With the Housing Construction Program, Operation Beaver is involved in supporting the construction of new and/or drastically renovating northern native homes, schools and other facilities. Frontiers Foundation partners with host communities in Canada on community-based development projects, such as building and/or renovating homes. Host communities, families or groups actively participate in the development projects. A contractual arrangement is worked out with Frontiers Foundation defining each group's responsibilities. Please see all the before and after photos of Frontier's construction projects.

Smith Falls: before

The Szabo family’ spent seven winters living in a cramped, abandoned old bus with only a small oil stove for heat. In 1998 Canadian soldiers, searching near Smiths Falls for victims of the ice storm stumbled upon the Szabo family freezing in an old school bus.

Smith Falls: after

The Szabo’s plight became a major story in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper. With Community volunteer support and donations of material, labour, furniture, and household items, Frontiers Foundation built the Szabo’s a brand new certified R 2000 house.

In December 2000 the Szabo family moved into their new three bedroom home.