Canibuild: From “Can I?” to “Here’s how.”
What you can do with Canibuild
- Quickly check compliance (zoning + site constraints, where data is available)
- Visualize options in 3D (Real-Time 3D on)
- Generate compliance report
The Canibuild platform integrates real-time zoning regulations across municipalities, manufacturer specifications, and financing options into one seamless experience.
How It Works
How Canibuild Works For You
Canibuild serves anyone exploring housing development opportunities—from individual homeowners considering an ADU to realtors advising multiple clients to investors seeking properties with untapped potential. The platform integrates real-time zoning regulations across municipalities, manufacturer specifications, and financing options into one seamless experience.
Unlock Your Property's Potential Without the Guesswork
What Canibuild Does for Homeowners:
Preliminary Feasibilty Assessment
Enter your address and immediately discover what your property can support, such as ADUs, a secondary suite, duplex, triplex, fourplex, or if near transit up to a sixplex. No more wondering if your lot is too small or your zoning allows development. You get instant answers based on real municipal regulations.
See Your Vision Come to Life
3D visualizations show what your property could look like with different development options. Customize designs, adjust sizes, explore layouts, all compliant with your local zoning. You’re not imagining abstract concepts. You’re seeing your transformed property.
Understand Real Costs and Returns
Connect With Expert Guidance
Once you have chosen a specific model and where you will place it on your property your Community Housing Ambassador will guide you through a full costing/ROI processs and then help connect you with a General Contractor and Permitting Specialist to determine the specific requirements for your new home.
How it Works
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Design & Place: Drag-and-drop designs onto the site using high-resolution imagery.
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Preliminary Feasibility Analysis: The tool runs instant checks for rules, topography, and costs.
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Generate Report: Provides immediate insights and a preliminary feasibility report.
How it Works
- Search Property: Users input an address.
- Contact Community Housing Ambassador
- Design & Place: Drag-and-drop designs onto the site using high-resolution imagery.
- Preliminary Feasibility Analysis: The tool runs instant checks for rules, topography, and costs.
- Generate Report: Provides immediate insights and a preliminary feasibility report.
Benefits
- Simplify & De-risk: Reduces the time and complexity of development process.Instant property snapshot: enter an address to explore early options and constraints.
- Reduced Admin: Automates initial planning, reducing time on site visits.Early budget direction: generate estimate ranges and scenarios you can refine with your builder/designer.
- Improved Consumer Experience: Offers clear, visual feedback, building client confidence.See it, don’t guess: visualize layouts and massing with Real-Time 3D (where enabled).
- Build More: Saves time and resources, allowing businesses to take on more projects.
Platform Benefits
Save Time and Money
What used to require expensive studies, architect/design consultations, and weeks of research now takes minutes. Get accurate answers before spending thousands on professional assessments. See how Canibuild saves you time.
Eliminate Guesswork
Make Informed Decisions
Complete financial transparency. Examine all costs, understand all returns, explore all options. No surprises six months into a project.
Access Expert Networks
Connected General Contractors, permit specialists, architects,manufacturers, builder sand financing partners. You’re never alone in the process.
Accelerate Development
Maximize Property Value
Whether you’re adding an ADU for rental income or converting to Multiplex for sale Canibuild helps you unlock value from every property.
What Canibuild Does for Homeowners:
Watch how Canibuild transforms property development from complex to achievable in just minutes. See the platform in action from initial property assessment through 3D visualization to cost analysis and partner connections.
Become the Housing Expert Your Clients Trust
Your clients ask: “Can I add a laneway home/Multiplex?” Is my property suitable for development?” Canibuild gives you the tools to answer with confidence and position yourself as the gentle density specialist in your market.Become the “gentle density” expert clients trust.
What Canibuild Does for Realtors:
Client Consultation Tool
Assess any property in seconds during showings, listing appointments, or consultations. Show clients development potential with real data including lot size, zoning compliance, setback requirements, all instantly calculated.
