Sault Ste. Marie Housing CIP, Per Door Grant Program
Also known as: SSM Per-Door Grant · Housing Grant Program
Sault Ste. Marie's Per Door Grant gives a one-time payment for small projects creating up to 4 new rental units, basement suites, garden suites, or up to a 4-plex. Draft-plan rates were $40/sq ft or $40,000 per affordable unit (20-year affordability agreement) and $20/sq ft or $20,000 for market-rate units; a May 2025 amendment increased values and widened market-rate eligibility to Precinct 2, with totals reported up to $160,000. Confirm current rates with housingcip@cityssm.on.ca.
Key facts
- Amount
- Up to $160,000 40000
Draft-plan terms: affordable units (20-year commitment) $40/sq ft or $40,000 per unit, whichever is less (Precincts 1-2); market-rate units $20/sq ft or $20,000 (originally Precinct 1 only). Up to 4 units per project; reported total up to $160,000 for a small-scale rental up to four units. A May 2025 amendment INCREASED per-door values and extended market-rate eligibility to Precinct 2, current post-amendment dollar figures live in the application PDFs and are not independently confirmed here.
Against all tracked amounts, $1,000 to $500,000,000, logarithmic.
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a one-time per-door grant of either $40 per square foot, or $40,000, whichever is less
- Instrument
- Grant (non-repayable)
- Status
- Open while funds last allocations can run out before the window closes; confirm before applying
- Who qualifies
- Property owners and developers Nonprofits and charities
- homeowner
- property-owner
- developer
- nonprofit
- Small-scale developments creating up to 4 new dwelling units (basement suites, garden suites, up to 4-plex)
- Grant recipients must enter an agreement with the City to keep units affordable for 20 years (affordable stream)
- Precinct location determines affordable vs market-rate eligibility
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- Where
- Algoma DistrictThis program is limited to one district.
1 of 11 Northern Ontario districts are eligible for this program. A filled dot is eligible, an outline is not.
How do you apply?
Call first. This funder expects contact with a program officer before you apply.
- Contact housing CIP staff (housingcip@cityssm.on.ca, 705-759-5368)
- Submit fillable PDF application
- Enter affordability agreement with the City
- Build and receive the one-time grant
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Common questions
Do the units have to be affordable?
Affordable-stream units must stay at or below CMHC-benchmarked average market rent for 20 years under a city agreement. Market-rate units are also eligible at a lower per-door rate in designated precincts (Precinct 2 added by the May 2025 amendment).
How big a project qualifies?
1 to 4 new units, think basement apartment, garden suite, or a 4-plex. Developments of 5+ units route to the Tax Increment Equivalent Grant instead.
Is this Housing Accelerator Fund money?
The city received federal HAF funding (reported $8.6M) to incentivize housing, and the CIP grants are its main delivery vehicle, treat funding as while-supply-lasts and verify intake status with the city.
Other streams of Sault Ste. Marie Housing Community Improvement Plan
Funders publish these as one program with several streams. The terms differ by stream.
- Sault Foundations Grant (Feasibility Study, Non-Profit Missing Middle), Not published
- Sault Ste. Marie Housing CIP, Tax Increment Equivalent Grant, Varies; see program
Where else could this money come from?
Chosen by what these programs have in common with this one, not by hand. The reason is shown for each, so you can judge whether it holds.
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Economic Growth Grant Program (EGCIP)
Open, continuous intake same funder (City of Sault Ste. Marie); both for small business, expansion; sault ste marie — Up to $100,000
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GSCIP Housing Accelerator Program (Per-Door Residential Grant)
Open, continuous intake both for small business, expansion and nonprofits & charities; per door, housing, haf — Up to $200,000
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Housing Community Improvement Plan (HCIP) Grants
Paused both for homeowners, energy retrofits and small business, expansion; housing, haf — Up to $300,000
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North Bay Growth CIP, Housing Target Area Incentive
Next intake not announced both for homeowners, energy retrofits and small business, expansion; housing, haf — Up to 75% of costs
Guides that cover this program
Notes on this record
Exact current (post-May-2025-amendment) dollar figures are in the city's application PDFs, which were not directly fetchable; the $40/sqft-$40,000 figures are from the official 2024 consultation page and may have since increased. Marked uncertain deliberately. Contact: 705-759-5368, housingcip@cityssm.on.ca.
Facts on this page were read from the funder's PDF documentation rather than a web page, so they can lag a mid-cycle change.
Apply
Apply on the funder’s site and confirm current terms there: