Community buildings for
First Nations and Métis communities.
Homes, clinics, offices, family services buildings, washrooms and daycares, built complete in our facilities and delivered to the community, including over the winter road.
What is a modular community building?
A modular community building is a home, clinic, office, washroom or daycare built as finished sections inside a factory, inspected at every stage, then delivered and set on a foundation or steel skid in the community. Herauf has delivered housing and child and family services buildings to First Nations and Métis communities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, including St. Theresa Point First Nation, reached roughly 700 km over the winter ice road. Every unit meets or exceeds CSA A277 and the National Building Code for climate zones 6 through 8.
How Herauf works with Nations, and the signed letters from Zagime Anishinabek and St. Theresa Point, are on the Indigenous relations page. This page covers what can be built and how it gets there.
What, where, and how fast?
- Building types
- Housing, health and clinic buildings, administration offices, child and family services buildings, washrooms and showers, daycares, and staff quarters.
- Delivered for
- St. Theresa Point First Nation, Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, the Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement, Indigenous youth housing in northern Manitoba, and seven projects with Zagime Anishinabek.
- Remote delivery
- Built through the off-season and delivered in the winter ice-road window, about 700 km north to St. Theresa Point.
- Foundation
- A permanent foundation, or the Herauf portable steel skid that stays under the building and lets it be relocated.
- Timeline
- About 16 weeks for most builds, with site work done at the same time.
- Standard
- Meets or exceeds CSA A277 and the National Building Code, built for climate zones 6 through 8.
Which buildings can
a community order?
Every type below is one Herauf has delivered or publishes in its catalogue. Each layout is a starting point, changed to suit the community.
Housing
Family homes in widths from 14 ft to 28 ft, small homes from 192 to 432 sq ft, youth transitional homes, and a 116' × 85' modular complex with eight suites plus cafeteria, recreation and reception space for senior living or youth transition housing.
Residential catalogueHealth and clinic buildings
A 55' × 18' medical centre with three exam rooms, an 18' × 14' first-aid unit, a 50' × 18' pharmacy with a secure vault, and an 80' × 36' wellness centre, from the published commercial catalogue.
Medical centre layoutBand and administration offices
The catalogue office is 55' × 18' with five offices, a boardroom and a kitchenette. An administration office starts from that layout and is changed to suit the community.
Office layoutChild and family services
Herauf has built a child and family services building for St. Theresa Point First Nation, delivered over the ice road, and the Nation's child and family services office in Winnipeg.
The CFS office case studyWashrooms and showers
Nine standard configurations, all barrier-free, tied into community services or specified with self-contained water and sewer for sites without them.
Washroom buildingsDaycares
Centres for 30 to 47, 65 to 82 or 90 children, and modular additions that connect to an existing building.
Daycare and school buildingsStaff and workforce quarters
The 42' × 14' on-site quarters unit has a bedroom, an office, two washrooms and self-contained water and waste. For NAIT's remote campus, Herauf built 14 dormitory buildings with 56 rooms.
Workforce and camp buildingsWhere have these
buildings gone?
Homes and community buildings for First Nations and Métis communities. Each one links to how it was built.
St. Theresa Point, Manitoba
St. Theresa Point Housing
Homes built off-season and delivered ~700 km north over winter ice roads, reaching a fly-in community conventional construction can't.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
St. Theresa Point Child & Family Services Office
A child and family services office serving St. Theresa Point First Nation, manufactured off-site and delivered complete.
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Manitoba
Nisichawayasihk Northern Housing
Northern rapid portable housing on the Herauf skid system, built off-site and delivered north into the community.
The Pas, Manitoba
Northern Ice Road Youth Housing
Youth housing built off-site and hauled north over winter ice roads, delivered ready for a northern Manitoba community.
Zagime Anishinabek, Saskatchewan
Zagime Anishinabek Residential Housing
Seven modular projects, commercial and residential, delivered in partnership with Zagime Anishinabek across southern Saskatchewan First Nations.
Buffalo Lake, Alberta
Buffalo Lake Métis Housing
20 new homes built in advance and installed in days, turning an empty plot into a lived-in Métis community.
How do buildings reach
a winter-road community?
By building to the access window rather than the construction season. St. Theresa Point First Nation in northern Manitoba is reachable by ground only when the winter ice roads form. Herauf built in its facilities through the off-season and timed delivery to that window: first a child and family services building, then in March 2026 a convoy carrying three youth transitional homes roughly 700 km north over the ice.
The same approach took youth housing to a northern Manitoba community over winter ice roads. For Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, homes were built on the Herauf rapid portable skid system, which carries the home from the plant floor to the site and stays under it, so the build does not wait on a poured foundation.
Sealift, fly-in and the rest of the northern delivery chain are on the northern and remote buildings page.
How are community
buildings funded?
Most on-reserve community buildings are funded through federal programs the community applies to directly, such as Indigenous Services Canada's Capital Facilities and Maintenance Program and CMHC's On-Reserve Non-Profit Housing Program (Section 95). Herauf does not administer these programs or decide eligibility. It supplies the quotes, layouts and schedule an application needs.
The programs, what each one covers and where to apply are explained in funding modular buildings for First Nations communities.
$15,000 Infrastructure Grant
Separate from any government program, Herauf puts $15,000 toward eligible new modular builds. First Nations projects qualify, and eligibility is confirmed within 5 business days.
Common questions.
What buildings can a First Nation order as modular?
Herauf builds family homes, small homes, youth transitional homes and a multi-suite complex, plus medical centres, pharmacies, offices, child and family services buildings, barrier-free washrooms, daycares and staff quarters. Each is built as finished sections indoors, then delivered and set on site.
Can modular buildings reach a community served by a winter road?
Yes, when the build is planned around the access window. Herauf built through the off-season for St. Theresa Point First Nation in northern Manitoba and delivered roughly 700 km north over the winter ice road, most recently three youth transitional homes in March 2026.
Which First Nations and Métis communities has Herauf built for?
St. Theresa Point First Nation and Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Manitoba, the Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement in Alberta, Indigenous youth housing in northern Manitoba, and seven projects delivered in partnership with Zagime Anishinabek across southern Saskatchewan First Nations.
Does Herauf arrange funding for community buildings?
No. Federal programs such as Indigenous Services Canada's Capital Facilities and Maintenance Program and CMHC's On-Reserve Non-Profit Housing Program (Section 95) are applied for by the community, and the program decides eligibility. Herauf can supply the quotes, drawings and schedule an application needs.
How long does a modular community building take?
Most builds are manufactured and delivered in about 16 weeks, with foundations, pads and services prepared on site at the same time. Every unit meets or exceeds CSA A277 and the National Building Code for climate zones 6 through 8.
Tell us what the community needs.
Send the building type, the community and how it is reached. Herauf confirms access before anything is committed and comes back with a written quote, usually within one business day.