North Shore town looks for modular, small home developer to address community’s mining-fuelled boom
Affordable housing is a Canada-wide issue that many municipalities struggle with. Marathon, Ont., about three hours east of Thunder Bay on the North Shore of Lake Superior, is no different.
The town has seen its share of booms and busts through the rise and fall of forestry to the more recent Hemlo gold rush starting in the 1980s and now critical minerals.
That cycle is complicated by what Marathon CAO Daryl Skworchinski calls a dynamic demographic of people and their shifting housing needs. Today, the town has about 4,500 residents. But with plans in the works for two new mines in the area in the near future, the town is poised for growth once again.