Welcome!
Founded in 1972, Wigwamen Incorporated, a non-profit and charitable organization, is Ontario’s oldest and largest urban Indigenous housing provider. Wigwamen is committed to providing decent, safe and affordable housing to thousands of Indigenous and non-Indigenous families, singles and seniors.
Wigwamen owns and operates more than 865 units, comprised of 221 housing units scattered throughout the City of Toronto including singles, semis, duplexes, triplexes etc; 127 units at Wigwamen Terrace located at 14 Spadina Road; 92 units at Wigwamen Waabnong, located at 20 Sewells Road; 60 units at Estorada, located at 228 Galloway Road; 145 units located at the Pan Am building at 75 Cooperage Street; 115 units located at 525 Markham Road; and 41 units at Place Perrault, located at 205 Eric Czapnik Way in Ottawa. And with the current dire need for more affordable housing, we are doing everything we can to create more.
Our existing buildings
The Terrace - 14 Spadina Road
127-unit apartment complex for seniors, constructed in 1978; expanded in 2021
20 Sewells Road
90-unit apartment building in Scarborough, constructed and occupied in 2005
228 Galloway Road
90-unit apartment building in Scarborough, acquired in 2014
Place Perrault - 205 Eric Czapnik Way
41-unit apartment building in Orleans, completed and occupied in 2015
160 Kenwood Avenue
A former triplex was rebuilt as a 9-plex, tripling the number of units availble
75 Cooperage Street
One hundred and forty-five unit apartment building in downtown Toronto, occupied in 2016
55 Thora Avenue
Twenty-unit apartment building, acquired by Wigwamen in 2021
3738 St Clair Avenue E
Twenty-one unit apartment building, acquired by Wigwamen in 2021
525 Markham Road
115-unit apartment building in Scarborough, acquired in 2019
New projects underway
515 Markham Road, Scarborough
Construction of a new building is underway, to add 62 new units of affordable housing at this location.
2040 Arrowsmith Drive, Gloucester
Currently in the development stage, this project will provide 50 units of affordable housing for older Indigenous adults.