, Co-operative Housing Development | No public offices held
Amina Dibe, Program Manager,Co-operative Housing Development, Engagement and Research | No public offices held
Allison Ferris, Regional Manager, Atlantic | No public offices held
Courtney Lockhart, Associate Director, Public Affairs and Policy | Public offices held
Nadine Lunt, Manager, Communications and Marketing | Public offices held
Michael Norris, Manager, Co-operative Housing Development | No public offices held
Timothy Ross, Executive Director | No public offices held
Simone Swail, Senior Manager, Government Relations | No public offices held
Patricia Tessier, Director, Member Services | No public offices held
Diana Yoon, Program Manager, Policy and Government Relations | No public offices held

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada/Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada/Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada	2008-08-15	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada/Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Timothy Ross	2018-06-11	Current
Karla Skoutajan	2017-12-02	2018-06-11
Nicholas Gazzard	2005-11-03	2017-12-02

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Press Secretary Ministry of the Environment, Office of the Minister	January 2004 to July 2004	Not a designated office
Press Secretary Ministry of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Minister	January 2003 to December 2003	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Research Assistant Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Litigation, Management and Research Branch	January 2012 to August 2012	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Press Secretary Ministry of the Environment, Office of the Minister	January 2004 to July 2004	Not a designated office
Press Secretary Ministry of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Minister	January 2003 to December 2003	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2026-05-11

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Registration - In-house Organization

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Canada / Timothy Ross, Executive Director

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 62 of 63 (2026-02-13 to 2026-03-01)

Version 62 of 63 (2026-02-13 to 2026-03-01)

Subject Matter Details

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization