CHBA: founded 1943, ~8,500 member firms today, 10 provincial + ~80 local associations, CEO Kevin Lee since 2013

Claim: The Canadian Home Builders' Association (CHBA) was founded in 1943. Today it represents "some 8,500 member firms across the country" (CHBA's own May 8, 2026 release) — see the existing scale entry CHBA scale: 1,200+ RenoMark members (2023, possibly stale); ~8,500 CHBA member firms across Canada (October 2025) for the cross-referenced number and timestamp.

CHBA serves 10 provincial and approximately 80 local associations.

Sources: chba.ca; wrhba.com/pages/chba. Confidence: Verified.

Leadership

CEO since 2013: Kevin Lee. Professional engineer with a Master's in Architecture from McGill. Has appeared before the federal HUMA committee on labour shortages and is the principal CHBA voice on federal housing policy.

Sources: theconstructionsource.ca; chba.ca; openparliament.ca testimony archives. Confidence: Verified.

CHBA Board structure

Governed through a Board of Directors that meets three times a year. Members are drawn from provincial and local HBAs, CHBA Councils, and the elected Executive (current and past Presidents, one First Vice President, two Second Vice Presidents, Treasurer, CEO, plus up to two Presidential Appointees).

Source: chba.ca/committees-and-councils. Confidence: Verified.

For the council-level governance (which is where program-level decisions like RenoMark trademark transfer happened), see CHBA councils: Canadian Renovators' Council (CRC), Net Zero Council (2014), Modular Construction Council (2017), Urban Council, Executive Officers' Council, Past Presidents' Advisory.