Est. Pembroke · Ottawa Valley · Canada

Building Canada's
First Indigenous-Owned
Civic Infrastructure Platform

We don't consult. We don't advise. We build — and Indigenous Nations own what gets built. House of Kanada is designing a replicable system that turns every community into a self-sustaining economic engine.

Full site under construction — We're building something worth waiting for
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Kanada NorthStar™ Platform
System 0 · Pembroke, ON
// Who We Are

Not a consultation firm.
An ownership engine.

House of Kanada Holdings Inc. is a nation-building company creating Canada's first AI-powered civic infrastructure platform — designed from the ground up to be 100% Indigenous-owned at every project site.

Our model is simple and permanent: every project is owned by the local First Nation and KH National, the operating trust held by KHIST — the Kanada House Indigenous Sovereign Trust. House of Kanada earns builder and system fees only. We hold zero equity. We have no interest in owning what we build. Our interest is in building things that last, that compound wealth across generations, and that prove — once and for all — that Indigenous ownership is not a policy talking point. It is an economic architecture.

We are building the Kanada NorthStar™ — an AI-powered operating system for Indigenous-led prosperity across Canada. One replicable platform. Many Nations. Permanent wealth.

// Our Founding Principles
01

Ownership, Not Consultation

True reconciliation is economic. We transfer title, equity, and governance — not revenue shares or advisory fees. Every Nation we work with owns the assets we build.

02

Proof Before Promise

We build real things before we replicate. Pembroke is our System 0 — a proof of concept that must function before it rolls across the country. No aspirational targets. Only honest commitments.

03

One System, Many Nations

The platform is designed for replication. The architecture, technology, design, and capital structure are encoded once — then deployed across Canada and beyond, with the local Nation as permanent owner.

// The Flagship — System 0

Pembroke, Ontario.
Where it all begins.

In partnership with the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation and the City of Pembroke, the Kanada NorthStar™ Civic Campus is Phase 1 of Canada's first nationally replicated Indigenous civic platform.

Phase 1
The Flagship — $190M
Civic Campus · 28 Acres · Pembroke, Ontario
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3,500-Seat Arena

Home ice for the Pembroke Lumber Kings and a new OWHL women's franchise — elite sport, both genders, one campus. Concerts, tournaments, and community events year-round. 20% of ice time legally reserved for community use. Free school programs. 50% youth pricing.

Phase 1 · PKL + OWHL
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Training & Recovery Centre

High-performance dryland training, physiotherapy, and sports science — serving both professional teams and community athletes. A true elite performance environment anchoring the campus and open to the Valley.

Phase 1 · High Performance
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Algonquin Heritage Centre

Dedicated Algonquin cultural space — the story of this land, told with pride. A Memorial Centre tribute, cultural programming, and a permanent gathering space for the Algonquin Nation and the broader Pembroke community.

Phase 1 · Cultural Anchor
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Athlete & Workforce Housing

Four buildings, 120 units total. 51% Indigenous workforce housing, built into the operating agreement. Athlete residences for PKL, OWHL, and visiting teams — plus five premium VIP retreat cabins for sponsors and training camps.

Phase 1 · 120 Units
Phase 2 — Pembroke's Choice
The Expansion — $32M – $60M
Multi-Sport Complex or Aquatics & Wellness Centre
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Option A — Multi-Sport Complex

A $32M purpose-built facility extending the campus into year-round community sport: full indoor soccer on synthetic turf, box lacrosse honouring its Algonquin heritage, ball hockey courts, and basketball. One convertible surface. Four sports. Eligible for Sport Canada and Ontario Sport & Recreation Fund grants.

Phase 2 · $32M · Option A
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Option B — Aquatics & Wellness Centre

A $60M mass-timber, net-zero health anchor: 25m competition and community pool, warm-water therapy for elders, athlete hydrotherapy and recovery suites, and an Indigenous wellness hub with women-led entrepreneurship pods. Estimated 40–70% grant coverage across climate, health, and sovereignty streams.

Phase 2 · $60M · Option B
Phase 3 — After Civic Campus Opens
Pembroke Memorial Centre Redevelopment
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Mass Timber Construction

The entire development built in CLT and glulam — sourced from House of Kanada Timber Solutions. A national showcase for Indigenous-led mass timber urbanism. The full supply chain stays local.

Phase 3 · Mass Timber
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Mixed-Income Housing

Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents, integrated under one roof. Workforce, affordable, and market-rate units anchored by a central community hub and cultural programming spaces.

Phase 3 · Downtown Revitalization
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Retail & Commercial

Ground-floor retail and local commercial space activating the street and generating long-term revenue for the Indigenous ownership entity. A national replication template for surplus civic land redevelopment.

Phase 3 · PMC Site · 18-Month LOI
System 0 — The Proof
Pembroke
Ontario · Canada

Where it begins. Where it proves itself.

Pembroke is not just our first project — it is the blueprint. Every system, every ownership structure, every technology platform must be battle-tested here before it rolls across the country. The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation hold 75% of the Civic Campus. House of Kanada holds a transitional 25% founder position with a written exit pathway to 100% Indigenous ownership in Years 3–5.

$190MPhase 1 Total
90–110Permanent Jobs
300+Construction Jobs
75%AOPFN Ownership
// The Ownership Architecture

Every project. Every time.
100% Indigenous ownership.

This is not aspirational. It is contractual. No project launches under House of Kanada's platform unless the ownership structure below is in place and legally locked.

