Construction starts on $20M modular home factory – Northern Ontario Business
Aug. 21, 2025
Kirkland Lake initiative will train Indigenous women in construction skills, build homes for region
KIRKLAND LAKE — Construction is underway on a $20-million modular home manufacturing facility in Kirkland Lake.
Keepers of the Circle — an urban Indigenous hub whose initiatives are dedicated to improving the social and economic equality of Indigenous women in northeastern Ontario — is building a roughly 24,000-square-foot factory at 300 Archer Dr. The facility is set to open in June of 2026.
The project grew out of a pilot launched in fall 2022. Bertha Cormier, executive director of Keepers of the Circle, told TimminsToday that the pilot trained six Indigenous women with no prior construction experience to build a modular tiny home for a woman facing homelessness.
