Housing and community buildings
Community buildings, delivered to Indigenous communities.
Herauf Modular builds homes, clinics, offices, family services buildings, washrooms and daycares for First Nations and Métis communities, complete in its Saskatchewan and BC plants, and delivers them 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 1,300 km over the winter ice road. Every unit meets or exceeds CSA A277 and the National Building Code for climate zones 6 through 8.
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 1,300 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 clinics and pharmaciesBand 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 buildingsChild 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 projectWashrooms 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 buildingsBuilding and delivery.
Who builds modular buildings for First Nations communities in Manitoba?
Herauf Modular builds them. For St. Theresa Point First Nation in northern Manitoba it delivered a child and family services building and three youth transitional homes roughly 1,300 km north over the winter ice road, and it built the Nation's child and family services office in Winnipeg. It has also built housing for Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation. Signed reference letters from St. Theresa Point First Nation and Zagime Anishinabek in Saskatchewan are on the references page.
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 1,300 km north over the winter ice road, most recently three youth transitional homes in March 2026.
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.
Work with us.
Send the building type, the community and how it is reached. Herauf replies within one business day.