Spotlight

The big news

• Some of you may have seen the announcement in the McGill Reporter this spring - Curbcut is building a nation-wide platform called the Canadian Housing Observatory (CHO)!
  • CHO is designed to make housing-related data easier to access, understand, and use. The beta version of the platform is online and ready to explore.
    • Our goals with CHO are to:
      • Centralize fragmented data.
      • Provide an intuitive tool for exploring, filtering, and exporting.
      • Empower stakeholders with relevant, local housing insights.
  • We’re continuing to improve it with the full launch planned in early 2026.

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New Features

The team is constantly improving the Curbcut experience

• To support our growing reach and user base, we’ve upgraded our underlying technology behind all Curbcut platforms. These improvements mean:
  • Faster load times.
  • Sharper, more interactive graphics.
  • A smoother user experience across devices.
  • A stronger foundation for new features like AI-assisted chat, map downloads, and improved search.
• These upgrades are currently in beta on the CHO platform. You’re among the first to benefit from them and your feedback will help us refine the experience.

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Organizational Updates

What's going on in and around Curbcut

• We had a great time at the FCM conference in May, where we hosted a booth for CHO and connected with lots of enthusiastic city councillors from across the country.

• This summer, a team of student interns is taking on the ambitious and impressive task of collecting zoning data from across the country to build one of the most comprehensive nation-wide databases of its kind.
• The Curbcut team is growing! We’re excited to welcome two new full-time members.
  • Oussama Trebelsi joins us as our new Data Lead. With a background in urban studies and experience in social data analysis at the City of Montreal, he’s already playing a key role on the CHO project and brings a thoughtful, collaborative energy to the team.
  • Nicholas Foisy is our new Full-Stack Web Developer. After interning with us for the past year, he’s now on board full-time following his graduation from McGill in Computer Science. Nicolas brings a curious mind and a sharp problem-solving mindset that pushes our work forward.

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