Our impact

Building homes, changing lives

Since 1990, Habitat for Humanity Southern Alberta has helped more than 400 families across the region, allowing over 1,200 children grow up in safe, stable homes.

With your support, we’re building even more opportunities for families to put down roots and plan for the future.

Our impact in 2025

Your support helped more families buy safe, affordable homes. Here are some of the ways you made a difference in Southern Alberta through affordable homeownership.

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30 families

moved into their Habitat home.

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82 children

have brighter futures.

Volunteer 500 hours

41,250+ hours

completed by 1,495 volunteers.

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$2.2 million

raised by donors, partners, and the community.

Three Habitat volunteers on an affordable home build site in Calgary.

Built by volunteers

Every Habitat home starts with people who show up to help. Last year alone, 1,495 volunteers gave more than 41,200 hours of their time and skills to build homes, run ReStores, and support local families.

From framing walls to sorting donations, each volunteer hour brings us closer to making safe, affordable homeownership possible. Together, we’re building stronger communities, one project at a time.

Powered by our partners

From local businesses to community groups, our partners play a big role in helping families build safe, affordable homes. Their support, ideas, and teamwork make a lasting impact in communities across Southern Alberta.

One example is Ride Through the Rockies. This annual bike ride is organized by local supporters who care about making a difference. For 12 years, cyclists, donors, and sponsors have come together raising more than $2 million so more families can have a place to call home.

This year, they raised more than $425,000. Every dollar helps working families put down roots in a permanent home where they can build stronger futures.

Your support makes a difference

Every gift helps build safe, affordable homes for local families. Make a one-time donation or become a monthly donor to create lasting impact all year long.

Making a difference

Community is at the heart of everything we do. When families have a safe, affordable home, everything changes. Kids have space to learn and grow. Parents can plan for the future. Communities become stronger.

Real people building new beginnings thanks to your support. These are the stories behind every Habitat build.

  • Family Story: Ray

    Family Story: Ray

    Ray’s journey to affordable homeownership began with an unexpected turning point in 2001 and has since been shaped by perseverance, family, and the dream of stability. Now a future Habitat homeowner in Calgary, Ray is looking ahead to a place his children can grow, feel safe, and truly call home. With an affordable Habitat mortgage…

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  • Family story: Mohammed and Tiba 

    Family story: Mohammed and Tiba 

    Mohammed and Tiba are future Habitat for Humanity homeowners preparing to move into a townhouse in Livingston with their two children – Mayar (10) and Adem (4). Their journey to homeownership spans countries, years of uncertainty, and one of the hardest decisions a family can make, all in pursuit of stability for their children.  

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Shop. Donate. Volunteer.

Lay the foundation for brighter futures at ReStore by shopping for affordable items, donating goods, or volunteering to support the community and Habitat for Humanity’s mission.

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Habitat homeowner gives a volunteer a hug to say thank for the positive impact of her Habitat home.

Habitat homeowner

I want to tell Habitat for Humanity, its partners, and everyone who helped out that they’ve had a great impact on our family. It’s great to think that they care for families like us.

Because of the affordable mortgage, our family is strengthened and we look positively to our future.

Avon Habitat homeowner in Okotoks since 2019