Rainbow Lodge

Project Overview

About This Project

Rainbow Lodge is a 47-unit Indigenous affordable townhouse development designed to provide culturally safe, family-oriented housing for Indigenous families in Calgary — particularly those transitioning from homelessness or overcrowded, inadequate living conditions. Located in Huntridge Hill next to the future Calgary Transit Green Line, the development offers exceptional connectivity to employment, services, and community life.

The site is far more than a housing development. It includes a commercial kitchen, daycare, a Cultural Family Room, six program offices, and 25 on-grade parking stalls — all thoughtfully integrated to support the daily lives of residents. Public Indigenous art will be woven throughout the facility, celebrating cultural identity and creating a sense of belonging from the moment families arrive.

On-site childcare, wrap-around services, and a main-floor family resource centre ensure tenants receive the skills, supports, and cultural connections needed for long-term stability. The community is intentionally designed to reduce social isolation, strengthen cultural identity, and support healing — with families at different stages of stability living alongside one another, creating natural mentorship and fostering long-term success.

Residents are primarily referred through Métis Calgary Family Services and partner organizations, and participate in individualized service plans tailored to their needs and goals. Métis Calgary Family Services applies The SAGE Approach — Sacred Approach to Greater Efficacy — to housing, ensuring that shelter is delivered not as a crisis response but as part of a meaningful, long-term process that wraps authentic, secure homes around unique service models in a nurtured community environment. By combining affordable, larger-family units with culturally anchored programming, Rainbow Lodge builds community capacity, supports self-sufficiency, and provides a strong foundation for lasting well-being — all delivered on-site.