Overview
Advance your career in the growing Canadian housing industry
Expand your career potential with our Certificate of Professional Learning in Canadian Housing. This 3-course online Certificate of Professional Learning explores the Canadian housing system, housing policy and programs. Learn the fundamentals and history of the Canadian housing market-based system.
- Developed in partnership with the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC-CCRL)
- Offers an overview on the relation of housing to health and how housing can form a foundation for the future health and well-being of a population
- Provides you with the knowledge, skills and expertise to prepare you for this rewarding industry
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Program highlights Learn More
- Convenient online platform to support a dynamic virtual classroom delivery
- Network with professionals from various disciplines
- Complete 3 courses to earn a Certificate of Professional Learning
Certificate of Professional Learning features:
- Convenient online platform to support a dynamic virtual classroom delivery
- Network with professionals from various disciplines
- Complete 3 courses to earn a Certificate of Professional Learning

Learning outcomes Learn More
- Canadian housing policy and governance
- Housing in relation to health and well-being
- Past and present issues in housing
Through our Certificate of Professional Learning, you’ll learn to
- Examine the fundamentals and history of Canadian housing, policy and programs
- Examine the role of government and review how and why they have become involved in Canadian Housing
- Understand the social, economic and political context in which housing is delivered locally and nationally
- Analyze major past and present issues in housing
- Compare and contrast housing policy and provision nationally and internationally
- Explore the myriad of factors that co-relates housing to health and how housing improvements impact individual well-being
- Understand how to find data to assist in analyzing housing-related research questions
Learn more about the Canadian Housing program
- Professionals working in housing industry
- 3rd or 4th year undergraduate and graduate students
- Anyone with little or no prior experience of the Canadian housing system, Canadian housing policy or government housing programs and current initiative
Earning a Certificate of Professional Learning in Canadian Housing could open doors to a wide range of rewarding careers, including:
- Housing & Planning Services Officer
- Social Housing Officer
- Housing Advisor
- Policy Advisor
- Services Advisor
- Housing Analyst
- Housing Consultants
- Housing Administrators
Check out our latest Business Program Preview webinar to learn more about our Canadian Housing program
What Our Recent Graduates Say
“The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work.”
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work. Our field in data is continuously changing. I found that sweet balance in terms of the focus of the course. It’s a life cycle of how the data is coming in all the way to make it a service or a product. The course gives you that 360 spectrum.
Zaki
Big Data graduate

Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
“I wanted to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that.”
I wanted to be able to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that because of McMaster Continuing Education. Being a nurse, there are so many different avenues of nursing that I can try new things and continue to learn. The instructors were really understanding. When you’re working full-time, having someone that will promptly answer your questions and make time for you when you need it, they made it really easy.
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate

Tracy
Project Management graduate
“I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative.”
I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative. I was introduced to new ideas and new skills. Because of that, I’ve had new opportunities in my career. McMaster Continuing Education is the best place to take professional development courses. The programs fit into your life.
Tracy
Project Management graduate
“The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work.”
The flexibility of the course helped me a lot to balance my work. Our field in data is continuously changing. I found that sweet balance in terms of the focus of the course. It’s a life cycle of how the data is coming in all the way to make it a service or a product. The course gives you that 360 spectrum.
Zaki
Big Data graduate
“I wanted to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that.”
I wanted to be able to reinvent myself and change my career path and I was able to do that because of McMaster Continuing Education. Being a nurse, there are so many different avenues of nursing that I can try new things and continue to learn. The instructors were really understanding. When you’re working full-time, having someone that will promptly answer your questions and make time for you when you need it, they made it really easy.
Krystal
Health and Social Service Skill Development graduate
“I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative.”
I am constantly reinventing myself. McMaster Continuing Education has been transformative. I was introduced to new ideas and new skills. Because of that, I’ve had new opportunities in my career. McMaster Continuing Education is the best place to take professional development courses. The programs fit into your life.
Tracy
Project Management graduate
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Certificate of Professional Learning in Canadian Housing
Earn your Certificate of Professional Learning in Canadian Housing by completing all 3 required courses listed below.
Certificate of Professional Learning in Canadian Housing Requirements
Academic Credits: 9 units
Note: McMaster Undergraduate students seeking to apply Canadian Housing courses to an undergraduate degree program (electives) must seek permission from their Faculty Academic Advisor before enrolling.
Courses (Complete all 3)
3.0 UNITS
CNH 102
Housing and Health
3.0 UNITS
CNH 103
Selected Topics in Housing
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Canadian Housing Courses
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3.0 UNITS
CNH 102
Housing and Health
3.0 UNITS