Professional Presentations
Generate professional reports with 3D renderings, preliminary feasibility assessments, and financial projections. Your presentations look polished and data-driven, establishing you as a gentle density expert.
Lead Generation and Differentiation
Market yourself as an ADU/Multiplex specialist. Canibuild helps you identify properties with development potentia and attract clients specifically seeking development guidance.
Manufacturer and Partner Network
Access pre-fab/modular manufacturers, general contractors and permit specialists. Connect clients to complete solutions, not just information. Your role expands from transaction facilitator to development advisor.
Revenue Expansion
Your Workflow:
Enter your property address, review what’s possible under current zoning, explore design and cost options, and connect with a housing ambassador when you’re ready to move forward.
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Enter client property address during consultation
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Generate professional report with costs and options
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Connect client with financing and building partners
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Build long-term relationship and referral network
Platform Benefits
Save Time and Money
What used to require expensive studies, architect/design consultations, and weeks of research now takes minutes. Get accurate answers before spending thousands on professional assessments. See how Canibuild saves you time.
Eliminate Guesswork
Make Informed Decisions
Complete financial transparency. Examine all costs, understand all returns, explore all options. No surprises six months into a project.
Access Expert Networks
Connected General Contractors, permit specialists, architects,manufacturers, builder sand financing partners. You’re never alone in the process.
Accelerate Development
Maximize Property Value
Whether you’re adding an ADU for rental income or converting to Multiplex for sale Canibuild helps you unlock value from every property.
What Canibuild Does for Realtors:
Watch how Canibuild transforms property development from complex to achievable in just minutes. See the platform in action from initial property assessment through 3D visualization to cost analysis and partner connections.
Find Properties With Hidden Potential
Not every property reveals its development upside. Canibuild helps you identify undervalued properties with ADU/Multiplex potential turning hidden opportunity into investment returns.
What Canibuild Does for Investors
Pre-Purchase Due Diligence
Comparative Analysis
Evaluate multiple properties side-by-side. Compare development costs, projected returns, and feasibility across different lots. Choose investments based on complete data, not surface appeal.
Market Opportunity Identification
Discover neighborhoods where gentle density legislation creates untapped value. Find areas with favourable zoning, strong rental demand, and properties priced below their development potential.
Financing Integration
See not just what properties can support, but how to finance development. Community Housing Bonds, Social Purpose REITs, government incentive programs, and traditional financing, all integrated so you understand total capital requirements and returns.
Your Process:
Enter your property address, review what’s possible under current zoning, explore design and cost options, and connect with a housing ambassador when you’re ready to move forward.
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Search properties in target areas
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Run Canibuild assessment on prospects
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Compare development potential and returns
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Factor development costs into offer strategy
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Connect with housing ambassadors and builders
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Execute development and maximize investment value
Platform Benefits
Save Time and Money
What used to require expensive studies, architect/design consultations, and weeks of research now takes minutes. Get accurate answers before spending thousands on professional assessments. See how Canibuild saves you time.
Eliminate Guesswork
Make Informed Decisions
Complete financial transparency. Examine all costs, understand all returns, explore all options. No surprises six months into a project.
Access Expert Networks
Connected General Contractors, permit specialists, architects,manufacturers, builder sand financing partners. You’re never alone in the process.
Accelerate Development
Maximize Property Value
Whether you’re adding an ADU for rental income or converting to Multiplex for sale Canibuild helps you unlock value from every property.
What Canibuild Does for Investors:
Watch how Canibuild transforms property development from complex to achievable in just minutes. See the platform in action from initial property assessment through 3D visualization to cost analysis and partner connections.
Platform Coverage
Currently Available:
Coming Soon:
- Full BC coverage 2026
- Major centers across Canada
- As gentle density legislation spreads across provinces, Canibuild expands to serve communities nationwide. We’re building the infrastructure that makes housing development accessible to everyone, everywhere.