60%
Local First Nation
The Nation where the project is built.
Majority owner. Always.
40%
KH National
100% owned by KHIST.
Operating partner + capital deployer.
0%
House of Kanada
Builder + system provider.
Fee only. Zero equity. By design.
Cities provide land, tax breaks, and fee waivers. They never own assets and carry zero debt obligation. Indigenous Nations own everything that gets built.
// The Capital Architecture

The permanent institution
behind every project.

KHIST
Kanada House
Indigenous
Sovereign Trust

Sovereign capital. Women-led governance. Built to last centuries.

KHIST is the permanent capital institution at the centre of the platform. It holds 100% of KH National — the 40% operating partner on every campus across the network. Every project that opens, every lease payment made, every revenue stream generated flows into a structure designed to compound Indigenous wealth across generations — not quarters.

KHIST invests directly into every House of Kanada project: civic campuses, manufacturing facilities, and mixed-use developments from coast to coast. Its governance is Indigenous-led and women-majority by design — a minimum of four of seven Trustees must be women. It cannot be sold, diluted, or redirected.

Governance Min. 4 of 7 Trustees are women. Indigenous-led. Permanent mandate.
Scope Invests across all project types — civic, manufacturing, mixed-use, and beyond.
Structure Holds KH National. 40% partner in every campus. Zero equity exits. Ever.
// The Nation Playbook

Every Nation.
Every project type.
One playbook.

The Nation Playbook is how any Indigenous Nation in Canada — on any territory, with any priority — can identify, negotiate, and launch a House of Kanada project on their lands.

From civic campuses and sports infrastructure to manufacturing plants, mixed-use housing, and cultural facilities, the Playbook packages the full architecture: ownership structure, grant strategy, financing model, design templates, and operating system — ready to deploy.

Civic Campuses Manufacturing Plants Mixed-Use Housing Cultural Facilities Aquatics & Wellness Sports Infrastructure Mass Timber Innovation Hubs
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Nation Identifies the Opportunity

The local Nation — on their territory and their terms — selects the project type that best serves their community's economic and cultural priorities. The Playbook provides a catalogue of proven project models ready for adaptation.

02

House of Kanada Structures the Deal

Our team brings the full platform: ownership architecture, grant intelligence, financing structure, and municipal partnership strategy. The Nation negotiates from a position of knowledge, not dependency. We build the table. They sit at the head of it.

03

KHIST Deploys Capital

The Kanada House Indigenous Sovereign Trust invests as the 40% operating partner through KH National. Indigenous capital, deployed by Indigenous governance, into Indigenous-owned assets.

04

Kanada NorthStar™ Powers the Build

The AI operating system handles grant intelligence, project management, community benefit tracking, and digital sovereignty infrastructure — from groundbreaking to ribbon-cutting and beyond.

05

The Nation Owns What Gets Built

The local First Nation holds majority ownership permanently. House of Kanada earns fees only and exits equity. The project joins the national network — generating revenue, employment, and intergenerational wealth for the Nation. Forever.

06

The Network Compounds

Every new campus strengthens the whole. Procurement networks, shared operating systems, national sponsorship, and collective grant capacity scale with every Nation that joins the platform.

// The National Rollout

Pembroke proves it.
Canada scales it.

The platform is built for replication. Once System 0 is operational in Pembroke, the architecture, technology, and ownership model roll out to Nations across Canada — and beyond.

Each campus is majority-owned by the local Nation from Day 1. Each one joins the national procurement and operating network. And each one adds its voice to an Indigenous economic infrastructure network with no precedent in Canadian history.

System 0 · Now

Pembroke, Ontario

The flagship. 28 acres. $190M Phase 1. In partnership with the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation and the City of Pembroke. Every system battle-tested here first.

System 1 · Next

North Bay & Beyond

The second campus launches once Pembroke momentum is established. Nations across Ontario and Quebec are already in the network. The playbook deploys with full grant, financing, and operating architecture pre-built.

National · Canada & Beyond

Coast to Coast

A nationally replicated network of Indigenous-owned civic campuses, manufacturing plants, and mixed-use communities — with a subtle eye on Indigenous nations in the United States where the model translates directly.

At full national scale, the platform represents the largest Indigenous-led civic infrastructure network ever built in Canada — and a replicable model for Indigenous economic sovereignty across North America.
// Platform Infrastructure

The engine
behind every campus.

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Kanada NorthStar™ AI Operating System

The intelligence layer powering every project: the Seven Grandfathers Performance Algorithm, Grant Intelligence Loop, Kanada House Index, and Sovereign Cloud infrastructure — air-gapped, Nation-owned, and AI-first. Built by Indigenous hands. Owned by Indigenous Nations.

AI-Powered · Indigenous-Owned
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House of Kanada Timber Solutions

Canada's first Indigenous-owned mass timber production facility. 50,000 m³/year capacity. 500,000 sq ft of automation-first manufacturing at a Trans-Canada shovel-ready site in Pembroke — producing the structural timber that builds every campus in the network. $110M CAPEX. 36-month build.

$110M · 50,000 m³/year
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NorthStar Lacrosse Manufacturing Plant

Canada's first Indigenous-owned lacrosse equipment manufacturing facility. 150,000 sq ft purpose-built production plant crafting professional-grade sticks, protective gear, and apparel — rooted in the cultural heritage of the game's original stewards. A Heritage Lacrosse Lab and funded apprenticeships built in from Day 1.

$60M · 150,000 SF
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KHIST — Kanada House Indigenous Sovereign Trust

The permanent capital institution at the centre of everything. KHIST holds 100% of KH National — the 40% operating partner on every project. Women-led governance: minimum 4 of 7 Trustees are women. Invests across all project types. Built to last centuries.

National Capital Architecture