The City of Guelph added more than 1,300 homes to its housing pipeline in 2025, according to a city report released July 14, 2026. Development applications for 1,743 housing units were approved last year, a 14 per cent jump from 2024, according to a staff report presented in March.
This brings the total number of housing units approved in 2024 and 2025 to 3,269. The city says it has unlocked 22,789 housing units over the past two years through its Housing Accelerator Fund action plan, supported by $21.4 million in federal funding.
Guelph received the federal money in January 2024, spread over four years. The city also earned $3.69 million from Ontario’s Building Faster Fund after hitting at least 80 per cent of its provincial housing targets in 2024.
Additional dwelling units, like basement apartments and laneway homes, continue to drive growth. The city issued a record 325 building permits for these units in 2024, followed by 239 permits in 2025.
Infrastructure work is paving the way for more homes, especially in the Guelph Innovation District and Baker District. The Baker District will see a city parking lot turned into more than 350 housing units, while road and sewer upgrades in the Innovation District are already underway or complete.
As of mid-2025, Guelph had 6,056 units in its short-term housing supply, enough for 6.4 years of development. A new $2.5 billion capital budget, covering 2026 to 2035, focuses on keeping city assets in good shape and building infrastructure that will support even more housing growth.
