ONPHA Award for Excellence

About this award 

The ONPHA Award for Excellence recognizes non-profit housing providers that respond to tenant or community needs with imagination and insight. These outstanding organizations go beyond their housing mandates, building strong communities and partnerships, housing populations that have been poorly served, and demonstrating a strong commitment to managing housing more effectively. 

This award recognizes an organization (rather than an individual). 

Eligibility criteria

The organization must meet the following criteria:

• Be an ONPHA Housing Provider Member.
• Offer services that go beyond housing.
• Build strong tenant communities and community partnerships.
• House people who have been underserved by other approaches to housing.
• Successfully advocate for the development of new non-profit housing.
• Develop new ways to manage housing more effectively.
• Demonstrate originality and innovation.

2025 Awards

Nominations for the 2025 ONPHA Award for Excellence is now closed.

2025 ONPHA Award for Excellence Winner

Armagh House

For over three decades, Armagh House has served as Peel Region’s only second-stage transitional housing provider for women and children leaving gender-based violence. Through tireless advocacy over the years, Armagh has tripled its capacity across Brampton and Mississauga, offering families up to four years to heal and rebuild their lives. By empowering survivors through trauma-informed care, skills training, and implementing innovative programs like Chrysalis, Armagh is creating a ripple effect of positive change in Ontario’s community housing sector.

Past Winners

Other ONPHA Awards

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